At street level punters may be disheartened to see the darkened window-front of a shut-up and empty shop, like I did the night I visited Go Go Music Café with my Cheapeats colleagues Lynn and Kate. But look a little towards your right and you’ll see a narrow stairwell...
Located at the south end of the Asian restaurant strip on Dominion Road, Stumpy’s has a loyal following for its thin-crust, wood-fired pizzas. Returning from a weekend away, a Sunday night seemed the perfect opportunity to try their offerings. We must have hit a quiet night, because when we phoned...
Looking for new recommendations, I asked fellow food writer Anna King Shahab what her latest favourites were. She mentioned three places, but since we were really hungry we decided to go with Spicy Cuisine because she said it’s not as busy as some of the other places on Dominion Road....
I believe ramen is one of the best cures for pretty much anything, a cold, a heartache and especially good for a gross rainy night. On one drizzly cold night we went to one of our favourite ramen places downtown, Tanpopo Ramen. When you walk in the staff yell ‘irasshaimase’ across...
Viet Kitchen fills a gap for Vietnamese food on the busy Dominion Road Asian food strip. I love the freshness of Vietnamese cuisine, and was keen to sample their food. We arrived on a Friday evening, were warmly greeted by staff and led to an available table. The decor is...
We’ve long been fans of Shaolin Kung Fu on Dominion Road and since we often get people asking for restaurants outside of the CBD we were only too happy to check out their Albany location. It’s in the middle of a strip mall, hidden behind Massey University, on Albany highway...
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