How Ironique!

Have anyone been to this cafe along the Mt Eden shops called Ironique? No big signs looking from Mt Eden Road, and it looks like a tiny cafe with a few seating by the door. Until you walk inside the cafe, see the chairs and the big courtyard… I remember the many mornings we had…

Busy Little Korean BBQ

A friend of mine have been obsessed with Korean BBQ lately and she kept asking for Korean BBQ. So finally, after weeks of “when are we going to do it”, we finally had our Korean BBQ at this little Korean BBQ place at the corner of Queen Street and City Road. It is very small,…

A Hidden Korean Gem

I love Korean food, especially the quick lunch bar types with a main dish, rice and variety of kimchi. It is quick, delicious, and you can often keep refilling those kimchi – which are such a delight. They are usually cheap and comes with quite a bit of food! I was just doing a little…

Ever Improving Royal Horse

I used to visit the Royal Horse Takeaway at Three Kings regularly because I used to work nearby. I remember how it used to be a grubby and only sell the usual takeaway stuff like fish and chips, burger, hot dogs, milkshakes, to now a Taiwanese style takeaway, though still retaining some of the “takeaway…

Starry Starry Thai…

At the bottom of Parnell Rise sits this pub and a Thai restaurant that most of us probably drove past a few times. It is a very busy intersection, particularly now that it sits next to the National Library Auckland Service Centre, that part of Parnell have never been the same. The Starry Kitchen is…

Mama Loco es Muy Bueno

Tucked away at where the magazine shop used to be is a Mexican restaurant that is proud to display its colours. Welcome to Mama Loco (crazy mom!) at Sylvia Park, which has been around for a few months. It’s a fabulous place for a casual meal, or a few drinks if you want that happiness,…

Covo The Average Cafe

I don’t know if it is because I used to work in a cafe that makes me not so excited over cafes. I find them selling pretty much the same things all the time – sandwiches, paninis, some slices, cold salads… This is a cafe that is owned by a Thai Kiwi, and have been…

Creating that Sushi Train Factory

Conveyor belt sushi (回転寿司 kaiten-zushi, also called sushi-go-round (くるくる寿司 kuru kuru sushi)), or Sushi Train as it is called in Australia and New Zealand, is one of the most popular cuisine in Japan. It is also popular in Korea and is known as 회전초밥 (revolving sushi). Sushi train is a sushi restaurant where the plates…

Malaysian Food At Its Best

Mamak Malaysian Restaurant, a small restaurant tucked at the back of Chancery, tht house only about 40 – 50 customers at one time. What you get here is Malaysian food you don’t get elsewhere – not the fish head rice noodle soup, fried beans, steam fish, the lot. Like the name, “Mamak” whch means food…