Restaurant Recommendations
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My buddy has booked us into Baduzzi in Auckland tomorrow. Any been and know if it's any good? Any recommendations from the menu?
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@jc said in Restaurant Recommendations:
My buddy has booked us into Baduzzi in Auckland tomorrow. Any been and know if it's any good? Any recommendations from the menu?
It's very good. Everyone raves about the crayfish meatballs, but I personally think it is a waste of perfectly good crayfish. Can't remember what else was good but I think it was all good. They made a nice martini too. Looking at the menu I think the vongole spag with bottarga was very nice
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@canefan said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@jc said in Restaurant Recommendations:
My buddy has booked us into Baduzzi in Auckland tomorrow. Any been and know if it's any good? Any recommendations from the menu?
It's very good. Everyone raves about the crayfish meatballs, but I personally think it is a waste of perfectly good crayfish. Can't remember what else was good but I think it was all good. They made a nice martini too. Looking at the menu I think the vongole spag with bottarga was very nice
yeah, some ingredients should be kept simple
a mate once made some mud crab arancini balls. yes they were great, but for all the work, just serve me mud crab and i'll be happier.
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@mariner4life said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@canefan said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@jc said in Restaurant Recommendations:
My buddy has booked us into Baduzzi in Auckland tomorrow. Any been and know if it's any good? Any recommendations from the menu?
It's very good. Everyone raves about the crayfish meatballs, but I personally think it is a waste of perfectly good crayfish. Can't remember what else was good but I think it was all good. They made a nice martini too. Looking at the menu I think the vongole spag with bottarga was very nice
yeah, some ingredients should be kept simple
a mate once made some mud crab arancini balls. yes they were great, but for all the work, just serve me mud crab and i'll be happier.
Muddies are the best. Just boil alive and eat. Yum
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I like going to Belgian Beer restaurants and asking them to just steam me a pot of mussels with no sauces etc. You’d think I’d have just asked them for their 7 year olds daughters hand in marriage.
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@nepia said in Restaurant Recommendations:
I like going to Belgian Beer restaurants and asking them to just steam me a pot of mussels with no sauces etc. You’d think I’d have just asked them for their 7 year olds daughters hand in marriage.
fucking Maori...
mussels in that tomato chilli sauce, unreal
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@jc said in Restaurant Recommendations:
My buddy has booked us into Baduzzi in Auckland tomorrow. Any been and know if it's any good? Any recommendations from the menu?
Yes, yes and no.
Been a couple of times and it is good.
We seem to have enjoyed the same restaurants down your way so reckon that you will like it. Ben Bayly is good and his other outfit, The Grove, is also worth a visit.
Can't remember what I had, but last time there was about 8 of us and I think only one person was a bit disappointed - there is always one. -
McDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut.
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@snowy said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@jc said in Restaurant Recommendations:
My buddy has booked us into Baduzzi in Auckland tomorrow. Any been and know if it's any good? Any recommendations from the menu?
Yes, yes and no.
Been a couple of times and it is good.
We seem to have enjoyed the same restaurants down your way so reckon that you will like it. Ben Bayly is good and his other outfit, The Grove, is also worth a visit.
Can't remember what I had, but last time there was about 8 of us and I think only one person was a bit disappointed - there is always one.The Grove is excellent. They used to do a pick your own tasting menu which was fun. For some reason I was the only one who wanted duck liver parfait for dessert....
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@canefan damn you just went up in my estimation dude
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@snowy said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@jc said in Restaurant Recommendations:
My buddy has booked us into Baduzzi in Auckland tomorrow. Any been and know if it's any good? Any recommendations from the menu?
Yes, yes and no.
Been a couple of times and it is good.
We seem to have enjoyed the same restaurants down your way so reckon that you will like it. Ben Bayly is good and his other outfit, The Grove, is also worth a visit.
Can't remember what I had, but last time there was about 8 of us and I think only one person was a bit disappointed - there is always one.You can't go wrong when it's a TAC boy behind the grill! It's fucking choice that he's done so well.
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@snowy hearing good reports about Ahi as well. Almost went the Saturday we went to Lvl 3 but ended up at Saxon & Parole instead.
I've not been to Baduzzi but have chatted to Bayly a couple of times at Taste Auckland and Restaurant month promos and he seems like a really nice dude.
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@gt12 said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@snowy said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@jc said in Restaurant Recommendations:
My buddy has booked us into Baduzzi in Auckland tomorrow. Any been and know if it's any good? Any recommendations from the menu?
Yes, yes and no.
Been a couple of times and it is good.
We seem to have enjoyed the same restaurants down your way so reckon that you will like it. Ben Bayly is good and his other outfit, The Grove, is also worth a visit.
Can't remember what I had, but last time there was about 8 of us and I think only one person was a bit disappointed - there is always one.You can't go wrong when it's a TAC boy behind the grill! It's fucking choice that he's done so well.
Highly doubt that he’s behind the grill these days. Sous chef usually gets the heat on. Head chef just controls the pass. Celebrity Chef barely touches the plates let alone the food.
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Sidart, or the more casual Cassia are also excellent
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@canefan said in Restaurant Recommendations:
Sidart, or the more casual Cassia are also excellent
Cassia is sensational. Love the food, so interesting
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Indian Essence by Atul Kochhar is pretty neat, Bonesetta loves it.
The Rib Shack is fucken top notch though.
Oh, is this not fir Petts Wood also?
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@canefan and contrary to what @crucial (correctly) wrote, Sid Sarawat is very hands on in the kitchen. I mean I haven't seen him peeling the spuds but definitely getting a sweat up over the hot plate at Sidart.
We're lucky in NZ that there are still opportunities to see our 'top' chefs preparing and cooking food and have a chat to them.
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@dogmeat said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@canefan and contrary to what @crucial (correctly) wrote, Sid Sarawat is very hands on in the kitchen. I mean I haven't seen him peeling the spuds but definitely getting a sweat up over the hot plate at Sidart.
We're lucky in NZ that there are still opportunities to see our 'top' chefs preparing and cooking food and have a chat to them.
Yup, I have seen him more than once standing on the pass at Sidart. In contrast, I don't think I've ever seen Simon Gault Ben Bayley or Josh Emmett with a utensil in their hands...
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A few that fly under the radar
Phil's Kitchen, Kingsland. Odd position, odd decore, excellent food from a Michelin trained chef
Paris Butter, Herne Bay. Used to be Vinnies, the food is very good, with innovative but not overwrought preparations
Lillius, Symonds St AK central. Relaxed quiet dining room with delicious food
Cocoro, Ponsonby. Exquisite Japanese food
My favourite restaurant in AK would probably be Azabu in Ponsonby. Nikkei cuisine (Japanese Peruvian) is a match made in heaven
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@bones said in Restaurant Recommendations:
Indian Essence by Atul Kochhar is pretty neat, Bonesetta loves it.
The Rib Shack is fucken top notch though.
Oh, is this not fir Petts Wood also?
Just deliveroo some of that to us over here will you? That'd be great, thanks.
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@canefan said in Restaurant Recommendations:
I don't think I've ever seen Simon Gault Ben Bayley or Josh Emmett with a utensil in their hands...
Have had Simon Gault make me some of his molecular gastronomy creations at my table and explain them to me then serve me himself.
Ben Bayly - serving out pork and puha sliders from a hangi he lay down at Taste Auckland
Josh Emmett acting as sous chef for a visiting chef from Melbourne (can't remember who)
they almost all do it at special events - not so much in their day to day roles as Executive Chefs. Had similar experiences with Sean Connolly, Peter Gordon and Al Brown amongst the celebrity chefs.
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Since I moved back from the UK I really miss a real curry house. We've got a couple of Indian restaurants where I live but they are too upmarket TBH. I want something like Tayyab's. Or even a balti from one of the cheap and cheerful curry houses that you get practically anywhere, with their hilarious decor, dodgy spelling in their menus, ingredients that it's best not to think about, and huge flavour. And samosas that don't look like they've been chiseled out of concrete please.
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@jc Purple flock wallpaper, Air India posters of the Taj Mahal and cheap gilt statues of Ganesha cold Kingfisher - fantastic memories.
Where are you now?
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@jc said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@bones said in Restaurant Recommendations:
Indian Essence by Atul Kochhar is pretty neat, Bonesetta loves it.
The Rib Shack is fucken top notch though.
Oh, is this not fir Petts Wood also?
Just deliveroo some of that to us over here will you? That'd be great, thanks.
I'll see if deliveramel stretches that far.
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@dogmeat Today I’m in Auckland but usually Napier
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@canefan cheers matey, good stuff. You're a dentist clearly - expensive tastes!
since this is recommendations, I'll go cheap and cheerful with Peach's
In panmure at the moment, but opening up other stores at some stage. Destination restaurant - it's remarkable and I havne't had anything like it elsewhere. Awesome.
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@nzzp said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@canefan cheers matey, good stuff. You're a dentist clearly - expensive tastes!
since this is recommendations, I'll go cheap and cheerful with Peach's
In panmure at the moment, but opening up other stores at some stage. Destination restaurant - it's remarkable and I havne't had anything like it elsewhere. Awesome.
Haha I'm happy to offer up some good cheaper options too!
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@jc That's what I thought. Indigo's not bad although I haven't been since its makeover. Rasoi's about as far away from yr UK examples as you can get but it does do some decent food.
I'm lucky enough to have a couple of decent of school Indian restaurants in my neighbourhood. Occasionally the food disappoints but its usually reliable, the beers always cold and the décor is chintzy as fuck.
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@canefan said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@nzzp said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@canefan cheers matey, good stuff. You're a dentist clearly - expensive tastes!
since this is recommendations, I'll go cheap and cheerful with Peach's
In panmure at the moment, but opening up other stores at some stage. Destination restaurant - it's remarkable and I havne't had anything like it elsewhere. Awesome.
Haha I'm happy to offer up some good cheaper options too!
go for it!
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@dogmeat Yeah we do Rasoi every couple of weeks. No complaints, but it's nice Indian food, not an old school "curry house".
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@nzzp so do you do the Holy Cluck?
Brioche Bun or on Waffles triggers me
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@dogmeat said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@nzzp so do you do the Holy Cluck?
Brioche Bun or on Waffles triggers me
I do it a few times, when I have time to recover. About 3 days. It's fun
Try it. Brioche bun just ... works
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@nzzp said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@canefan said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@nzzp said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@canefan cheers matey, good stuff. You're a dentist clearly - expensive tastes!
since this is recommendations, I'll go cheap and cheerful with Peach's
In panmure at the moment, but opening up other stores at some stage. Destination restaurant - it's remarkable and I havne't had anything like it elsewhere. Awesome.
Haha I'm happy to offer up some good cheaper options too!
go for it!
Welfare BBQ in Highland Park has probably the best cantonese BBQ duck I've eaten from a BBQ shop in AK. The crispy pork and soya chicken is great too. Two meat combo with rice for about $12
Maruten Ramen, Mt Roskill. It's where the expat Japs go!! My favourite is the Tsukymen with cold thick noodles
Try It Out Vietnamese. The mother ship is in Otahuhu, they have a branch in Pakuranga, great pho
Empress Garden, Herne Bay. Terrible service, the other food is average. But the Peking duck is nek level, dollar for dollar probably the best in town
Coco's Cantina. K Road. Nice casual contemporary Italian fare
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@canefan said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@nzzp said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@canefan said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@nzzp said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@canefan cheers matey, good stuff. You're a dentist clearly - expensive tastes!
since this is recommendations, I'll go cheap and cheerful with Peach's
In panmure at the moment, but opening up other stores at some stage. Destination restaurant - it's remarkable and I havne't had anything like it elsewhere. Awesome.
Haha I'm happy to offer up some good cheaper options too!
go for it!
Welfare BBQ in Highland Park has probably the best cantonese BBQ duck I've eaten from a BBQ shop in AK. The crispy pork and soya chicken is great too. Two meat combo with rice for about $12
Maruten Ramen, Mt Roskill. It's where the expat Japs go!! My favourite is the Tsukymen with cold thick noodles
Try It Out Vietnamese. The mother ship is in Otahuhu, they have a branch in Pakuranga, great pho
Empress Garden, Herne Bay. Terrible service, the other food is average. But the Peking duck is nek level, dollar for dollar probably the best in town
Coco's Cantina. K Road. Nice casual contemporary Italian fare
Fuck is that Empress Garden on the corner if Herne Bay Rd and Jervois?
I lived just around the corner 35 years ago and used to get takeaways there. I’d say it had been there a long time before that too. -
@canefan said in Restaurant Recommendations:
Empress Garden, Herne Bay. Terrible service, the other food is average. But the Peking duck is nek level, dollar for dollar probably the best in town
Coco's Cantina. K Road. Nice casual contemporary Italian fare
If the service is good, it's not authentic. Nothing better than the grumpy ladies pushing the trolleys at yum cha!
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@voodoo said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@canefan said in Restaurant Recommendations:
Empress Garden, Herne Bay. Terrible service, the other food is average. But the Peking duck is nek level, dollar for dollar probably the best in town
Coco's Cantina. K Road. Nice casual contemporary Italian fare
If the service is good, it's not authentic. Nothing better than the grumpy ladies pushing the trolleys at yum cha!
And dirty too. Means they spend less time on cleaning and more time on making the food tasty
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@crucial said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@canefan said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@nzzp said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@canefan said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@nzzp said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@canefan cheers matey, good stuff. You're a dentist clearly - expensive tastes!
since this is recommendations, I'll go cheap and cheerful with Peach's
In panmure at the moment, but opening up other stores at some stage. Destination restaurant - it's remarkable and I havne't had anything like it elsewhere. Awesome.
Haha I'm happy to offer up some good cheaper options too!
go for it!
Welfare BBQ in Highland Park has probably the best cantonese BBQ duck I've eaten from a BBQ shop in AK. The crispy pork and soya chicken is great too. Two meat combo with rice for about $12
Maruten Ramen, Mt Roskill. It's where the expat Japs go!! My favourite is the Tsukymen with cold thick noodles
Try It Out Vietnamese. The mother ship is in Otahuhu, they have a branch in Pakuranga, great pho
Empress Garden, Herne Bay. Terrible service, the other food is average. But the Peking duck is nek level, dollar for dollar probably the best in town
Coco's Cantina. K Road. Nice casual contemporary Italian fare
Fuck is that Empress Garden on the corner if Herne Bay Rd and Jervois?
I lived just around the corner 35 years ago and used to get takeaways there. I’d say it had been there a long time before that too.Yup. The gaudy looking villa painted red and green
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@dogmeat said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@nzzp so do you do the Holy Cluck?
Brioche Bun or on Waffles triggers me
Hatiest!! Fucking Hatiest!! Brioche is the devil. As someone said, ‘ meat wrapped in cake’ just doesn’t work
@JC if you feel like something a bit different and with a great bar, Xoong in Mt Eden is excellent. So is Hello Beasty. Both similar styles.
French Cafe never fails either.
If you’re trying too woo true-love then lunch picnic in the olive grove at Bracu works so well!! They provide in a classic wicker basket with a good bottle of champagne too.
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@hooroo Thanks for the tips. Went to Hello Beasty over summer. Loved it. Their Heart and Seoul cocktail was a highlight.
Not looking to woo anybody though, just when I’m up there for work some friends’ place let me stay at their place instead of a hotel so I shout them dinner. Everybody wins.
Baduzzi was good by the way.
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@jc said in Restaurant Recommendations:
@hooroo Thanks for the tips. Went to Hello Beasty over summer. Loved it. Their Heart and Seoul cocktail was a highlight.
Not looking to woo anybody though, just when I’m up there for work some friends’ place let me stay at their place instead of a hotel so I shout them dinner. Everybody wins.
Baduzzi was good by the way.
Do you like SE Asian fusion? Mekong Baby is very good
Peach's Hot Chicken
