The key to enjoying #Okinawa is to get out of #Naha. I rented a car for the day and did about 400 km puttering around part of the island. I buzz about infrastructure like bridges, and there are plenty of those in Okinawa. 🇯🇵 ✈️
S A R A W A K K O L O M E E
... now available at Taisumyun Malaysia Cuisine, 30 Pearn Place, Northcote. This dry curly noodle is famous in Sarawak and is well sought after by home-sick punters. Now we can indulge to our heart’s content. Go there now!
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C A P T. I S B A C K !
Capt Thomas and Aunty Lilian re-open their award-winning fish & chips shop Greenwoods Fresh Catch. Capt Thomas says he’s been to Alaska to re-charge his batteries. @JohnJCampbell’s video of his visit is no longer on high repeat.
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B U O N A N N O
Still driving the black Fiat Bambina and still the butt of jokes. So here goes, pop the cork and off we go into the New Year! Last year misfired.
Wore this shirt for the first time in ages today and, right on cue, some guy screams “poofter!” as he drives by. Bitch, the shirt is Comme des Garçons and u could never
H A I N A N E S E C H I C K E N R I C E
You can get decent Hainanese Chicken Rice from Sim’s Kitchen, 1/59 Victoria St, Onehunga. Chicken is poached tender, rice is garlic ginger fragrant, soy dip & chilli ginger garlic sauce uplift the chicken rice.
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P U M P K I N P I E
As traditional as turkey is to Thanksgiving. From a Thanksgiving lunch over the weekend at The Pie Piper, 3/321 K Road.
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B Á N H M Ì
Go-to for Bánh Mì is our local Fusion Cafe, 32 Jervois Rd. Owners Nam & Anh have perfected the Vietnamese roll, from crispy-skin baguette to the lemongrass pork/chicken/beef & slathered with chicken liver pâté + pickled daikon & herbs.
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C H A R B E E H O O N
Singapore Rice Vermicelli, Penang-style. The umami fest is achieved by the mix of soy, chilli, tomato and Worcestershire sauces and squeeze of lemon. Chef Roy at Mutiara Restaurant has taken Char Bee Hoon to a new (Penang) level.
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F E T T U C C I N E C A R B O N A R A
Supporting local ~ at The Italian Job, 242 Jervois Rd. Ribbons of freshly-made fettuccine with mushroom, garlic, bacon & egg served in a creamy sauce and a dash of white wine.
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F R I D A Y F I S H
Snapper caught and filleted by top chef Phil Clark @ClarkChef of Phil’s Kitchen & Kingsland Social Club and cooked by yours truly, with cooking tips from the man himself. Happy end to “if it's Friday it must be fish” (for Catholics).
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O N E F I N E D A Y
A pearler of a day in Tamaki Makaurau - the sky is blue, the gleaming Waitemata Harbour calm and the Auckland Harbour Bridge straddles the two parts of the city.
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A L M O N D C R O I S S A N T
PieFee at 349 K Road make award-winning pies as well as pastries and cakes. Bite into their own-recipe sourdough almond croissant and you will find another layer of gorgeousness - a filling of ground almond, butter and egg.
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T A R A ‘ S S P E C I A L
Herne Bay’s postal outlet identity has her own pizza made by owner Freydo next door at The Italian Job, 242 Jervois Rd. It has everything a traditional Italian pizza has so you won’t find pineapple or tandoori chicken on it.
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T E M P U R A
Vegetable tempura from The Gyoza Bar, 171C Ponsonby Rd. Delightfully airy crispy battered seasonal vegetables in fresh oil, and a sweet tempura dipping sauce. 美味しい
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S W E E T & S O U R
The archetypal Anglo Chinese dish, together with Egg Fu Young. The crispy Sweet & Sour Chicken (or pork) at Canto Canto, Westfield Broadway will take you back to days when Fried Rice is considered an exotic Chinese.
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