I used to avoid Chinese food because the
meat was so questionable. But I’ve since realised that boycotting Chinese food
until they start using ethical meat is a bit like boycotting pornographic
movies until they start writing stronger female characters. It’s not going to
happen in our lifetime, so you might as well just suspend your conscience for
half an hour and get stuck in like everybody else does.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Where to find good chooks
I reckon one of the easiest and most
rewarding things you can do as a food lover is to start buying your fresh food
from places other than the supermarket. I get my vegetables from Fruit World,
Harvest, Pt Chev’s Little Hero, weekend markets and, when I can manage it, from
Art of Produce in Crummer Road, a great little Auckland secret where chefs and
hotels get their fruit and veg each morning but which is open to the curious
public too. None of these places is more expensive than the supermarket but
they’re all fresher, more personal and with more interesting vegetables. Look,
above, it’s a grilled radicchio, mozzarella, tomato and fresh basil pesto salad
made after one particularly awesome Saturday morning haul.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Ponsonby Road Bistro and Pure
Some restaurants are very good but, for
whatever reason, don’t get the buzz that they deserve. I don’t know why. Something
to do with coolness, or fashionability probably, which sounds quite shallow but
is probably just as important as the food given that people go out not just to
eat but to spend a couple of hours somewhere more exciting than their own
lounge.
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