Metro review - Moochowchow

The following review of mine appeared in Metro, June 2011. You can read my review of Simon Gault's new restaurant Fish in the latest issue, out Monday 26 September.

Kai haiku

I’ve got a stack of real writing jobs on at the moment, some of them for companies who found me through this website, so thank you. Unfortunately, when you’re writing stuff for a living all day, it’s quite hard to motivate yourself to write the free stuff with the same enthusiasm. So in an attempt to make today’s blog post seem a little less onerous for myself, I’m going to be telling you about the month’s food highlights in the form of haiku.

Secret Thai Garden

Anna Burns Francis. It sounds like a stage direction from a Fringe Festival script, but it’s actually the name of a talented radio news journalist who emailed and put me onto Secret Thai Garden, an amazing little find and my new recommendation for a surprise Auckland date night.

Soul Thai takeaway in Grey Lynn

We don't want for much in the lucky suburbs of Herne Bay, Ponsonby, Grey Lynn and Westmere, but we sure could use some decent takeaway options. Many is the evening I've driven forlornly through the neighbourhood, half an hour in the car to save myself fifteen minutes in the kitchen, hoping I'll come across a cheerful Mexican, a plucky Laotian or a busy fingered Israelite to serve me inexpensive, tasty grub from their homeland.