Sunday, August 31, 2014

Auckland Diner's Diary: August 2014

The Auckland restaurant scene is full of comings and goings. Here are what I have noticed this month.

New Ventures by the Experienced

City (Fringe) Cafes

Ethnic Flavours
  • Olas Latin Food - Argentinian empanadas, Colombian/Venezuelan arepas, and Mexican enchiladas, as well as desserts like alfajores and dulce de leche cheesecake, sharing a building with a dance school in Newton. Formerly known as Ola's Argentinian Food when they were simply selling empanadas at the markets.
  • Turko Cafe - Turkish cafe in Freemans Bay, formerly the Mavi Cafe
  • Santiago's - Chilean cafe, restaurant and bar on K'Rd. Churrascos (burgers), completos (hot dogs), empanadas ("Chilean pies") and other Chilean food like salchipapas, chorillanas, sopaipillas and empolvados.
  • The Spoon - Korean fusion cuisine on Symonds St, near the top of Wellesley St. Looked like mainly set combos with food from the warming drawers?
  • Grill and Shakes - grilled meats, some with Middle Eastern influences, and 69 flavours of milkshake
  • Enjoy in BBQ & Hotpot (回回来) - Chinese eatery on Dominion Road, where Cheuk Cafe used to be

Sugar Rush
  • Meet Fresh (鲜芋仙) - Taiwanese teas and desserts from a multinational franchise, on Lorne St
  • Waffle Suprême - Liège and Brussels style waffles from a streetside container by the Atrium on Elliott carpark
  • OKO Dessert Kitchen - high-end desserts and drinks from Mövenpick, on the Aotea Square side of the IMAX complex. I saw a chef doing something with balloons.

[Added 13/9/2014:
Burger Mania
]

New Branches

Coming Soon

Apart from some places mentioned in my previous post, there are some eateries being shaped up around the place. I also noticed that the renovated part of the IMAX complex has some shops leased now, so looking forward to more exciting things to come there.

Closing

8 comments:

  1. Oh I'm sad to hear that Carinthia is closing. I really like that place. Thanks for this post - now I've added 2 places to my wishlist, Grill and Shakes and Scarlett, Slimms and Lucky!

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    1. I was sad to hear Carinthia is closing too. And I've been meaning to check out those two places too. Great minds think alike!

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    2. Forgot to say, Carinthia is apparently open again. Not sure what that was about.

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  2. What a neat list! I'm really keen to pop into Scratch Bakers!

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    1. The Britomart pop up store will be a bit easier to reach than the City Works Depot, and I imagine they will have the same things for sale, though I haven't checked it out yet.

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    2. Haha I got confused and went to the one at City Works Depot (it's closer to work). Their selection is simply amazing! Loved it!

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  3. Great list! I never knew about 'Waffle Supreme', I can't wait to try it out! Have you tried them out yet? Would love you hear what you think :)

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