Kangnam Station (Korean Restaurant) and No 1 Panckae (Korean)

On Sat, I met up one of my ex-colleague-Rose from Singapore who is here in Auckland doing her one month tour in New Zealand. We met at Skycity as it is one of the easiest landmark to meet someone. After we met, we decided to stroll along Queen St until Rose suggested to go to the Art Gallery. I have no objection, however neither of us know the way there. We roamed aimlessly  trying to locate the Art Gallery (though I have been here for 2.5years, I am totally LOST when I am in town). Before we can find the gallery, we chanced upon  this Korean Restaurant - Kangnam Station. Rose suggested that why don't we settled for lunch first before to proceed to find the Art Gallery.

 

This restaurant was converted from a railway carriage on the edge of the theatre precinct which is great for a quick and filling pre- or post-show meal. This restaurant has been listed as one of the "cheap eats" in Metro Food Blog.

It is a great restaurant, staff are very friendly. Food is very delicious and the portion is generous. I had a spicy BBQ chicken while Rose had a Tofu Soup. Both were served with steamed rice .Condiments such as - Kimchi, Seaweed, Kumara , hard boiled egg and other sides were served with our main dishes too. The whole meal cost $26 (including a bottle of Diet Coke) for us which was very reasonable.

The restaurant is located:
329 Queen St
Auckland 1010
09-309 1588

After our meal, with the help of the staff we were able to locate the Art Gallery.

Completed our Art gallery's tour, we adventured  back to Queen St. Again we  chanced upon this No 1 Pancake (Korean) Kiosk at the:

Corner Wellesley and Lorne Streets,
Auckland Central
Auckland 1010
The pancake looked too tempting to give it a miss. We decided to order a couple (Ham N Cheese and Cinnamon Sugar) though we were still full with our earlier meal. It was simply delicious and tasted just like Roti Canai/Prata to me, feeling so comforting. I strongly reccomend you to give it a try if you are in the vicinity.  No 1 Pancake is also one of the reccomended "cheap eats" in Metro Food Blog too.

La Rosa Italian Restaurant

Last Friday (26th Oct) was Tony's Birthday. I have booked a table for 2 at La Rosa Italian Restaurant at Captain Scott Rd. Tony's hairdresser has recommended this restaurant to him and we have yet to have the opportunity to patronize. I have done a check on the review on this restaurant. They received good reviews and thought that day would be a good day to dine in this restaurant. The restaurant is located at Glen Eden, less than 10minutes away from our house. It was located at the corner of Captain Scott Rd and Wilson Road South Roundabout. It is a nice, cosy Italian restuarant. The atmosphere was great as staff were friendly. It is a medium size restaurant, be sure to book before you patronize.

La Rosa Restaurant is located:

1/16 Captain Scott Rd

Glen Eden
Waitakere City
Auckland
Phone: 09 818 4088
www.larosa.co.nz

We started the meal with a starter to share as we wanted to enjoy the whole meal without feeling bloated and uncomfortable as Italian food can be quite fufilling.

Our Starter
(Below)

Halloumi Fritto

Pan fried Halloumi Cheese, Prawns, thyme, cherry tomato, Capsicum and Lemon.

Served with Garlic Bread.

This starter was yummy I love the pan fried cheese. It was refreshing and delicious!

Tony's Main Course

(Below)

 

Anatra La Rosa and with a side dish of Cream (Mashed) Potato

Half a Duck Roasted in white wine and Orange. Served With salad OR vegetables.

Tony was full of praises for his orange sauce duck( kept saying it was the best duck he had), I don't eat duck at all so can't really comment however seeing him enjoying it and finishing everything on the plate showed his dish was good. Both of us simply enjoyed the creamy mashed potato, it was creamy and full of flavour, it was one of the BEST mashed potato we had in NZ. 

My Main Course

(Below) 

Spaghetti Col Aglio and Gamberi

Homemade Spaghetti with prawns, garlic, chilli and Olive oil.

I enjoyed my spaghetti though don't love it. There wasn't enough garlic and chilli to give you that bang you were looking for. It was full of olive oil at the bottom of the plate though, making it greasy and sick for my palate. I would definitely give it a go again for my next visit, maybe making my request for more garlic and chilli, less oil.

Our Desserts

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Super Sundae (Top) and Tiramisu (Traditional talian dessert with savoiardi biscuits soaked in coffee, surrounded in cream and Mascarpone)

Both of our desserts were heaven. No complaint at all. It was a great way to end our celebration. The overall experience was good. Great food with nice ambience and friendly staff. Our meal cost NZ$90 which was reasonable. We did not order any drink as we bought our own wine. 

If you are fan of Italian food, this restaurant is definitely worth a TRY. Book before you go.

Full House Restaurant

Kimchi Pancake

I got to know Sharon, a Singaporean from Expat Blog. She studied in Palmerston and has returned to New Zealand-New Plymouth to look for a job as well as to be with her partner-Luke. She just like me, struggled to land a job and has scheduled for an interview in Auckland and would like to have a meet up since we have been communicating. She has indicated that she would like to have Korean or Japanese Food. The only Korean food that I know was the one near my workplace in Birkenhead, Northshore and since we were meeting in town I went into the Internet to look for Korean Restaurant in town. Found this "Full House Korean Restaurant" in menumania  which has got quite good reviews.  Not only that, I roughly figured out how to get there I am still not good with my direction around town as most of the times Tony was the one driving. I do have a GPS in my car but I don't really trust it; sometimes it tells you to turn right when there is absolutely no way you can turn right...it is just stupid though I have tried to update the software/map as regularly as I could. True enough, this GPS did not bring me to this place and I struggled  the GPS bought me round and round for 3 times. I started to panic it was a Friday and there were many cars in town; oh dear it is going to be dangerous when you are driving in a panic mood I decided to go into any car park that I could possibly find at that current location and to navigate to our meeting place by foot. Finally found one car park at Shortland Street,  using my IPhone map I managed to navigate to our meeting place.  

Full House Restaurant is located at:

39 Elliott Street  

(Basement Level)

Auckland Central

Auckland City

09 368 7883

It is a quaint little place with feel of Korea, though I have not been to Korea but I have watched enough Korean Dramas to have that kind of feel of what is it like...

 

Since it was just 2 of us, we ordered a pork bone soup, a spicy pork, kimchi pancake and 2 bowls of steamed rice. The sides dishes were delicious, but the 2 porksdishes we had were just average. Spicy pork was too dry. Both the pork dishes were too gamy especially the pork bone soup then I nearly puked. Pardon me for saying that, it was really too much for me to take the flavor. Sharon found the spicy pork gamier whereas I said the soup. I know all long that NZ's pork is gamy, Korean dishes normally uses a lot of ingredients for marination for meats..believe that it will cover the gaminess of pork so took the risk of ordering 2 pork dishes. I was wrong..I was sorry that I do not know how to appreciate the gamy taste of pork, next time should try the chicken instead. However, there was a consolation. The kimchi pancake was great, it was really good. The portion was way too big for 2 of us to finish..in fact we were left with half portion of each dish...The total cost of this meal was only $40 which was cheap for the kind of portion served. It is definitely worth going there if you are a fan of Korean Cuisine.  The cost was almost the same as my parking cost which was $38 for slightly over 2hours of parking. Parking is really super expensive in town, it was a total ripped off. I swear that I will never really want to drive to town again, would rather try to take public transportation.

Milano Italian Restaurant @ Taupo

This is one of the worst restaurant I have experienced so far in New Zealand. We were at Taupo for a stopover while we were driving home for Wellington to Auckland. Called in at this restaurant for dinner. 

Milano Italian Restaurant
34 Tuwharetoa St
Taupo Central
Taupo 

We ordered 2 appetizers, 2 main and a glass of white wine. Shortly, our appetizers-Garlic Bread and Calamari Cristo arrived. After we finished, Tony was not served with his glass of white wine. We called the waitress and asked for it, not apologetic at all she came back with the long waited white wine. After  we finished the appetizers, we chatted and kept looking at our watch, 40mins has passed then there was a group of 4 persons came in and seat at a table beside us. Their orders were taken, and about 15mins later they were served with their meals. I can't believe it, they came in later and they were served first. I called out to the waitress and asked where were our dinner? Again, the staff did not offer a word of apology and  said she will check it out for us. She went over to the counter area to check with her colleagues and we stood up too and walked to the counter area. They realised they did not put through our orders. How could this happened ? It was really ridiculous... If our order was not put through, then why did we received our garlic bread and calamari cristo in the first place.. Below were what we were served.....our main NEVER arrives.

We left at once......feeling disappointed and guttedwith the service.

Read the reviews of this restaurant when I came back and really this restaurant had a bad reputation. Service was really sucks ...you may want to read the reviews here before you decide whether to go...AVOID THIS RESTAURANT IF YOU CAN !!!

Cinta Malaysian Restaurant

It was my birthday last week, Tony wanted to have a celebration for me. However, I was a very private person preferred to have a simple dinner to celebrate between us. I suggested to go to Cinta Malaysian Restaurant. We had been there once last year before Christmas with John and Carol. We were quite impressed with the food served there during our last visited. Tony and I enjoyed the Sambal Eggplant and Chicken Rendang so much that we wanted to patronize the restaurant again. My birthday was a good excuse to go again.

Cinta Malaysian Restaurant is just 15min from our place. The restaurant is warm and inviting. The service is good with very accomodating staff. There are 2 dishes in this restaurant that I highly reccomend- Sambal Eggplant (Aubergine/Brinjal) and Chicken Rendang (They do serve Beef Rendang).

Sambal Eggplant

What is Sambal?

Sambal is actually a  spicy Southeast Asian condiment, it is a chilli based sauce. Cinta's Sambal Eggplant was prepared and cooked was different from how it was done in Asia. In Asia, it is cooked with Sambal and dried shrimp. Cinta's eggplant dish was not spicy and this dish did not seem to have dried shrimp, though I was not 100% sure. I am allergic to seafood especially dried shrimp, I did not have any reaction when I had it during both my visits. The cook/owner may have customised the sambal/this dish to accommodate Kiwi's palate, which expalined why the dish is different from Asia. Though it was different with dried shrimp, it was packed with unexpected flavour/taste. It was just delicious and it is a dish that I would strongly reccommend this Sambal Eggplant to Kiwis, who wanted to patronize this restaurant. Do not be intimated by the word "Sambal". Tony is a Kiwi, does not take spicy food simply enjoyed this dish. 

Chicken Rendang

This 2nd dish I would like blog about is their Chicken Rendang. Rendang is a spicy meat dish, Rendang is rich in spices, Rendang uses coconut milk, and mixture of ground spices paste, that include ginger, galangal, turmeric leaves, lemon grass, garlic, shallot, chillies and other spices. Meats are slowly cooked in coconut milk and spices in perfect heat until almost all the liquid is gone, allowing the meat to absorb the spicy condiments. The slow cooking process allows the meat to absorb all the spices and to become tender. Rendang is considered a "dry" curry, as the sauce is simmered down to a minimum. If you like your curry packed with flavours, the you will love Rendang.

Cinta's Chicken Rendang has abundance of flavours from the mixed spices. A word of Caution: If you can't take spicy food and would love to try out this dish in Cinta, REMEMBER to tell the waitress the level of spiciness you love like the dish to be done. Else it might turn out to be too spicy and ruin your dining experience. Our 1st visit with John and Carol, the Chicken Rendang was not that spicy as compared with this visit. Maybe during then there were 3 Kiwis in our group, they knew and expect that most Kiwis can't take spicy food. On this visit, just 2 of us. And with me being an Asian, love spicy food. The Chicken Rendang served that night was spiciness enough to satisfy me but not Tony. It was way too spicy for him to enjoy! Kuckily, we did order other dish Honey Pork Ribs. Overall review of the food at Cinta was good. Good quality of Malaysian food at reasonable. We will definitely patronize and recommend to others.

This Restaurant is located at: 
 Cinta Malaysian Restaurant
454 Dominion Road
Mt Eden, Auckland, NZ
Phone:09 623 2808
Website: http://www.cintamalaysianrestaurant.co.nz/

KL Kitchen at Chinatown Foodcourt

 

One of the Saturday, I literally drove all the way to Chinatown at Ti Rakau Dr JUST to eat this bowl of Chicken Laska.  Though this was only the 2nd time I was having this Laska at Chinatown, it was by far the BEST in  Auckland. It is definitely worth the drive to go all the way there from Green Bay, it is about half an hour drive from Green Bay if there is no traffic. There is nothing attractive at the Chinatown in Auckland except the foodcourt there. There are great varieties of Asian Food in this Foodcourt, the Chicken Laska which I had was served in KL Kitchen. It was authentic just tasted the way it was served in SIngapore and Malaysia, it bought back some comforting emotional when I tucked in. This laska was served in a mixture of "yellow" noodles (made of wheat flour) and Mee Hoon (Vermicelli made from rice flour). It is quite common to have laska with a mixture of noodles and Mee Hoon in my country, it adds different textures to the dish and yet do not give you a bloated feeling after you finished the whole bowl of laska...since the laksa gravy contains coconut milk-which has a high oil content. This laska is served with chicken parts, some potatoes and Tau Pok (a deep dried tofu) and fresh beansprouts at the bottom of the noodles. For Chicken Laska fan's residing in Auckland, the laska that is served in KL Kitchen in Chinatown's Foodcourt is definitely worth going for. :)

Golden Barbecue Noodle House

Last Sunday, we planned to have Dim Sum for brunch at HKD (Hong Kong Delight) at Dominion Rd. We went there without booking, we were told to share a table with other, though there were empty tables around. Tony was against it as I was pretty comfortable with sharing. Tony decided to dine elsewhere. We drove around and decided to dine at Golden Barbeque Noodle House at Dominion Rd. We dined in this restaurant once, the food were nice with reasonable pricing.

While taking my order of Curry Chicken Noodle, the waitress asked me a fuuny question. How do I want my Curry Chicken Noodle to be served-in Soup or Dried???? I never have this question throwed to me. I answered her "with soup". She left me puzzled if I have made the correct choice, Curry is usually cooked and served with thick gravy so i supposed "soup" mean in "thick gravy unless otherwise. I was full of anticipation how my dish was going to turn out.



Curry Chicken Noodle with Soup

When my Curry Chicken Noodle was served to me, I realised what she meant after seeing the bowl bought in front of me. The noodle was served with chicken broth topped with curry chicken gravy, which they called it Curry Chicken Noodle in soup. Hahaha...in Asian countries, it is just serve with Chicken Curry gravy. Before I tasted it, I was not confident it will be good as it looked kinda of weird to me. To my surprise, it turned out to be delicious and yummy. Never judge a book by its cover..By the way, the curry is also slightly diiferent from asian curries as it was cooked without coconut cream and they cooked with a lot of onions which is quite unusual in asian curries. Guess it is a matter of getting use to it.

 

BBQ Honey Pork

This noodle house served quite a varieties of Chinese roast-Roast Duck, Roast Chicken, Roast Pork and Barbeque Honey Pork (which called Char Siew). We ordered a plate of  $8 BBQ Honey Pork. The menu stated a minimun of 1kg which we don't think we can finished so much, I did a check with the waitress they were happy to serve us BBQ Honey Pork with  a minimun order of $5 or more. It was tender and juicy but however Tony did not like the taste of the BBQ Honey Pork served at this noodle house. It was an individual's preferences, I enjoyed the pork thoroughly as it was not "porky". Hahaha...

  



Roast Duck Noodle Soup

Tony had Roast Duck Noodle Soup, the duck enjoyed alot of praises from Tony but not the noodle. He is not a rice or noodle person. Only Chinese cannot survive without rice and noodles in a meal.



Fried Crispy Wonton

Golden Barbeque Noodle House
296D Dominion Road
Balmoral
Auckland
Phone: 09-638 6878

Cripsy Fried Wontan was also part of our dish. It was a good entree, not oily. The pork was beautifully cooked without being dry. Thumb up!

Sake Bar Nippon Restaurant

 

3rd August 2011 was our 2nd anniversary since Tony and I met. We have made this plan to dine at Sake Bar Nippon Restaurant along Manukau Rd to celebrate this special occasion. Prior to this date, I have told Tony that I do not want any gifts or flowers but just a simple meal to remember this special day of ours. Being a typical Singaporean, afraid that the restaurant may be booked out on the night Tony rang up trying to make a booking, the receiver at the other told Tony to call again later as the manager was not there to take the booking?? Just don't understand why she cannnot take our booking instead?  Subsequently, I decided to make a booking on their  website as hate the idea of being booked out when we arrived on the day. Someone was supposed to get back to us about our booking according to their website, noone rang. On the day, I gave a call to make a booking with them this time round I finally got the booking made. So for those who want to patronise this restaurant, it is better to give them a ring to make the booking. Keep calling till you get someone to try your booking...internet booking does not worked.

 

This is a busy restaurant though it was a Wednesday when we dined there. There was a crowd when we arrived at 630pm. It pays to book despite my bad experience with their booking system.

It was disappointing when we placed our order, we wanted to have Chicken Yakitori. We were told that was no Chicken Yakitori. Their dinner service just started at 6pm and it was not possible that they had this item in the menu "sold out" in half an hour. 

We had Mushroom, Scotch Fillet and Pork from their Yakitori's menu. 



Mushroom and Scotch Fillet Yakitori



Pork Yakitori

From Teppanyaki's menu we had Scallop Mayo and Yakisoba-Stir Fried noodles.  

Scallop Mayo



Yakisoba

From Kitchen's menu we ordered Gyoza dumplings as well as Miso soup. Japanese meal can only considered complete with miso soup. The miso soup was nice that we had 2 bowls each.              

 

Gyoza Dumplings

Miso Soup

As I was not feeling satisfied not having Chicken, I asked the waiter if they have "Chicken Karaage"...a substitute for my Chicken Yakitori. Only after having my chicken dish, I felt satisfied with our anniversary's celebration.

The overall experience at this restaurant was good despite the booking glitch. The food were delicious at great prices. Food were served promptly too. Lively ambience though, the only complaint I had was seating arrangement can be abit cramped depending where you were being assigned. We would definitely paronise this restaurant again.  

Address:

415 Manukau Road

Epsom 1023

Phone: (09) 630 2511
Open 7 days for dinner
Check out their menu at:
www.sakebar.co.nz

Muse Cafe (Hong Kong Style Cafe) @ Newmarket

Last Saturday, Tony and I decided to go for a movie. Going for movie has become part of our weekends activites, as we have watched most of the movies titles we wanted to watch..with not much on the our list though. Tony however suggested  "Bridemaids"...this movie has been on the big screen for almost 2 months, did not actually stir up our interest as our must watch list. I agreed since we do not have many movie choices left. We have to go all the way to Newmarket for this movie as the sessions were limited. As we were an hour early and we have not had our lunch, suggested to Tony to go to "Muse Cafe"  for our late lunch. This is a Hong Kong Style Cafe, with a mixture of different Asian foods at affordable prices I have patronised this cafe once for their chicken congee. My stomach has not been feeling good since Friday, it was best to have something light and this cafe would be most ideal with a few varieties of congee on their menu.



Yuan Yang

I ordered myself a glass of Yuanyang or Coffee with tea. This is a very popular  beverage in Hong Kong, made of a mixture of coffee and Hong Kong style milk tea. Though the taste may not be just good as the one served in Hong Kong I was glad to be able to get one here in this cafe. The chicken congee was very comforting for my stomach and also comforting for someone who miss home. The congee reminded me of my mother. My mother and I are big fan of congee, she used to cook fish and chicken congee for our Sunday's lunch when my fussy eater brother was not at home. Mum and I also enjoyed plain porridge, to go with salted egg, pickled vegetable, fermented beancurd , fried beansprout with tou gwa and etc... My definition of congee and porridge are rice porridge, one is cooked with meat, vegetables or seafood while the latter is without.

Tony was on diet, trying to cut down on his carbo intake. He ordered a Fried Chicken thighs minus off the noodles that comes with it. It was just so yummy that he can't believe a simple and tiny cafe served such great food.

 

Muse Cafe

5-11 Kent St
(Shop 2, Newmarket Plaza)
Newmarket
Auckland City
Tel: 09-920 2682

Hours:
Mon – Fri 8:00am – 9:00pm
Sat 9:00am – 9:00pm
Sun 9:00am – 4:00pm

Love A Duck Restaurant

Last Saturday, we went to Love A Duck Restaurant at  Dominion Road for our dinner. We came across this restaurant when we went to Zap Thai Restaurant and we promised ourselves that we would patronize this restuaurant one of these days since Tony is a duck's lover. They are located nearby one another in the same street. In fact. my chinese colleague gave a good review of this restaurant too. It is typical Hong Kong style cafe. The setup looked like the 80's, so it looked a bit old and dirty inside though it was not actually dirty at all. They served very simple food like those you found in Hong Kong Cafe. To me, simple is delicious.

I love the chicken congee and Soy Sauce Chicken which I ordered that evening. Congee tasted just those you got it in Hong Kong restaurants, with the similar kind of watery texture and milky taste. As for the Soy Sauce Chicken, it was the BEST I have ever tasted in New Zealand. I  never expected it to be so nice, simply love the garnishing on top of the chicken-Ginger, Spring Onion and I think with some seasame oil on it too.. It goes well with the chicken. This braised Soy Sauce Chicken was so succulent, Tony and I enjoyed it very much.  

As for the Wonton Soup, it was just so-so and nothing to rave about. Tony had a stir fry duck with vegetables, I did not taste that as I was not a fan of duck. This dish contained mainly vegetables with only a few bits and pieces of shredded duck meats, I don't find it worth the bucks. Though we may have 2 dishes that were average, but we will still visit this restaurant again as their Soy Sauce Chicken has captured our hearts!

Love A Duck

302 Dominion Road

Balmoral
Auckland
(09) 638 7528

Lone Star Restaurant

This morning, Tony flew down to Wellington again. He was back from Wellington on Thurs and there he went again for his selling, I am all alone again for 3rd time. Next week, he will be away again to Cairns after coming back this upcoming Wed. These few weeks have been hectic for him. So on Friday, he decided to bring him out for dinner as both of us have ran out of ideas what to cook. It was really difficult to think of what to cook and I now understand what my mum has gone through daily planning and cooking for my family back in Singapore which at times, she did expressed don't know what to cook each day. Actually, we even have problem deciding what cuisine/restaurant to go for/to for dinner. Tony suggested Malaysian or Thai, I was really sick of these two choices then I suggested we go for Western Cuisine instead as we have never tried that since I came over last April 10.

He bought me to Lone Star Restaurant in New Lynn, this was the 2nd time I been to this restaurant. The 1st time was back in early 2010 when I was here for a hoilday and we drove down to Gisborne and it was where my first experience of this restaurant.

As it was a Friday's night, the restaurant was packed we have to wait for 15minutes for our table. We went to the bar to have some drinks while waiting. Usually, we will have Burbon Coke as our drink. For a change, I had Mojito Cocktail while Tony had Bounty Hunter, both were nice as it was beautifully concocted.

We ordered a scallops as our entree but was very disappointing. The scallops were not fresh(as it was afrozen scallops) and was not worth the price we paid for. As for our main, I had a Hollywood Chicken which was their special for the day, Tony had a Feelgood Beef Fillet. My chicken was succulent and delicious though the plating was a bit sloppy. Tony's beef fillet was a bit tough though the taste was good as commented by him. I had their Pork Ribs on my 1st visit, which in fact you will see most patrons ordered this dish as it seems to be their signature dish for those who wanted to visit this restaurant. We enjoyed the ambience of this restaurant and we go back again soon. :)

 

Address:
3 Totara Avenue, New Lynn,
Auckland, New Zealand.
Ph:(09)826 1906
Cafe Hours:
Restaurant
Monday - Friday 5pm - late
Saturday and Sunday 4.30pm - late

Bar Hours:
Monday - Friday 5pm - late
Saturday and Sunday 4.30pm - late
http://www.lonestar.co.nz/

Sri Mahkota Malaysian Restaurant

After the race at Ellerslie, we went for our dinner at Great South Road which was just 5 minutes away from the lodge we were putting up that night. Tony was doing his selling for New Zealand and has booked the lodge for his selling presentation.

Address:

164 Great South Rd
Remuera

Auckland City

09-520 2998

This is a neat and clean restaurant. I ordered half Hainanese Chicken Rice while Tony ordered Roti Canai to go with Honey Pork Ribs. Sounded weird but he just loves Roti Canai and will definitely order this to go with whatever dish he ordered if that restaurant serves this. That is his style of eating.

The Hainanese chicken was abit disappointing, the meat was not tender at all and the chicken was soaked with too much of the soy sauce mixture which caused it to be salty. The only thing I liked about the dish was the chicken rice chilli sauce, it just tasted the way it should be with garlic, ginger and was spicy enough.

Tony's Honey pork ribs were tender and succulent. Chilli powder was sprinkled on top of the ribs which I found it unneccessary as it was spicy for Tony who did not take spicy food. As a result, I have to scrap the chilli powder off from the ribs.

The food were served promptly and the price was reasonable too. These 2 dishes were good to serve 3 or even 4, for the price of less than NZ$50.

After dinner, Tony wanted to go to Sky City's Casino, however he missed the turn and ended up in the harbour bridge. Because of this blunder, we ended seeing breathtaking sunset over the harbour bridge. And decided to go back to the lodge and retired early for the night instead of going to Casino.