Food

Filo is Your Friend

Posted 1:09am Tuesday 15th March 2011 by Niki Lomax

Filo is not scary. Filo is your friend. The fear is understandable; I too once considered filo to be a fearful and tricky business. That was before I actually used it and realised how easy it is. SO EASY. I swear. It’s not nearly as time consuming as you might assume, it’s extremely Read more...

Frittering with courgettes

Posted 2:52am Tuesday 8th March 2011 by Niki Lomax

I saw my breath this morning and I fear that what has been a glorious summer may now be ending. And along with it, the season of cheap and fresh summery produce. Tomatoes! Oh how I will miss your abundance. You really rock my world. Courgettes! Can I still convince the flatties to buy you when Read more...

Café review - Green Acorn Cafe

Posted 2:50am Tuesday 8th March 2011 by Pip Schaffler

72 Albany St (opposite the Central Library). (2/5) Prices: Flat white – $4.50, Long black – $3.50, Mocha - $4.80   Atmosphere: dreary and tired   Service: prompt but we were the only people in the place.   Location: very convenient – opposite the Read more...

NOT TOAST

Posted 4:15am Monday 28th February 2011 by Niki Lomax

This being my fourth year in this fair southern city, I am well acquainted with the inadequacies of the student diet. It’s fair to say that in the last three years I have consumed my body weight several times over in toast and pasta. Toast for breakfast, toast for lunch, pasta - usually covered in Read more...

A tribute to the in-between

Posted 4:39am Monday 23rd August 2010 by Tien-Yi Toh

The reality is that fantastic food places are rare and far in between, particularly in a small(ish) city like Dunedin. We are lucky enough to have a few restaurants that serve exceptionally good – sometimes even outstanding – food, but the rest mostly just fall in the ‘not bad’, ‘okay’, or Read more...

Chilli, Garlic & Prawn Vermicelli

Posted 4:49am Tuesday 10th August 2010 by Tien-Yi Toh

I think it’s time for another pasta recipe. This is the dish that I am most proud of, even though I am not sure that I have the right to be proud of something that isn’t an original idea. I watched Jamie Oliver make something like it on TV once so I just followed the basic rules and Read more...

FoodWishes.com

Posted 3:14am Monday 2nd August 2010 by Tien-Yi Toh

I’m a big fan of FoodWishes.com. Every one of Chef John’s recipes that we’ve tried has turned out perfectly, and that is not something I can say about any of the current celebrity chefs. I’ve always wanted to have a typical ‘Southern’ meal, which to me, having been influenced by pop TV, equals fried Read more...

Jizo

Posted 12:51am Monday 26th July 2010 by Tien-Yi Toh

56 Princes Street Jizo has, hands down, the best teriyaki chicken sushi that I've ever tasted. When I first tasted Jizo’s ‘original teriyaki chicken’ sushi, they were delectably warm and absolutely melted in my mouth. What immediately struck me was that the teriyaki chicken Read more...