Hard News: Auckland City Nights
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BenWilson, in reply to
And the Lynnmall one is probably better than St Lukes, if you're malling
Yes. I particularly like the grill place in the middle.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
But I bet Leo would hate it with a passion. "Everyone is eating dog food!!".
Lol.
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Sacha, in reply to
I only meant the Japanese one. Don't know enough about the others.
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HORansome, in reply to
Whilst Food Alley is good, the Thai place at the Ponsonby foodcourt wins hands down (for me) because of their excellent yet reasonably priced vegetarian dishes. It also helps its on my walk home...
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BenWilson, in reply to
Don't know enough about the others.
I can assure you the McDonald's is within the acceptable 1% variation that their quality control allows. The chips become disgusting at precisely 7 minutes after being lifted from the fat. The pickles are not crossed. The sundae gives you diarrhea for only one poo. The milkshake will only travel up the straw at the same moment that the chips became revolting. I've not counted the sesame seeds on the buns, but feel pretty sure they will be tightly clustered around the acceptable limit, and evenly spaced. Their menu still runs from the Teresa Gattung playbook of pricing confusion, in which somehow you always ended up with a lot more food than you wanted. I expect McDonald's have modeled this more carefully than Telecom, doing time and motion studies on exactly when the average customer enters the totally confused state, in which upsizing feels like a moment of clarity, but turns out to have been a trap, and the free drink was not a gambit after all, because you realize you didn't actually want a cup of ice and coke syrup.
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
excellent yet reasonably priced vegetarian dishes.
An alien concept in Thailand though. Even the most humble vegetarian looking dish uses fish sauce.
I don't think much of the food in the PFC is particularly authentic (tried to order in Bahasa at the Malay place and got a blank stare) but I love the place for the buzz and the people you see - and some of that not that authentic food is really quite delicious.
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Martin Lindberg, in reply to
Even the most humble vegetarian looking dish uses fish sauce.
Fish isn't vegetarian!?
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
That was my point - there is almost no such thing as vegetarian food in Thailand aside from the likes of fresh fruit dishes. And even when fruit is processed for some dishes, prawn or fish extract is added.
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I’ve not counted the sesame seeds on the buns, but feel pretty sure they will be tightly clustered around the acceptable limit, and evenly spaced. Their menu still runs from the Teresa Gattung playbook of pricing confusion, in which somehow you always ended up with a lot more food than you wanted. I expect McDonald’s have modeled this more carefully than Telecom, doing time and motion studies on exactly when the average customer enters the totally confused state, in which upsizing feels like a moment of clarity, but turns out to have been a trap
Ben, your words are an evocative outpouring.
I've only ever had hot apple pies from McDonalds, on account of my veganness - when it's 3am and you're driving between Canberra and Sydney, there's very little on the road, and even less that's open.
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Fish isn’t vegetarian!?
I tell people I don't like to consume the souls of other beings. That really throws them.
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George Darroch, in reply to
there is almost no such thing as vegetarian food in Thailand aside from the likes of fresh fruit dishes. And even when fruit is processed for some dishes, prawn or fish extract is added.
I tried my luck a little in Thailand, but mostly I just went to the 7-11, where you can read the ingredients.
You can imagine my disappointment when I discovered that sambal (Indonesian flavoured chilli paste, for the uninitiated) frequently contains shrimp and fish sauce. I still eat it by the spoonful, although I'm careful when buying my own.
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
I tried my luck a little in Thailand,
Of course I should be saying, there is almost no such thing as vegetarian in Thai cuisine. Vegetarian food is widely available in Thailand.
sambal
The two core ingredients are Shrimp paste and chilli. Indonesian food is a little more vegetarian friendly - as I think we discussed sitting in that cafe in Soi 38 - but not greatly so.
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Martin Lindberg, in reply to
Fish isn't vegetarian?!
That was my pointTrue, I was (badly) paraphrasing the vegan dude in the Scott Pilgim-movie.
Chicken isn't vegan?
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HORansome, in reply to
Aye, the fish sauce thing is awkward (and also eggs are apparently vegetarian, as are shrimps). I'm probably going to Malaysia at some point next year. Anyone know if it's going to be possible to be vegan there?[1]
1. A friend of mine stopped being a vegetarian a few months because she moved to Russian (so as to get used to eating meat again) because, having lived there before, she said it was next to impossible in Winter to survive on a vegetarian diet.
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
True, I was (badly) paraphrasing the vegan dude in the Scott Pilgim-movie.
I got the irony after I posted.....
Rather slow today after heavily meat infused pasta last night and cheap Italian red (the mention of such things normally gets a response like 'you have Italian food in Bangkok?')
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BenWilson, in reply to
Ben, your words are an evocative outpouring.
My 5 months there were formative. My favorite encounter was with a drunk rural Maori guy who came in and asked for "1 fish and a dollar chips". The look of shock on his face when he saw how much $1 of chips was at McDs was comical/sad. I really felt for the guy.
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
I'm probably going to Malaysia at some point next year. Anyone know if it's going to be possible to be vegan there?[1]
The large Indian population would likely be your best bet outside of KL I'd imagine. Malay food itself is rarely vegetarian.
In KL itself you can get anything - the food can be incredible.
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Anyone know if it’s going to be possible to be vegan there?
Yes. You'll mainly be eating tofu, simple vegetables, and the same Indian you trust back home. Most speak English well enough to make it easyish.
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HORansome, in reply to
I've been told to stop eating my trusted Indian. The neighbours are being to talk.
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I’ve been told to stop eating my trusted Indian. The neighbours are being to talk.
Think nothing of it. Personhood is conferred, not axiomatic.
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Martin Lindberg, in reply to
A friend of mine stopped being a vegetarian a few months because she moved to Russian (so as to get used to eating meat again) because, having lived there before, she said it was next to impossible in Winter to survive on a vegetarian diet.
I travelled through the good 'ole Soviet Union in the mid-eighties and food was generally... umm... a challenge. It practically made me want to become a vegetarian.
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
Yes. You'll mainly be eating tofu, simple vegetables, and the same Indian you trust back home.
But watch out for the salt - often in the cheaper places it's chicken salt. Asking for vegetarian and actually getting it in SEA are quite divergent experiences. At least in the Indian places there is often a religious reason to expect.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
But watch out for the salt - often in the cheaper places it's chicken salt.
Don't they just have a chicken fly over a vatful of the stuff before they package it, as they're reputed to do with chicken flavoured chips?
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nzlemming, in reply to
I've been told to stop eating my trusted Indian. The neighbours are being to talk
They're probably conspiring against you...
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I'm only at page 7. I think it's what your doing it for and why they did it. If you can find that out ,I don't think a tip is great unless you are broke and needed it. But Ben's matter of factness is quite typical of what is a winner for yourself. Something like what Islander did, seems a wonderful gesture.I think if that happened to me, it would bring tears to my eyes because it reflected someone's impression of me. Carol and Danielle are right too, don't ya think? Giving is the best anyone can do for another, and if it floats your boat....
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