Amanda Gardner, Author at Concrete Playground

News
Concrete Playground Meets Jess’ Underground Kitchen

Jessica Daniell is an interpreneur, a social media-savvy saveur, a fab cook and a bloody good chick. We catch up with her to hear the latest.

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Restaurant
Cereal Killa

360 Dominion Road, Mt Eden

Dominion Road is well-known for a lot of things, but breakfast & brunch cafes are not one of those things.....yet. Cereal Killa is angling to change that reputation.

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Restaurant
Best Ugly

Corner Wellesley & Nelson Street, Auckland

The bagels are bloody good. Chur Al.

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Bar
The Station Canteen & Espresso

122 Anzac Ave, Auckland

The meals are $6. We'll let that sink in for a moment.

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Restaurant
Late Night Diner - CLOSED

154 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

Ponsonby-ites can rejoice, as their late night eating choices have just been considerably expanded with the opening of the Late Night Diner.

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Event
Vegan Feast

Tue, 23 Apr, 2013
Kokako, Grey Lynn

So if you ever wanted to discover that vegan doesn't have to be boring or tasteless, make sure you're one of the first 50 to snap up these tickets.

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Event
Braai-BBQ

Sat, 20 Apr, 2013
Village Winery, Mt Eden

Try a South African style BBQ to farewell summer this year.

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Restaurant
7 Siri - CLOSED

580 Sandringham Road, Sandringham

Easy on the pocket and healthy for the body and the soul; a great little neighbourhood secret.

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Restaurant
Santhiya's - CLOSED

1270 Dominion Road, Auckland

Delicious & authentic curries, light fluffy roti & the traditional array of accompaniments are served in decent portions. The goat curry is out of this world great.

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Event
Taste Techniques

Wed, 13 Mar, 2013
Ponsonby Central Market, Ponsonby

Three workshops with professional chefs Luca Villari and Paul Jobin

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Restaurant
Shaky Isles Britomart - CLOSED

22 Customs Street, Auckland

Shaky Isles is the cafe that embraces all things Kiwi; Vogels toast, pikelets and wilted silverbeet instead of spinach on your eggs Bene.

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Event
A Night In Granada

Thu, 21 Feb, 2013
Jones the Grocer, Auckland

The wonderful team at Pop Dining are presenting "dinner and a show" with a Spanish theme.

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