Sophie Edmonds, Author at Concrete Playground

News
Dessert Masters The Caker Have Fashioned a Hot Cross Bun Cake For Easter

Something a little more than your usual hot bun and butter

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News
Brian Campbell on Dessert, Dining Out and His New Eatery Miann

Score a $50 dining voucher to try the goods of the reigning dessert king.

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Restaurant
Miann

57 Fort Street, Auckland

Try everything in sight.

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Restaurant
Sen

26 Normanby Road, Mount Eden

A slice of Hanoi in the heart of Mt Eden.

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Restaurant
Bluebells Cakery, Eden Terrace

67B France Street South, Eden Terrace

A picture perfect setting for a quick coffee and cake catch up, or lingering afternoon spent with good friends.

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Bar
Regatta Bar + Eatery

77 Hurstmere Rd, Takapuna

Situated right on the Takapuna waterfront, Regatta has a constant stream of people wading in, and for good reason too.

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Guide
The Ten Best Cakeries in Auckland

Where you can have your cake and eat it too.

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Restaurant
The Lunchroom - CLOSED

45 Queen Street, Auckland CBD

An inner-city cafe with a view.

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Bar
Pilkingtons

4 Shortland Street, Auckland CBD

A very attractive and lush inner-city garden bar oasis.

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Restaurant
Odette's Eatery

Shed 5, City Works Depot, 90 Wellesley Street

Between the lively chat, the excellent dishes and plotting how to run away with all the tableware, we had a wonderful time.

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Restaurant
Monsoon Poon

Cnr Custom St West And Lower Hobson Street, CBD

Through Monsoon Poon's doors are the lantern-lit South East Asian vibes of yesteryear.

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Bar
Riverhead Tavern

29 York Terrace, Riverhead

An amazing deck that that looks over the Kumeu River, it’s the perfect place to kick back with a beer

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Restaurant
Zool Zool

405 Mt Eden Road, Mount Eden

One to try for dumplings that rival those in Tokyo.

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Event
Movies in Parks

Sat, 10 Jan - Sat, 28 Mar 2015
Various Venues in Auckland, Auckland

Free outdoor screenings of much loved classics and recently released blockbusters.

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Event
Silo Cinema: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Fri, 19 Dec, 2014
Silo Park, North Wynyard, Auckland

A must do to hammer in the yuletide cheer the weekend before Christmas.

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Restaurant
The Luscious Food Store

547 Te Atatu Road, Te Atatu Peninsula

A sunny courtyard and hangover-curing breakfasts.

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