Category: Restaurants & Cafes
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The Lotus-Heart Restaurant and Tea House on St Asaph Street
This is the building that houses The Lotus-Heart vegetarian restaurant and gift shop (they used to be in the Square but of course have had to re-locate due to the earthquake). It’s so nice to see a colourful building that has been renovated. In fact, I had quite a joyful reaction to this building when…
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Jungle Cup Cafe on Madras Street
For weeks now, I’ve been driving down Salisbury Street and catching a glimpse of the brightly coloured and fancily decorated corrugated iron portacom that houses the Jungle Cup cafe. Today I finally made a point of having lunch there with a good friend of mine. As you can see I had something a little bit…
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Upshot Coffee, Container Cafe on Bridle Path Road
Upshot Coffee had a cafe and coffee bean business on Station Road in Heathcote. Unfortunately their building had to be demolished due to the earthquakes, but they are now located just at the entrance to the Heathcote Riding School on Bridle Path Road. Love the colourful chairs! We walked down Bridle Path Road on Saturday…
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Lunch at the The Valley Inn, Heathcote
Today we treated ourselves to lunch at the Valley Inn in Heathcote. We had the seafood platter and it was very very good – and reasonably priced too. We were suitably impressed, and enjoyed every last bite – especially the scallop and prawns on a kebab. We’d been meaning to go there for a while…
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Dinner at Thai Talay Ferrymead
Bruce and I had dinner out tonight at one of our local restaurants Thai Talay. It’s a great place for some tasty Thai food – the service is always good and fast too. I had the chicken with cashew nuts and Bruce had the lamb shanks. They were both delicious. It’s a beautiful night in…
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Black Betty Cafe on Madras Street
I popped into the Black Betty cafe this morning to met a friend for coffee. It’s rather a funky place and well worth a visit. There used to be the Madras Cafe and Bookshop at this location – which was a semi-regular haunt for me back when I worked in the area.
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