China – Beijing
Morocco – Fès
New Zealand – Auckland
Calcutta Wala
Casa da Sogra
Ciao Bella, Clevedon
Coco’s Cantina
Dida’s
Elliot Stables
Faro
Federal & Wolfe
Food Alley
Giapo – #2 #3 #4 #5
Grasshopper
Gusto Italiano
Hulucat Tea House
Ima
Imperial Lane
Ironique
La Cigale
L’Assiette – #2
Little & Friday, Newmarket – #2
Love A Duck
Marvel Grill
Meredith’s Restaurant – #2
Mezze
Moustache
Oh Calcutta
Portofino, Mission Bay
Queenie’s Lunchroom
Quay Street Cafe
Savour & Devour
St Tropez
Sun World
Sunday Painters
Takapuna Beach Cafe
Teed St Larder
Thai Chilli
The French Café
Toto
Vietnam Gourmet Restaurant
Zarbo
New Zealand – Wellington
Arthur’s
Boulcott Street Bistro
Brooklyn Bread & Bagels
Caffe L’affare
Duke Carvell’s
Fidels
Gipps St Deli
Le Canard (recommend: soupe basquaise/la planche du canard)
Memphis Belle
Restaurant 88
Roxy Cafe
Soi
Sweet Mother’s Kitchen
The Lido Cafe
New Zealand – South Island
A Cow Called Berta (Dunedin)
Cafe Rue (Dunedin)
Capers Cafe (Dunedin)
Everyday Gourmet (Dunedin)
Ironic Cafe & Bar (Dunedin)
Mazagran (Dunedin) (where I discovered and fell in love with good coffee and muscovado sugar)
Patagonia Chocolates (Queenstown)
Plato Cafe (Dunedin)
Riverstone Kitchen (Oamaru)
The Swedish Bakery & Cafe (Nelson)
Vudu Cafe (Queenstown)
New Zealand – other (not cafes/restaurants)
Auckland Fish Market
City Market (Wellington)
Esque Fine Chocolate
Gravity Coffee
Harbourside Market
Honeymeisters
J. Friend and Co
La Cigale Market (Auckland) – #2
Pine Harbour Fresh Market (Auckland)
The Otago Farmers Market (Dunedin)
The Remarkable Sweet Shop (Queenstown)
Trade Aid
Portugal
Singapore
Fei Fei Wanton Mee
Jalan Tua Kong Lau Lim Mee Pok (The Art of Mee Pok Pte Ltd)
Kith Bistro (Park Mall)
Leong Kee (Klang) Bak Kut Teh
Long Beach Seafood Restaurant
Newton Food Centre
Pizzeria Mozza
Rochor Original Beancurd
Shiraz (Clarke Quay branch)
Spize The Makan Place (River Valley)
Sushi Tei
The Cheesecake Cafe
The French Stall
Yen’s Peranakan
*Ruqxana’s cooking classes: Cookery Magic
Spain – Barcelona
Amorino
Cerveceria Catalana
El Quim de la Boqueria – Mercat de la Boqueria
Les Quinze Nits
Spain – Madrid
Restaurante Botín (a VERY old restaurant – its age alone is impressive – try the squid ink with rice/artichokes with jamon)
