The adverts here often make us laugh in a ‘They didn’t really say that, did they?!’ sort of way. Yesterday we caught a trailer for a TV documentary about taxidermy and the lengths people will go to, to preserve their pets. It was called ‘All Creatures Great and Stuffed’...!
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Namo Restaurant Ponsonby
Namo Restaurant
I have started to notice that second only to Thai Restaurants in their profusion are Japanese Restaurants. In Ponsonby Road there is a Suchi Bar/ Café and also a Ramen café.
On Monday evening we came across the latest addition; a new Japanese Restaurant called Namo The food is very good: fresh, creative and beautifully presented. The chef is Japanese and at one time worked at Nobu in London. The wine list has also been well selected. They are just having a few teething problems ensuring that everyone at a table is served at the same time… Well worth a visit!
‘Check and Superate?!’
A Check and Superate???
I thought I was quite good at understanding the NZ accent… Well, we’ve been here for 3 months now! However, today when the girl at the supermarket till asked me for the third time what sounded like ‘Do you want Check and Superate?’ I was stumped. I couldn’t ask her to repeat yet again but I hadn’t a clue what she was saying. Maybe this was a special discount card – we hadn’t tried this supermarket chain before?? While I was still gawping in confusion Paul piped up ‘Oh yes please’ and I watched as she put the chicken in a separate bag….