By Peter CalderAddress: 61 Davis Cres, NewmarketOnline: taorestaurant.co.nz Phone: (09) 520 696261 Davis Cres, Newmarket(09) 520 6962Here's the thing about Peking duck: the best places expect you to order it a day in advance. All of which is by way of saying that I reckon the folks at Tao have a bit of a cheek calling their duck Peking. The (admittedly juicy) meat, some with skin, some without, is semi-shredded and dumped on the side of the plate. Related Content Restaurant review: Onslow Bar and Eatery, Mt Eden Restaurant review: Fish, Auckland CBD Restaurant review: Lucky Lucky Dumplings, Karangahape RdI was most keen on the slow-cooked beef cheek, which came as cold carpaccio-style slices (a reminder of the fantastic ox tongue salad at my favourite cheap-eats place in the area, Sunrise Cafe in Khyber Pass). Of the "Tao dumpling" selection, I can enthusiastically recommend the seafood ones, which use sea bass, scallop, calamari and prawn.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 12, 2017 02:26 UTC