Exotic food in Auckland?

[TOTO]

Hey falks,

Does anyone know any places where I can try exotic food ?

i'm talking stuff that is not normally available in an every day grocery shop - i.e. Snake, frog, fried grasshoppers... :drool:


P.S. Even kangaroo meat I havent seen here :(

[kave]

Aussie Butcher on Ti Rakau Drive has plenty of roo, and they also had a croc steak last time I checked.

[TOTO]

really - cool.


Do you remember any prices ?

[Big Dave]

Aussie Butcher on Ti Rakau Drive has plenty of roo, and they also had a croc steak last time I checked.


It's pet food. Mutton dressed up as mutton and foisted onto unsuspecting non-Australian tourists.

Great (the best) leather and good pelts. Apart from that - you shoot Skippy and feed him to Fido.

[Lias]

really - cool.


Do you remember any prices ?

Croc is something astronomical like $150 a kg.. I think the roo's a bit more reasonable, but still shitloads more than most meat.

[Gubb]

"One Red Dog" make a tasty Crocodile pizza.

Bit chewy though.

[98tls]

Why not just hang out down the harbour sooner or later some Asian will wash up in a suitcase,stir fry for a truly authentic taste.

[TOTO]

Why not just hang out down the harbour sooner or later some Asian will wash up in a suitcase,stir fry for a truly authentic taste.

thats dry bro :oi-grr:

[bobsmith]

Why not just hang out down the harbour sooner or later some Asian will wash up in a suitcase,stir fry for a truly authentic taste.

He said exotic food.

There're fucking asian takeaways everywhere.

[icekiwi]

Why not just hang out down the harbour sooner or later some Asian will wash up in a suitcase,stir fry for a truly authentic taste.

Roo won flies wid dat....

[98tls]

He said exotic food.

There're fucking asian takeaways everywhere. Point taken,methinks $120 for an hour is over the top though.

[98tls]

Hope you cunts realize your all going to be labelled as racists,dont drag me down there with ya.:argue::killingme

[retro asian]

Star Cafe in Wairau Park, next to the motorway used to sell stir fry possum.
I imagine its similar to rabbit (which I haven't tried yet).

Overseas I've eaten better stuff like frog, goose, pigeon, and fried bees.

I eat it, and it taste good....cause the only thing with 4 legs we dont eat is the table!!

[98tls]

Star Cafe in Wairau Park, next to the motorway used to sell stir fry possum.
I imagine its similar to rabbit (which I haven't tried yet).

Overseas I've eaten better stuff like frog, goose, pigeon, and fried bees.

I eat it, and it taste good....cause the only thing with 4 legs we dont eat is the table!!
Have tried both possum and rabbit and vastly different fwiw.may i add ive only tried possum once and under protest,rabbit on the other hand is very nice.

[rainman]

It's pet food. Mutton dressed up as mutton and foisted onto unsuspecting non-Australian tourists.

Great (the best) leather and good pelts. Apart from that - you shoot Skippy and feed him to Fido.

Dunno, I haven'y had roo for some years but it reminded me of ostrich. Done gently it was quite nice, overcooked it was horrid. Actually, my only pleasant memory of Nunawading in Melbourne was a little restaurant near the hotel I always stayed at which did a nice roo salad... can't remember the name of the place, probably gone by now.

Besides, wot's wrong with mutton, eh? Good tasty winter food, that.

[Number One]

Have tried both possum and rabbit and vastly different fwiw.may i add ive only tried possum once and under protest,rabbit on the other hand is very nice.
Monkey is quite nice too. Doubt you'll get that in Un Zud though...tried mine care of malaysian jungle. Tastes smoked.

[98tls]

Monkey is quite nice too. Doubt you'll get that in Un Zud though...tried mine care of malaysian jungle. Tastes smoked.
Really?Not sure i could but have no doubt it tastes fine.

[Number One]

Really?Not sure i could but have no doubt it tastes fine.
We kinda didn't have a choice...army kids on a school 'jungle' camp in Malaysia when I lived in singapore - woulda been rude to not accept a piece but yeah - It was nice...so was the snake but the monkey was definitely the nicer of the two!

[98tls]

We kinda didn't have a choice...army kids on a school 'jungle' camp in Malaysia when I lived in singapore - woulda been rude to not accept a piece but yeah - It was nice...so was the snake but the monkey was definitely the nicer of the two!
Often wondered if snake would taste similar to eel which i find very tasty.

[Number One]

Often wondered if snake would taste similar to eel which i find very tasty.
I've never tried eel actually! Nor haggis, or tongue...have tried snails but other than that and black pudding and crocodile (on a pizza...one red dog) I haven't had anything else 'exotic'.

I recall a girlfriend talking about a restuarant somewhere in AKL that used to serve up sea cucumner - she said it was as foul as it looked.

[TOTO]

where do you buy eel from ?

[Number One]

I've seen it for sale at Pak N Save...never been brave enough to buy though

[Big Dave]

Dunno, I haven'y had roo for some years but it reminded me of ostrich. Done gently it was quite nice, overcooked it was horrid. Actually, my only pleasant memory of Nunawading in Melbourne was a little restaurant near the hotel I always stayed at which did a nice roo salad... can't remember the name of the place, probably gone by now.

Besides, wot's wrong with mutton, eh? Good tasty winter food, that.

Brian Goorjian played for the Nunawading Spectres in the NBL and he has gone on to become the best coach in any code in the History of all Australian sports.

Sylvester the cat and Jnr were quite correct - if inept. Large rodents

[98tls]

where do you buy eel from ? Dont buy it mate,river/rotten eggs/gaff and your sweet,to skin cut around higher neck and pull it down,foil/butter and throw in the fire.Beautiful.

[Number One]

Dont buy it mate,river/rotten eggs/gaff and your sweet,to skin cut around higher neck and pull it down,foil/butter and throw in the fire.Beautiful.
What's it taste like? Texture?

[Pussy]

Eel is bloody nice, either fresh, smoked, or made in to pate. Silver belly ones are better from clean running water e.g rivers)

[98tls]

What's it taste like? Texture? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osIAHbZjCQo............................... ..lol.

[retro asian]

where do you buy eel from ?

Buy eel at most Japanese restaurants and food stalls. Its called Unagi Don. Very tasty, but a bit on the expensive side (you don't get much meat).

[Number One]

That didn't exactly sell me on it....

[98tls]

That didn't exactly sell me on it.... LOL.Honestly do youself a favour/flavour and try it.Beautiful and free.If you have kids turn getting it into an adventure every kiwi kid should have,dont forget the backpack and spotlight.

[Number One]

I've never been eeling either..wouldn't know what to do and hate squirmy things - I'm such a big girls blouse :baby:

[98tls]

Odd place this "North Island" ive heard of.

[cave weta]

I was stuck in Albany a few weeks ago in the pissing rain and went into a big aisian supermarket for a bit of cultural experience. - I think it was Wairau Rd- could that be right? parralell to the motorway.
I couldnt read any labels but recognised a few things...
They had fresh anchovies, salted anchovies, dried squid, fresh squid, marinated silk worms,dried snails wet snails, sea weeds,fresh, powdered, flaked! big ugly fish, little ugly fish. Bean curd, plain marinated and dried.- I bought some marinated and fried it- shit it was tasty! There was some weird stuff in tins with odd pictures on the lables, could have been anything! whale spit or dolphins scrotum pate I think.
What a great place to take the kids!

[TOTO]

There is eel sushi that I have been eating lately from the sushi shop, and its bloody tasty. :drool:

[TOTO]

I was stuck in Albany a few weeks ago in the pissing rain and went into a big aisian supermarket for a bit of cultural experience. - I think it was Wairau Rd- could that be right? parralell to the motorway.
I couldnt read any labels but recognised a few things...
They had fresh anchovies, salted anchovies, dried squid, fresh squid, marinated silk worms,dried snails wet snails, sea weeds,fresh, powdered, flaked! big ugly fish, little ugly fish. Bean curd, plain marinated and dried.- I bought some marinated and fried it- shit it was tasty! There was some weird stuff in tins with odd pictures on the lables, could have been anything! whale spit or dolphins scrotum pate I think.
What a great place to take the kids!


O wicked. I ride trough there daily - will check it out :niceone:


Man I havent had snails in years - since I was a kid :drool:

[discotex]

Does anyone know any places where I can try exotic food ?


Hey :) You should go check out the New World in Albany Westfield. There's a whole frozen game section there. Can't remember what they have but pretty sure kanga was on the list. Might have croc as well. By far the best supermarket on the shore side of town for variety!

[TOTO]

Hey :) You should go check out the New World in Albany Westfield. There's a whole frozen game section there. Can't remember what they have but pretty sure kanga was on the list. Might have croc as well. By far the best supermarket on the shore side of town for variety!

2 mins from uni - perfect. Thanks Disco :niceone:

[007XX]

I've never been eeling either..wouldn't know what to do and hate squirmy things - I'm such a big girls blouse :baby:

Oh for cryin' out loud woman...you ride buckets like a bat out of hell and you're squimish about an eel?? Yeeeshhhh, I don't know...

You need to come and camp with me at my uncle in law's farm up North. The kids and I go eeling at night with a torch and a couple chicken bones: it is absolutely awesome fun!
Then, as the boys said, cooked on the barbie or smoked it is just one of the most flavoursome meats!

Personally, I've tried snake, croc, snails, pretty much all offals, ostrich and kangaroo...and no, it is not due to my nationality, but purely to a natural curiosity.

[Lias]

I've never been eeling either..wouldn't know what to do and hate squirmy things - I'm such a big girls blouse :baby:
At least yer blouse is big in the right places :innocent:

[Naki Rat]

We kinda didn't have a choice...army kids on a school 'jungle' camp in Malaysia when I lived in singapore - woulda been rude to not accept a piece but yeah - It was nice...so was the snake but the monkey was definitely the nicer of the two!

Tried both while working in Borneo jungle. As was usual with any new taste sensation - try first, find out what you've eaten afterward. Monkey was not unlike rabbit but after learning what it was the 'cannibal' thoughts put a damper on things. Snake was an 8 foot Python that was excellent stewed, sweet white meat, but missed out on the eggs recovered from it as the Chinese staff got first dibs on them.

It always impressed me that the Chinese can cook virtually ANYTHING and make it taste good. European food is so bland and boring in comparison.

[007XX]

European food is so bland and boring in comparison.

That's cos you haven't been eating with the right Europeans...:nono: English are the only ones who seemed to be in love with the "boil it til its glue" technique.

Admitedly, the french and italian influence seem to have at long last made a difference and the poms are finally showing some taste in their cuisine...Jamie Oliver rocks!

[vifferman]

European food is so bland and boring in comparison.
Oh really?
I didn't find that last month. I wasn't keen on the raw herrings with onion, but then I'm not keen on raw onion. I was disappointed we didn't have horse though, and the wife was really keen to try frogs legs and escargot. The re was a street vendor in Brussels that was selling the latter, but we went to a restaurant and had mussels instead (except for the mother-in-law: she has a thing about seafood because she choked on a fish bone 127 years ago, so she had pork chops or summat boring like that. Waste of time going to a restaurant whose specialty was mussels and seafood...)

[kevfromcoro]

Cant understand why asian people put so much sauce on there food........
cooked up a nice pork roast the other night...and the missus ( who is thai) covered it in chilli..and tomatoe sauce......tasted like shit....
i like meat to taste like meat.....bit of salt mayebe......
but not covered in sauce...

[Tank]

inserting a bit of biking into this thread .. :ride:

You could ride down to the south to the wildfood festival.

Now thats Exotic stuff.

http://www.wildfoods.co.nz

[Qkchk]

Have tried both possum and rabbit and vastly different fwiw.may i add ive only tried possum once and under protest,rabbit on the other hand is very nice.

Hope you where watching for cars..........

[EJK]

Hey falks,

Does anyone know any places where I can try exotic food ?

i'm talking stuff that is not normally available in an every day grocery shop - i.e. Snake, frog, fried grasshoppers... :drool:


P.S. Even kangaroo meat I havent seen here :(

In some Korean shops, they have canned Silk Moth coocoons. It's like 3 bucks a can. I can fetch you some if you want.

Good source of vitamin and protein people! :dodge: :dodge:

[Cajun]

inserting a bit of biking into this thread .. :ride:

You could ride down to the south to the wildfood festival.

Now thats Exotic stuff.

http://www.wildfoods.co.nz

been there done that this year, wasn't very interested seamed more of a place for young people to get pissed and make idiots of themselfs, and to many of the same stalls selling same thing, not a huge range

[007XX]

Good source of vitamin and protein people! :dodge: :dodge:

Shame you boys need to pay to get that in your diet :innocent:

[retro asian]

Shame you boys need to pay to get that in your diet :innocent:


LOL!! (if I'm interpreting that correctly...)

[TOTO]

In some Korean shops, they have canned Silk Moth coocoons. It's like 3 bucks a can. I can fetch you some if you want.

Good source of vitamin and protein people! :dodge: :dodge:

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LOL!! (if I'm interpreting that correctly...)

and yes - she is a dirty little fox that one ...:love:

[007XX]

and yes - she is a dirty little fox that one ...:love:

aaawww...*chucks* :o Woof!

[EJK]

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Hahahaha! You know you want to! :niceone: