Kia Ora Sept Issue

Travel Auckland
This page: Families,
couples and groups
of friends sample the
wares at Mount Albert.
and then we succumbed to dessert from the
Little French Pastry stall.
Each week there is a different dessert
cart, along with a rotating series of food
trucks that includes Judge Bao, Akemi’s
Gyoza dumplings and Coreano (an intriguing
fusion of Korean and Mexican). Everything is
fresh, free-range and delicious.
FRIDAYS, 5PM TO 9PM, SPROUT CAFE CARPARK,
847 NEW NORTH ROAD, MOUNT ALBERT. FARMERS’
MARKET, SATURDAYS, 9AM TO 1PM.
Glenfield Night Market
Glenfield Mall dominates the suburban
North Shore landscape like a cruise liner and
the night market underneath it – once you
find it – is epic.
With more than 50 food stalls, my advice is
to join a queue and eat what’s popular
before it sells out.
The market is noisy and teeming with
locals, and by 8pm they’ve cleaned out some
delicacies. What are they scoffing? Skewered
squid tentacles, three for $5, fresh off the
teppanyaki grill at Taste of Japan. Pipinghot,
peppery soup with hand-pulled noodles
from Sichuan. Made-to-order okonomiyaki
(Japanese pancakes) and baby castella,
delightful egg-shaped cakes cooked in
an intricate copper contraption. Roasted
chestnuts, Hungarian fried bread, pork belly
This page: The heaving
Glenfield market where
you have to be quick
to snap up the most
popular fare.
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