we're in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland this city where we were born and bred has a world-class food
scene you can find every type of cuisine you could possibly imagine in this city and it's been a while
since we filmed here so this series is going to be old favourites, places we've been dying
to hit up and just haven't had a chance yet we're starting off in the CBD at a special place that we
absolutely love then we're going to make our way all around to just great food doing what we do we
love eating great food we love showing you great food places you should eat places you need to see
let's get into the eating starting with Korean street sandwiches street toast
it's how we would start our day if we were in Seoul I'm not going to describe what
they are let's go in we'll show you what they are these things are epic
I'm Thomas and I'm Sheena and we're Chasing a Plate we hope you're hungry let's eat
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this place has a bit of a tucked away hidden feel it's not at all it's on Kitchener Street
all addresses down below as always in the description
but it's got that feeling it feels sort of hole in the wall-y
I love the vibe in here Korean street toast is unreal if you've never had it or seen it
this place does great stuff let's order let's get what for us is some breakfast
so you've got this very concise menu of delicious Korean toasties plus a few Korean street food
classics we're going to grab a couple of toasties maybe a couple of snacks see how we go
Korean street toast isn't something you find here very often it's something we've
had a lot in Korea it's so good we've got the beef bulgogi one we've got one veggie
one thick slices of bread on the hot plate the omelette sheets cooking up yes
yum thank you
look at this breakfast feast our table is full we ordered two sandwiches so we've got sandwiched
between fluffy white bread the DC Swinger, DC Swing? DC Swinger and this has got a
hash brown homemade hash brown egg cheese spicy sauce cabbage this one is the Bully one of our
faves marinated beef bulgogi sauce so a sweet savoury sauce there's soy sesame Asian pear in
that sauce there's mayo there's egg there's lettuce and then we've got a couple of street
snacks so we've got teokbokki which is rice cake covered in a gochujang I think sauce so spicy
sweet sauce and then we've got potato cheese balls
I have the Bully in my hot little hand
oh yeah
that is a beautifully constructed Korean toastie the bread is super soft the filling that bulgogi sweet
sauce with the mayo so creamy and the meat is just melt in your mouth you've got a little bit of
um crunch and freshness from the lettuce I love this place because there's so much attention
to detail as well you know not just the way the sandwiches are crafted but you saw how it arrived
this beautiful little packet it's all branded it's got the sticker they've got their own merch
wow utterly delicious
What are these? Fried chicken skewers just pop it there
hey look I just want to introduce you to co-owner and operator Minkyu Lee
he co-owns this place with his partner Lisa and he is a host extraordinaire he's a genius
thank you I love your food it's delicious
we love you guys too thank you thank you thank you
Minkyu just bought over a fried chicken skewer he knows his diners I'm a fried chicken fiend
I've gone for this potato cheese ball first though so
deep fried crumbed fluffy potato I've just dipped it in tomato sauce
oh my God
holy moly
the potato is so soft and fluffy
and that cheese, who can resist a cheese ball it's delicious
all right the DC Swinger so house made hash brown
pickles cheese egg uh cabbage and a spicy sauce
that hash brown is so crunchy on the outside creamy in the middle and that
spicy sauce really has a a great hit to it it's so different to the Bully which I love oh wow
the tanginess of the pickles is genius cuts through the richness of this sandwich
I love this place it's fun it's playful it's delicious the team are great
wow Thomas is gonna have to fight me over these sandwiches
this place has not been here very long in my mind maybe six months maybe a fraction longer
it already feels like a bit of a institution in Auckland we're one
block away from Queen Street which is the main main road here in Tāmaki Makaurau CBD
it is such a cool venue the food is incredible it's a bit different to things you'll find
around the city it stands out in so many ways I really enjoy eating here I've been backlit so
I haven't been able to be on camera yet so time to put the camera down so I get to eat
bit of a change of tack from the city now we've come out to an industrial area this is
super commercial around here look at this this is a very undercover Malaysian place
endorsed by uh Homer it seems it's got sort of takeaway vibes this place Sim's Kitchen meant to do
incredible Malaysian food a cuisine we absolutely love really looking forward to eating here
a curry laksa chicken please thank you
this is my kind of place super casual very chilled out we are here at around 10 o'clock
these guys open at 9:30am which is perfect because you can come and have a Malaysian breakfast we
ordered a classic Malaysian breakfast nasi lemak bungkus this little mystery parcel
that we'll open up for you in a sec couple of teh tarik or pulled teas and a char kway teow
teh tarik on the go an absolute must pulled tea when you're in
Malaysia or in a Malaysian restaurant delicious very sweet and look at that
he's aerating it by just a really high drop it's super like a really special drink and oh that's so cool
to see it done right yum can't wait to drink that and now the Wok's firing up for our noodles
delicious
and that's char kway teow done
very quick, very delicious looking look at that plate of goodness terima kasih
let's get eating these dishes so very quick hot hot wok heaps of wok hei chucked in there
the noodles just fried off delicious let's eat thank you very much
we've got two teh tarik so the sweet frothy pulled tea in front of us a steaming plate
of char kway teow so um rice noodles prawns bean sprouts I can see cockles
um egg all sorts in there and then this
special parcel this is a nasi lemak bungkus so nasi lemak
the national dish of Malaysia fragrant coconut rice egg sambal this is a little nasi lemak
which is a wrapped up in a banana leaf so I'm just going to open it up and show you what it
looks like so in Malaysia you'll often get these at roadside stalls so people whip in and grab one on
their way to work have it for breakfast look at that it's a perfect morsel of deliciousness
hard-boiled egg on top that sambal I can see ikan bilis the anchovy rice what more could you want
let's start with the noodles hot out of the wok this is a special dish when you're in Malaysia and
we have spent a lot of time in Malaysia during our time filming for this channel
over a year really this is a dish that you hunt all the time you're
always trying to find the next char kway teow it's a special dish and look at that
oh that is good
ohhhh wok hei the breath of the wok it's just through the dish got that it's almost a taste of
history the wok is just infused into the noodles they're very loose as well they're not clumping up
um a little bit of chilli let's have a let's have a prawn
perfectly cooked prawn wow you know a little crunch from the sprouts you've
got some freshness from the from the chives a bit of seafood through there egg the noodles
are just they've taken on the wok and that is delicious a bit of spice gives it a nice tingle
wow that takes me right back to sitting in Malaysia in the tropical heat drinking
teh tarik that's sweet it's perfectly aerated oh I can't wait for this bungkus as well
this is this is really delicious and I'm loving the environment too just super chilled like Sheena
said doing great food I love these types of places hidden away in an industrial estate looks like a
takeaway bar or a lunch bar then you come in and you're eating this quality of fried noodles
okay nasi lemak bungkus time coconut rice sambal
fried anchovies peanuts half a boiled egg an absolute classic dish
what I love about this dish is it's so compact I can just easily get a bit of everything
wow mmm
that's great
wow that sambal is delicious I I love a spicy sambal but I do like a sweet sambal too and
that's actually hitting a nice balance it's not that spicy it's definitely got spice of
chilli but it's it's not strong on that front it's got a nice sweetness anchovies add a lot
of flavour a lot of saltiness as well that egg's really nicely cooked it's not overdone it's the
yolk's just past hardboiled so that's really good sometimes these eggs can just be way overdone
the rice is delicious again relatively loose just holding together that's perfectly put together
full of flavour absolutely delish
yeah that is good
nasi lemak is a dish you'll find on
most Malaysian menus in New Zealand but often they're they're served on a plate
maybe with fried chicken maybe with some beef rendang something like that
I think Sheena said this is the only place we know of doing bungkus style in Auckland and wow
there is a little bit of chilli it just caught me in the back of the throat wow that is so good it's
neat to be able to get it in that form but it's delicious too it's not just a novelty because
of the way it's being served such a classic in Malaysia you see these all the time particularly
first thing in the day people pulling up on their scooter grabbing one to take to work and snack on
for breakfast what a neat thing to be able to get here in Auckland and it's really good