Best of BusinessDesk: restaurant reviews

Best of BusinessDesk: restaurant reviews
Embra chef Phill Blackburne. (Image: Supplied)
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kingi, Britomart – living on the wild side. Reviewed by Brent Melville on March 3.I generally look down on folk who order steak at a seafood restaurant. Or vice versa. Last weekend, I broke that rule. I’ll likely do it again.  The deal breaker was a strip loin of wapiti – otherwise known as elk – served at kingi.  The eatery, on the ground floor of the heritage Masonic House, is next to, and part of, the gilt-edged Hotel Britomart, the centrepiece of a thriving Britomart heritage precinct in central A...

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