Japanese
The bad news is that my major source of visitors—Urbanspoon— has been absorbed into the "Zomato" conglomerate. :| The good news is that Zomato's list of restaurants has some that Urbanspoon didn't have.
Unlike the fictional dog Benji, Kenji is an avant-garde Japanese restaurant at the south end of Hutt Street.
After the holidays, and some very hot weather, the restaurant is booked out. They'll have a table in about an hour, so they take my number.
I head off to a nearby pub, and utilise their couch for a while.
I wanted to go to Matsuri, next door, but those lazy bums are having their one day off a year.
There's a giant conveyor belt of food in the middle, but all the seats around it are taken.
Tonight was almost another Feed Fail. I was on my way to Jasmin Indian, but on the way there, I saw a huge ad on the back of a bus.
This place is very new. I wouldn't normally go somewhere unreviewed like this, but it's nearby, and sounds interesting.
The waiter is very pleasant and informative.
Most foreign restaurants just faithfully recreate typical foreign food. That's interesting for most people, but a bit mundane for my fancy snout.
I'm recommended the tempura. It's a specific "main course" tempura.
I've been given a number (actually a raffle ticket.) I asked for it, after seeing some other numbered people be shown to a table.