Sim's Kitchen

Sim’s Kitchen has a new spot out in Onehunga, open bright and early from 9.30am, meaning a packet of nasi lemak bungkus (coconut rice, sambal, anchovies and one egg wrapped neatly up in banana leaves) for breakfast is most definitely on the cards. We recommend keeping it simple here; the char kway teow, a fried noodle dish infused with all the magic of pork lard, heat and tiny cockles, has never failed us. There are other street-food classics, too, with stripped-down surroundings that speak more to takeaway lunch bar than sit-down restaurant, so keep that in mind. It’s also not currently open during dinnertime, but we’ve included it this year anyway in hopeful encouragement that this will help the owners change their mind.