Reviewing the review: David Burton loses his noodle

Once again Mr Bur­ton has ven­tured into the mean streets of New­town, this time to get his ramen on, but what he found has not been well-received. “I took my first sip of ramen broth with eager anti­cip­a­tion, but alas, to my undoubtedly eth­no­cen­tric pal­ate, it tasted oddly coarse – very porky and rather too […]

Reviewing the review: David Burton’s goose is cooked

Wel­ling­ton has one daily news­pa­per, and that news­pa­per has one res­taur­ant crit­ic, who cer­tainly has his own… dis­tinct­ive style. The Fly has decided that Dav­id Bur­ton needs some account­ab­il­ity. We’re giv­ing him his own series. Nor­mally the Fly is pre­pared to see Dav­id Bur­ton’s reviews as some kind of strange per­form­ance art, but his “review” of […]

Reviewing the review: Veni Vedi Vici

Wel­ling­ton has one daily news­pa­per, and that news­pa­per has one res­taur­ant crit­ic, who cer­tainly has his own… dis­tinct­ive style. The Fly has decided that Dav­id Bur­ton needs some account­ab­il­ity. We’re giv­ing him his own series. The review from March 14  Dav­id Bur­ton is more worldly than you: 5/5 “Veni Vidi Vici may eas­ily roll off the […]

Reviewing the review: The Canteen

Wel­ling­ton has one daily news­pa­per, and that news­pa­per has one res­taur­ant crit­ic, who cer­tainly has his own… dis­tinct­ive style. The Fly has decided that Dav­id Bur­ton needs some account­ab­il­ity. We’re giv­ing him his own series. The review: The Canteen – much more than a greasy spoon Dav­id Bur­ton is bet­ter than you: 4/5 “Although he […]

Reviewing the review: Flight Hangar

Wel­ling­ton has one daily news­pa­per, and that news­pa­per has one res­taur­ant crit­ic, who cer­tainly has his own… dis­tinct­ive style. The Fly has decided that Dav­id Bur­ton needs some account­ab­il­ity. Wel­come to this new series. What review: Dav­id Bur­ton on The Hangar Dav­id Bur­ton is bet­ter than you: 3/5 “Yet des­pite our endur­ing Kiwi attach­ment to […]