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 […]