WELLINGTON

For tangy, sweet, crispy, crunchy chaat and other South Asian street food, head to Chaat Street in Victoria St, and while you’re there don’t forget to try a chilli margarita, bubblegum martini or streetstyle drinks such as milky chai. Fortune

Favours has scooted over to Miramar next door to Gorilla Burger – you can bring your burger through to have with your beer. Dunedin favourite burger joint Re Burger opens in Wellington’s Tory St, bringing next-level over-oversized burgers and fries, too (if you can fit any in!). The hardworking team at Abandoned Brewery have realised the dream of a shiny new large-scale brewery and pop-up tap room in Porirua. Farewell to Yanbu Vang, whose Tibetan and Dubai-cuisine restaurant Gunusu closed its doors recently. Hugely successful Middle Eastern pop-up Kisa now has a permanent home in Cuba St, where the team behind Mr Go’s and Ombra celebrate cuisine from Turkey and the wider Middle East, including Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Israel. Make Flùr on Cuba St part of your new morning routine for superb freshly baked, handmade pastries by Sarah Mackenzie (formerly of Rita and Floriditas).