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Posted: 23 April 2010 at 11:35pm |
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Please help me think of an original idea for my best friend's birthday.
We ALWAYS end up going to Lone Star so was thinking as it's her 30th we could do something a tad different. She lives in south Auckland so somewhere close to there. My folks are going to having my kids and her's are going to stay with hers. The men folk will be coming also :)
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 1:08am |
I have no idea what kind of stuff you/she is into or whether this is even available in your area BUT .... 
There are cooking courses you can do here (one at Raffles Hotel!) where you do the cooking course during the day/afternoon then your partners (or whoever) come to eat the dinner you cooked 
I really really want to do this once I've had this baby.
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 7:14am |
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They do something like that at the Auckland Fish Market ..
My friend is having a grown up afternoon tea (probably something like high tea) and we are all getting dressed up to the nines in dresses, hats, gloves, pearls .. I think its going to be awesome fun!
If she is sporty like me .. then at woodhill they have a rope course .. thats always a great thing to do with a group, you can then have a bbq lunch/dinner (although its far away from south auckland!)
You could hire a yacht and cruise the harbour and have dinner.
Hot Air Balooning followed by champagne breakfast (they only do morning flights)
You could all go away for the night .. isnt there some kind of golf range out South .. Formosa maybe? .. or go further afield to Rotorua or something like that.
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 7:40am |
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You could hire a yacht and cruise the harbour and have dinner.
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Thats such a cool idea!
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 9:31am |
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I love the yacht idea! Although I think her DH gets motion sickness :( Great idea though. Wish we could go away but with the girls so dependent on me still it's not possible.
I really like the cooking idea, I might have to do some calling around.
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 9:44am |
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dikoko - I really cant spell that! the japanese tepenyaki place where they throw food at you and prepare it at the table. I have been there a few times, loads of fun!
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 10:10am |
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I love Daikouku - that is great and so much fun! Theres one at Botany upstairs - defiantely need to book though.
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 12:16pm |
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there is one in town too, on quay street, so great if you feel like a cocktail or 2 afterwards
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 4:14pm |
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Not that orignial I guess but what about a meal up at the sky tower (the really nice buffet one) it is awesome up there.
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 4:53pm |
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I like the Daikouku idea! I will run it past her :)
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 8:35pm |
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Go to the Secret Thai Garden, it is SO nice its the sister venue of The Secret Garden in town. Nice meals that are big, and filling and good flavours, really reasonably priced. DP and I went a few years ago and got an entree to share and a main each and couldn't finish it. They do a set menu for $35 including a Thai soup. Drinks are RTD's etc but cheap at about $6 from memory.
Oh and you sit outside under canopies in amongst the trees and stuff, and the furniture is imported from Thai
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 8:53pm |
HoneybunsMa wrote:
Go to the Secret Thai Garden, it is SO nice its the sister venue of The Secret Garden in town. Nice meals that are big, and filling and good flavours, really reasonably priced. DP and I went a few years ago and got an entree to share and a main each and couldn't finish it. They do a set menu for $35 including a Thai soup. Drinks are RTD's etc but cheap at about $6 from memory.
Oh and you sit outside under canopies in amongst the trees and stuff, and the furniture is imported from Thai |
Ditto this - was going to suggest going here too. My friend had her engagement party there and it was really pretty.
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 9:02pm |
Raspberryjam wrote:
there is one in town too, on quay street, so great if you feel like a cocktail or 2 afterwards |
hmm, I would check the health rating on that one before eating there, last time hubby went with work they left before even going in the door because it was one number above being closed for being unsanitary 
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 9:50pm |
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ooh!! How long ago was that!! I havent been for about a year but so wont go back!!
Maybe give that one a miss- i think there are two in town? maybe the other is better?
Thai garden sounds nice too - i didnt even know it existed - where is that?
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 10:05pm |
LOL I cant remember, I think it was a while back but they have not been back since That was the quay st one... there are a few around auckland though.
The Secret Garden sounds nice!
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 10:22pm |
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It's in Otahuhu near a liquor shop from memory. It's kinda weird to begin with because you walk past what looks like a house down a corridor that is lit red and has these dragons and then you go out the back. A husband and wife team run it. She does the serving he is just there to chat with the customers lol.
I think his name is Dobby, don't know why I think that.
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Posted: 25 April 2010 at 11:26am |
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lol sounds interesting. I bet my DP would love the thai place. Maybe I will take him there for his 30th in Dec :)
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Posted: 25 April 2010 at 12:37pm |
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DP was saying last night that it's a good place to go with a group of people and you can share meals and have a chat and sit under the trees
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