Newmarket Food Hall ...
.. heavily-hyped, it was actually a tad disappointing for dinner, despite a pretty extensive selection of Asian foods - Cambodian, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Malaysian, Thai, Vietnamese ... the Malaysian laksa was pretty bland, but interestingly used both noodles and vermicelli. Fish balls, prawns, fried tofu, fish, squid, and a bizarre fake crab claw. The Vietnamese vermicelli bowl featured some crisp but bland chicken that seemed to have been prepared on a plancha grill, which had only a tiny hint of lemon grass, and the vermicelli was quite thick - quite a forgettable dish.
The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more 
