Boy & Bird on Ponsonby Road has a new owner, Aari Puri, a qualified chef who trained locally. He was most recently based at Mollies Hotel in Herne Bay, where he gained front of house experience.
Aari tells Ponsonby News, “Don’t worry, we won’t be changing the menu as it is already appreciated my many locals, but we will add more flavours to it. My head chef Danny Poulter, (who came up from Wellington recently) and I share the same vision, which is
a healthy comfort food dining experience."
Aari tells us his favourite dish is the kale salad with chicken. He explains that it showcases how much effort our kitchen puts into bringing this dish together. It has lots of different components, which are healthy and full of flavour.
Aari loves being surrounded by a really good team of really good people/hospitality professionals. “They inspire me to continue to learn and grow in the industry. We are here and we care! We are putting a lot of positive energy into the restaurant and want to look after our community by nourishing everyone who comes to Boy & Bird.
“Our aim is to provide healthy comfort food and to complement that with a brand new wine list highlighting well-priced New Zealand wines.
“On Sundays, we are starting the Laurent-Perrier brunch which has been designed using very simple, free-range, organic ingredients with good options for vegetarians, gluten and dairy free. This is only available on Sunday mornings from 8am until 11.30am. Our coffee supplier is Caffee L’affare and our tea is from Fine and Dandy. Both are organic as well."
BOY & BIRD, 222 Ponsonby Road, T: 09 361 3222, www.boyandbird.co.nz