April 2012 Newsletter

Posted on April 20, 2012 by staff

NZ International Comedy Festival 2012 and Tanuki sushi and Sake bar
Yes, it is that time of year.We would love to send two of you to see international act Janey Godley AND have a $100 dinner on us.

Last year’s competition was so popular we had to do it again.

The show is on THURSDAY 17 May at 8:30pm.

Enter when you dine at Tanuki sushi and sake bar for all of April.

Please place your entry form in the sake barrel by the cash register Good luck!

Janey Godley in The Godley Hour

The Queen of Scottish comedy is back with a brand new hour on her 4^th tour to the NZ International Comedy Festival.

Scotland’s Festival favourite is back. Bestselling author, playwright and award-winning stand-up. Janey has been the epicentre of yet more extraordinary events, personal disasters and strange-but-true happenings. A sex party in LA with the worst buffet, the joy of finding out you may have been responsible for a man’s death, and her recent pregnancy scare make up this year’s hour of fun.

Her various shows have attracted extensive critical acclaim:

“One of Scotland’s finest onstage treasures… Compelling… ballsy… a breath of fresh air” Guardian UK

“The most outspoken female stand-up in Britain… The most ribald and refreshing comedy talent to have risen from the slums of Glasgow since Billy Connolly…” Daily Telegraph

“Some of the sharpest-elbowed comedy in the world” New York Times

Thanks to the NZ Comedy Trust and The Classic for being awesome!

Prize will be drawn on Thursday 10 May. The winner will be notified by the Manager.

March 2012 newsletter

Posted on March 19, 2012 by staff

March 2012 NEWSLETTER

Happy Hour at Tanuki. For all of the month of March, Tanuki sushi and sake bar are having happy hour from 5-6pm every night. Come in early for an Asahi 334ml bottle, a glass of Jules Taylor Sauvignon Blanc or glass of Spy Valley Merlot Cabernet franc all for $5.00 each!!
Kampai to that! ( we will have a full dinner menu on offer as well of course)

Stoke beer week at the Cave 19-25 March 2012

For one week only, we will be stocking three Stoke beers of Nelson; Amber, Gold and Lager for $7.50.
We will also be offering their ”Bomber Bohemian Ale” for our regulars to try for free!

Next month, the 2012 Comedy Festival comes to town and we have tickets to a show and dinner to give away at Tanuki…..

Tanuki – BYO wine Sunday and Monday nights.

Posted on November 1, 2011 by bamboo

BYOW. Bring along your favourite bottle of wine to enjoy with some great Japanese food on a Sunday or Monday night.

A wine corkage fee of $8 per bottle apply. 5 bottles per group maximum.

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Posted on August 5, 2011 by bamboo

Yokoso (welcome)

Thanks to all of you who entered our dinner
and International Film Festival movie competition.
Our winner was Vikki Brown, congratulations Vikki!

Tanuki is offering for a short time a "FAVOURITES" menu of our
most popular dishes to celebrate this inaugural event.

http://www.biglittlecity.co.nz/ This is a great website if you want to find out what is happening right in the central city. There is also a chance to win a trip for two to NYC if you take part in Restaurant month!

TANUKI Japanese Restaurant Bookings 379-5353
tanuki@sakebars.co.nz

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Posted on July 4, 2011 by bamboo

Dinner & movie competition and delicious winter hotpots

Ishikari nabe set (without house sake)

Hello. It is well and truly winter now and in Japan this means “Nabe time”, which is one pot cooking.

This winter we are doing two special winter dishes Sukiyaki（すき焼き）, and Ishikarinabe from Hokkaido.

Sukiyaki is thinly sliced beef, tofu, shiitake mushroom and shirataki noodles in a fragrant and savoury cooking broth.

Ishikarinabe is salmon, daikon radish, carrots and shiitake mushrooms in a broth.

Nabe set with small tuna tataki, rice and pickles $18
Nabe set + 180ml bottle of house sake $23

Enter here for a Dinner and movie at the Auckland International film festival: Tuesday 19 July

A bold adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s popular novel “Norwegian Wood” is about tortured first loves. Set in the late 1960’s amid university student protests,it stars Kenichi Matsuyama as Watanabe and Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) as the fragile Naoko.

http://www.sodapictures.com/norwegianwood/trailer.php

The Fine print:

The movie and dinner is on 19 July 2011 only. If you can’t make that night, sorry that’s the only night.

Dinner at Tanuki must be taken before the movie at 8:45pm
Competition closes 17 July 2011 and the winner will be notified immediately.
The first valid entry drawn will win the prize of TWO tickets to Norwegian Wood, screening at the Civic Theatre as part of the New Zealand Film Festival and a $100 dinner voucher for Tanuki Japanese Sake Bar for food and drink to be used on 19 July 2011 only. The winner is responsible for paying all additional costs associated with the prize that are not specifically included, including (where applicable), the balance of the meal/drinks bill that is in excess of $100, transport costs and all other incidentals.
Neither the Promoter nor any other person or party associated with this promotion shall be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever suffered (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or personal injury suffered or sustained in connection with either participation in this promotion or with any prizes offered.

The Promoter of this competition is Opal Reef Holdings Limited, 319 Queen Street Auckland, New Zealand.

TANUKI Japanese Restaurant Bookings 379-5353
tanuki@sakebars.co.nz

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Posted on June 1, 2011 by bamboo

Congratulations to Naani Breen, who won our prize for Dinner at Tanuki and comedy act Pete Johansson

The response to the competition was amazing. Since you liked it so much, keep an eye out for something similar during the Auckland International Film Festival next month.

When you book with us at Tanuki by internet or phone, mention that you get our monthly e-mail at the time of making the booking and to start your meal you will get a complimentary CHEF’S SELECTION OF APPETIZERS for two to share.

Tuna tataki
Prawn & cucumber dressed with mustard vinaigrette miso sauce
Teriyaki flavoured fried chicken
Egg omelette
Diced salmon fillet in citrus flavoured soy sauce
California rolled sushi

(One Chef’s selection of appetizers for every two people in your group and only available when you book ahead by e-mail or phone in the month of June)

Thank you to all of you who donated something to the collection box we had at Tanuki and Tanuki’s Cave

We collected $400 from Tanuki and $1223 from the Cave and then put in $3000 from ourselves.

We are donating this directly to the Japanese Red Cross.

TANUKI Japanese Restaurant Bookings 379-5353
tanuki@sakebars.co.nz

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Posted on May 6, 2011 by bamboo

Yes! Tanuki has teamed up with The Classic, our fine neighbors, for an offer of Dinner for two at Tanuki and then it is on to see one of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival 2011′s International headline acts, Pete Johansson from Canada. So, if you would like to enter the draw for this please Click here.

The Fine print:

The show and dinner is on 21 May 2011 only. If you can’t make that night., sorry that’s the only night.
Dinner at Tanuki can either be taken before the show ( show starts next door at the Classic, 321 Queen Street at 7pm) or after the show finishes, your choice.
There are two tickets to Pete Johansson’s show and dinner is a $100 voucher for Tanuki Japanese Sake bar for food and drink on the night.
Competition closes 19 May 2011 and the winner will be notified immediately.
The first valid entry drawn will win the prize of TWO tickets to Pete Johansson’s show at the Classic on 21 May 2011 and a $100 dinner voucher for Tanuki Japanese Sake Bar for food and drink. The winner is responsible for paying all additional costs associated with the prize that are not specifically included, including (where applicable), the balance of the meal/drinks bill that is in excess of $100, transport costs and all other incidentals.
Neither the Promoter nor any other person or party associated with this promotion shall be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever suffered (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or personal injury suffered or sustained in connection with either participation in this promotion or with any prizes offered.
The Promoter of this competition is Opal Reef Holdings Limited, 319 Queen Street Auckland, New Zealand.

Here’s what the NZ International Comedy Festival 2011′s guide has to say..

One of Canada’s finest finally makes it to our shores. Pete Johansson has headlined all over North America as well as such diverse places as Dubai. Hong Kong, Japan, Afghanistan, Guam, Malta, Germany, Holland and Ireland.

In his first year the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009 he was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award, as well as being the Critics Choice in the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, The Independent and the Scotsman.
Read more on www.peterjohansson.com

For more information, check out www.comedyfestival.co.nz or pick one of their guides from outside The Classic.

TANUKI Japanese Restaurant Bookings 379-5353
tanuki@sakebars.co.nz

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Posted on March 16, 2011 by bamboo

We would like to introduce Hiroyuki Teraoka

Teraoka-san was born in Kyoto, Japan and has worked in several of Europe’s top Michelin star restaurants.
He has a passion for Japanese inspired French cuisine and likes to take advantage of the fineness of Japanese cuisine Teraoka-san owned a French restaurant in Rotorua called You & Me and most recently worked at the luxury boutique hotel Regent of Rotorua as a head chef and a manager last year .

Says Chef Teraoka;
“French cuisine in Japan has grown and developed extraordinarily taking the essence of Japanese culture such as a cooking method of making use of the original food taste & flavor."
While our menu will always be traditional Japanese, look out for some French inspired　dishes on our Daily specials menu. You will know who is behind them!

You asked for it, so here it is.
A few of your have lamented the end of our BYOW policy, so we thought we would bring it back just on Monday nights. So if you have a special bottle you wish to drink with while at Tanuki, book in for Monday night and bring a bottle of wine with you.
Usual BYOW corkage fee of $8 a bottle applies.

TANUKI Japanese Restaurant Bookings 379-5353
tanuki@sakebars.co.nz