Auckland’s first rooftop dining
INCA / NIC WATT
Nic Watt (of Masu) and chef Darren Johnson’s new Pervian-style eatery up on Westfield Newmarket’s Rooftop on Broadway brings something unique to the Auckland dining scene. The interior is down-to-earth and natural, dressed in calming wood and big, open windows which flow on to a cluster of benches outside, a perfect spot to wile the afternoon away with a margarita slushie. The seating borders an open kitchen area, allowing diners to peer in at chefs plating fresh, bracing ceviches, smoky anticucho (skewers) and simple but inventive dishes.
About eight years ago, Watt travelled through Peru studying ceviche, tiradito and anticucho – the pillars of Peruvian cuisine – and fell in love. He was subsequently drawn towards the local Nikkei (meaning “to live abroad”) cuisine, a
