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Old 21st July 2008, 06:06   #1 (permalink)
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Noumea, New Caledonia & Narita.

Hi all,
Please can anybody recommend some good eating houses & watering holes in Noumea or New Caledonia in general, and Narita.

Thanks in advance.

Ponsh.

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Ahh, pretender with the name spelt incorrectly

Narita:

Eating: Everybody's favourite; the Cafe Bonne (it's a fair hike all the way down the hill away from the station and leaving the temple on your left. At the bottom of the hill, turn left and as the road bears right you'll see the spiral staircase on your right). Set meal, all you can eat and the only thing that varies the price is what you have to drink...try the BIG beer The Barge does some pretty good grub and it means you don't have to walk as far as the Bonne (and you're in a pub to boot). Heroes is another close-by favourite and opposite Flyers, so no need to walk too far from another pub. If you come out of the Barge and turn right, then about 400m down the road on the right is an average Indian. Some people are talking about an Indian on the left side of the road and on the first floor (2nd in Japan) just as you turn left to go to the Bonne (at the bottom of the hill). Personally I wasn't impressed and preffered the one nearer the Barge. Very impersonal setting but good enough if you need an emergency cuzzer. There are plenty of decent Rammen places about, with a pretty good one being about 150m on the right hand side of the road as you walk from the sqaure towards the Barge. There's also a Thai place on the way to the Rammen shop but that can be very variable. Finally, when it's 0300 and your voice is sore from the singing and your head is swimming from the Asahi, there's good old McD's on the corner of the square (24 hours too ).

Drinking: Follow the obvious looking crew. They'll be going to the Barge, Flyers or, the favourite of the local pilots, the Jet Lag Club. Having had a few warm up beers then it's off to the Cage for a few rounds of Elvis, Neil Diamond etc and trying to boot the stage-hogging Yankies from the microphone (then the aforementioned McD's). A few brave souls still venture to The Truck but, to be honest, I reckon its had its day. They were so reluctant to call the police when they've had trouble that most crews are now steering clear of the place. If you'd like to try your luck with some 6'7" Somoan, built like the proverbrial, then fill your boots

Overall, a fine place to stop an dget your head hurting from beer and your mind boggled by the time zone changes

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