Jesse Mulligan's Definitive Guide To Christchurch Dining & Drinking In 2025
A tour of the best and brightest of Ōtautahi Christchurch's dining scene.
Don't tell Wellington, but Christchurch has quietly slipped into second place in the competition for New Zealand's best-eating city. Ōtautahi has always done pretty well in the mid-range – solid bistros, pan-Asian shared
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Korea Herald
2 days ago
- Korea Herald
Peak Energy expands Japan footprint with acquisition of 11 MW of high-voltage solar assets
Solar projects to come online by 2027 and enable corporates in Japan to decarbonize operations and save costs. SINGAPORE and TOKYO, June 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Peak Energy, a pan-Asian renewable energy developer and Independent Power Producer (IPP), has acquired 11 MW of ready-to-build (RTB) high-voltage solar projects across Japan. Located in four different regions of Japan (Chubu, Chugoku, Hokkaido and Kansai), the projects are scheduled for completion in 2027 and are expected to generate more than 13 GWh of clean electricity each year for several decades, thereby avoiding nearly 6,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions annually, equivalent to removing around 2,000 cars from the road. The electricity produced from these sites will be sold to corporates through long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs), at fixed prices, allowing customers to make immediate savings on their electricity bills and to shield themselves from fluctuations in electricity tariffs for 20+ years. This transaction also marks another milestone in Peak Energy's rapid growth in Japan, where the company already co-owns a 28 MW plant in Kyushu and is actively expanding activities across a range of energy services, including onsite solar, offsite solar and collocated solar + battery energy storage systems (BESS). Across the Asia-Pacific region, Peak now owns over 200 MW of solar projects in operation or under construction, along with 298 MWh of battery energy storage capacity in operation or under construction. "This acquisition reinforces our long-term commitment to Japan," said Gavin Adda, CEO of Peak Energy. "Combined with our broader pipeline of high-voltage assets, it will support our mission to deliver clean, affordable and reliable energy solutions to businesses nationwide." "Given how slowly new supply of large-scale solar capacity is coming on stream in our country, we are excited that we will be able to provide our corporate customers with clean energy within the next couple of years," added Eiji Sato, Country President of Peak Energy in Japan. About Peak Energy Headquartered in Singapore, Peak Energy develops, owns, and operates renewable energy assets across Asia. Peak Energy delivers clean, affordable, and reliable power solutions to corporate customers through a diverse range of business models, including utility-scale solar, off-site and on-site corporate PPAs, and battery storage. Peak currently owns over 200 MW of operating assets across the region, including 28 MW in Japan. Peak Energy is wholly owned by Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, with approximately USD 73 billion in assets under management.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Peak Energy expands Japan footprint with acquisition of 11 MW of high-voltage solar assets
Solar projects to come online by 2027 and enable corporates in Japan to decarbonize operations and save costs. SINGAPORE and TOKYO, June 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Peak Energy, a pan-Asian renewable energy developer and Independent Power Producer (IPP), has acquired 11 MW of ready-to-build (RTB) high-voltage solar projects across Japan. Located in four different regions of Japan (Chubu, Chugoku, Hokkaido and Kansai), the projects are scheduled for completion in 2027 and are expected to generate more than 13 GWh of clean electricity each year for several decades, thereby avoiding nearly 6,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions annually, equivalent to removing around 2,000 cars from the road. The electricity produced from these sites will be sold to corporates through long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs), at fixed prices, allowing customers to make immediate savings on their electricity bills and to shield themselves from fluctuations in electricity tariffs for 20+ years. This transaction also marks another milestone in Peak Energy's rapid growth in Japan, where the company already co-owns a 28 MW plant in Kyushu and is actively expanding activities across a range of energy services, including onsite solar, offsite solar and collocated solar + battery energy storage systems (BESS). Across the Asia-Pacific region, Peak now owns over 200 MW of solar projects in operation or under construction, along with 298 MWh of battery energy storage capacity in operation or under construction. "This acquisition reinforces our long-term commitment to Japan," said Gavin Adda, CEO of Peak Energy. "Combined with our broader pipeline of high-voltage assets, it will support our mission to deliver clean, affordable and reliable energy solutions to businesses nationwide." "Given how slowly new supply of large-scale solar capacity is coming on stream in our country, we are excited that we will be able to provide our corporate customers with clean energy within the next couple of years," added Eiji Sato, Country President of Peak Energy in Japan. About Peak Energy Headquartered in Singapore, Peak Energy develops, owns, and operates renewable energy assets across Asia. Peak Energy delivers clean, affordable, and reliable power solutions to corporate customers through a diverse range of business models, including utility-scale solar, off-site and on-site corporate PPAs, and battery storage. Peak currently owns over 200 MW of operating assets across the region, including 28 MW in Japan. Peak Energy is wholly owned by Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, with approximately USD 73 billion in assets under management. Media ContactPeak Energymedia@ Peak Energy Japan View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Peak Energy
Eater
3 days ago
- Eater
Mission Chinese Founder Takes Surprise Gig at Buddakan
Nearly two decades after pan-Asian clubstaurant Buddakan made its flashy Meatpacking District debut, Starr Restaurant Group is turning to a big-name chef to reinvent it. Mega-restaurateur Stephen Starr tapped Danny Bowien, of Mission Chinese Food fame, 'to revitalize the menu at Buddakan and give it a fresh look,' a Starr rep tells Eater. The team declined to say whether Bowien is a newly named co-owner or partner, as 'it's still in extremely early development stages.' The Substack Feed Me first flagged Bowien's incoming involvement this week. Bowien is best known for his San Francisco-born smash hit Mission Chinese, which expanded to New York in 2012 to instant acclaim. Subsequent locations followed on the Lower East Side and Bushwick. The restaurant group's reputation took a turn after employees repeatedly alleged a range of misconduct at the LES location, including racial discrimination as well as physical and verbal abuse. In 2022, Mission Chinese pulled out of NY completely. Bowien's neon-lit millennial magnet made a surprise NY comeback last spring, this time in the heart of Chinatown, as a nighttime residency inside Cha Kee (43 Mott Street, at Bayard Street). What started as a pop-up is now a permanent operation, complete with longstanding Mission Chinese favorites like chile-blasted Chongqing chicken wings, kung pao pastrami, and other inventive takes on Sichuan cuisine through his Chinese American lens. The 15-year-old original in San Francisco's Mission District is still open today (though under new ownership). It remains unclear how Bowien plans to zhuzh Buddakan's existing menu full of dim sum, sizzling short ribs, and Beijing duck. Choosing to align with a cash-cow conglomerate of a company like Starr is relatively surprising, considering Bowien's keep-it-tight approach to the restaurant world. Like Mission Chinese, Buddakan has also dealt with past allegations of discrimination and a toxic work culture. Starting as a single location in Philadelphia in 1988, Buddakan grew into a mini empire at its height, with locations in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. The Meatpacking District location opened in 2006 and, backed by an early two-star review from the New York Times , was an immediate hit. In Manhattan at that time, Buddakan was 'a hipper, younger, clubbier analogue to older, expensive, white tablecloth venues,' former Eater critic Ryan Sutton wrote in a 2015 review. See More: Coming Attractions NYC Restaurant News
