Ip Man Asian Fusion is a restaurant on Oroua Street in Muritai, Lower Hutt, serving Asian fusion cuisine and holding a 4.2-star rating on Google. Fusion restaurants live or die by focus: the ones worth returning to usually anchor their menus in one or two cuisines and borrow thoughtfully from others, rather than spreading thin across half of Asia. The staples are the tell, as a kitchen that has its rice, noodles and broths right will generally handle the more inventive dishes well too. Because the menus wander across regions, it pays to ask the staff what the house does best, and to order a mix of rich and fresh dishes to share, which suits the style. Regulars tend to settle on one or two favourites and stick with them. For Lower Hutt diners after pan-Asian flavours close to home, Ip Man Asian Fusion makes a convenient neighbourhood stop on Oroua Street.