Posts Tagged ‘Laksa’

Hawkers Delight, Station Street Markets, Subiaco

I’m perpetually on the lookout for Asian-style breakfasts in Perth. As much as I love bacon and eggs, for me the most satisfying and comforting breakfasts involve rice, noodles or roti, garlic, soy sauce or curry. Digging into nasi lemak My eldest sister’s the one who told me about the newest Malaysian eatery at the […]

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Kitchen Inn Cafe, Thornlie

We’re really excited to find another suburban Perth cafe that serves Malaysian hawker-style food for brunch, including specialty dishes that are hard to find locally. On Sunday morning, we visit one-week-old Kitchen Inn Cafe at Thornlie Square shopping centre on Spencer Road. Jac’s favourite breakfast dish of nasi lemak is on the menu b…

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Laksa at home

Jac made laksa recently, and it was magnificent! She used Chilliz brand laksa paste and tinned coconut cream (she likes a richer, thicker, more “lemak” laksa broth). I prepared the egg noodles and rice noodles and helped assemble the bits and pieces in the bowls while Jac tended to the pot of laksa broth bubbling […]

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Laksa at Munch Terrace

One of my last lunches with workmate J was at at Munch Terrace (230 Hay St, corner of Bennett St, East Perth). We shared the same craving that day: laksa, laksa, LAKSA! We ordered the combination laksa. In the large bowls of spicy curry soup were a mixture of egg noodles and rice noodles, with […]

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Laksa feast

Last Friday night, Jac and I had dinner with C and P at Penang Foods Restaurant (175 William St, Northbridge). C had told Jac and me about the fantastic laksa, and we were really eager to try it. I arrived first – I’d walked around the shops in town after work – and as soon […]

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Work lunches – featuring a loooong pizza

Monday – SRM and I grabbed takeaway from Sushi @ Royal (Shop 2, 131 Royal St). SRM had chicken and avocado uramaki (inside-out sushi) with a little seaweed salad on the side. I had tamago (omelette) and cucumber sushi with a tuna chef’s salad. The salad was delicious but I was a little disappointed with […]

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Saturday food

On Saturday last weekend we grabbed a bite to eat while at the shops. Jac enjoyed a plate of chicken nachos from Xquisito. The warmed corn chips, spicy chicken chilli mix and melted cheese were topped with cold tomato salsa, guacamole and sour cream. I wasn’t sure I liked all the cold condiments piled on […]

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More work lunches, Tuesday to Friday

In case you’re looking for it, see Monday’s work lunch here. Tuesday: I had lunch on my own at Han’s. I sat and read my current book – another Murder, She Wrote novel, Provence -To Die For (Yep, Jessica Fletcher is in France, eating croissants for breakfast and bringing murder to Europe!). I had two […]

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Dinner at Taurus

Jac and I met up with C, E and Em for dinner at Taurus Hawker Foods (Shop 10, 113 Collins Rd Willetton) on Wednesday night. I was a little worried that it would be too busy and we would have to wait to get a table, but the timing was perfect and we took over […]

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