The latest Japanese eatery to hit the Vic Park cafe strip in the last few months is Kuza Urban Japanese Food, with a modern, izakaya-style menu designed for sharing (please, let’s not call it “Japanese tapas”). I’m delighted by quite possibly prettiest gyoza I have ever eaten. Pretty little tigers There’s a graffiti-st…
When chef Josh Nicholls tweeted that Cafe Ish in Surry Hills was closing for good, I was not the only one to lament the loss of his divine kara age soft shell crab omelette. Then Josh announced he and wife Ai were opening a milk bar in Redfern in mid-July. With a fleeting visit to […]
I’m back from my trip cruising the Mekong River from Cambodia to Vietnam. If you followed along on Facebook and/or Twitter, you’ll have seen some of what I ate and did, but there’s so much more to tell you, in words as well as pictures – here’s another tiny taste: Clockwise starting top left: Our […]
Mom Dumpling House serves Northeastern Chinese cuisine, which has its origins in the region of China known historically as Manchuria, which is next to Russia and Mongolia. It’s not the Chinese food typically known to most of us in Perth – you’ll have to go elsewhere to get your honey chicken and salt and pepper […]
On our recent trip down south, we spotted a farmers market on our way home as we drove through Bridgetown. It was a chilly, crisp misty morning and the market stalls were nestled among the trees. We couldn’t resist stopping to take a closer look. Market stalls nestled among the tall trees The diversity and […]
My family got together for brunch last month at Jac’s and my home. It was our usual east meets west home-cooked potluck feast. The kids eating brunch. Caleb’s watching the photographer While Jac prepared the trimmings to accompany my mum’s rice porridge, I made the mini egg and bacon pies under Jac’s direction. I had [&helli…
Louis Baxters is named after its owners’ French bulldogs: Louis Pierre, owned by Laki Baker, and Baxter, owned by sprint swimmer Eamon Sullivan, who is currently in London as part of the Australian Olympic Team. Baker and Sullivan were both born in Perth but met in Sydney on the set of Celebrity Masterchef Australia, where […]
Last week I attended a special event for Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand to celebrate the introduction of the Boeing 777-200 flying non-stop Perth to Auckland from this September. King salmon tartare, avocado whip and sesame dressing We’ve been able to fly non-stop Perth to Auckland for some time, but the larger aircraft […]
In a town where cool up-and-comers are constantly on the rise, The Witch’s Cauldron Restaurant has been a steady icon of Subiaco, with the same owner/operators for a remarkable 40+ years. Jac and I went there on Saturday morning in search of a mushroomy breakfast for Mushroom Mania. And we found ourselves a beauty. Grilled […]
In this post: Book review Special offer for TFP e-newsletter subscribers Competition Book review When I was a child growing up in Malaysia, long before I ever touched a computer or picked up a camera, my favourite rainy afternoon activity was to snuggle up with my two older sisters in my parents’ bed, having gathered […]