IF you’re going to Side Door Barbecue for dinner, then it might be worth fasting for a few days beforehand. The American-style portions are so gigantic that even Clive Palmer […]

A BUS load of Japanese tourists had descended on Ischia Restaurant and I surreptitiously checked out what they’d ordered. Pizza of course, its universal, but they were also tucking into bowls […]

IT was only 11.30am but lunch-goers were already starting to file into the Chu Bakery in Highgate. Clutching one of their tuna baguettes ($7.50) I made the most of a […]

It’s not easy eating BBQ when you have a beard. I spent most of my time at Side Door BBQ in Highgate wiping rich espresso and blue cheese dipping sauce, […]

WHENEVER I see the word tuk tuk, I get visions of D’Angerous Dave driving a jerrybuilt scooter taxi in Thailand. Me, the Thai driver and my 80-year-old mother laughed nervously […]

I ADORE Beaufort Street—it has a rockin’ vibe. Spanning three suburbs it reminds me of Freo’s Cappuccino Strip during the mid-2000s. Remember, before it became numb and lifeless? Beaufort Street is […]

I HEARD the thumping chorus of Another One Bites the Dust as an old bloke on a pimped-up gopher barreled down the pavement on Beaufort Street. He made it across the […]

WHEN Hollywood needed a drop-dead gorgeous location for the fictional Mongibello in The Talented Mr Ripley, they chose the Italian island of Ischia. Feeling murderously hungry and in the mood […]

AN email from theatre company Squid Vicious arrived as I was thinking about my lunch at The Blacksmith cafe. The Perth/Singapore production company boasts its GodeatGod show, “serves diverse morsels […]

Rising out of the Tyrrhenian Sea at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples lies the volcanic island of Ischia (pronounced ISS-key-ah). With its warm Mediterranean climate and fertile […]