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TOAST, Fremantle by JENNY D’ANGER: STREETBAND’S 1970s one hit wonder Toast is a humorous ode to the humble slice of bread. [And] cafes couldn’t cater for the finer things in life: The upper crust was not for me, I could tell that. So I’d go back home, switch the kitchen light on, put the grill…
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BELGIAN BEER CAFE, Perth by STEPHEN POLLOCK: AHH, Belgium. That indiscriminate little country that throbs at the end of Tintin’s foot, like Captain Haddock’s piles. Time for walkies, Snowy! Cliches aside, the Belgian beer cafe, like the country itself, has been the butt of some bad jokes and middling reviews, so it was time for…
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“Do you want shisha?” was the greeting at Egyptian restaurant Aida, in Northbridge. A little odd to be asked what we wanted to eat before seeing a menu, we thought. But despite being flavoured with peach, guava, lemon or mint, you don’t eat shisha, you smoke it (and it’s not like a smoked haddock either). Throughout…
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CHILLI ORANGE, North Perth by DAVID BELL: Angove Street is killing it just now. Once little more than a side street near the pool hall, these days it’s full of top-notch cafes and quirky shopfronts and on any given weekday morning there’s a healthy population down on the strip. Chilli Orange is up there with…
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LITTLE BIRD CAFE, Northbridge by JENNY D’ANGER: A black crow sat on the fence nearby, its head cocked quizzically, checking out my meal, while its mates caw cawed in a nearby tree, asking for more. “Never more,” I replied, with apologies to Edgar Allan Poe, swallowing the last morsel. There was no way I was…
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FORMOSA, Northbridge by JENNY D’ANGER: Formosa Vegetarian Eating House is a strange and disturbing place that challenges concepts of food and can leave your head spinning. Just finding the eatery had the D’Angers puzzled because the space is dominated by signs for Utopia, a bubble tea and Asian sticky bun and cake vendor. The two…
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METRICO & CO, North Perth by JENNY D’ANGER: Landing at Metrio & Co in North Perth for lunch was more good luck than good planning. Angove Street has blossomed in recent years and is full of trendy eateries, so I might have just as easily gone to one or other of them. But it was…
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SAOWANEE’S PLACE, North Perth by DAVID BELL: Awards adorn the wall at Saowanee’s Place like medals on a dictator’s tunic. They’re well deserved. The North Perth Thai is a nice little gem on Fitzgerald Street. Managing to nab a table on a Friday night, we were looked after by staff who made sure the heaters…
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CHARM, Perth by JENNY D’ANGER: Two blokes at the next table of this Murray Street, Perth eatery were lamenting over their teenage/early-20s kids. Messy, lazy, disrespectful, but happy for mum and dad to give them a handout. And how embarrassing when his oldest daughter turned up for a family restaurant meal in Banana in Pyjamas…
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THE BODHI TREE, Mount Hawthorn by JENNY D’ANGER Buddha received enlightenment sitting under the bodhi tree, and The Bodhi Tree bookstore cafe in Mt Hawthorn is working towards the same—only with an emphasis on food. The philosophy behind the eatery is consciousness-raising about what we eat—making informed choices before imbibing, owner Karen Kotze says. When…
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