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OXFORD HOTEL, Leederville by JENNY D’ANGER: Somewhat like that disturbing TV commercial for beer with the tongue that goes out at night in search of a yearned-for flavour, my tongue is obsessed by memories of burnt caramel and fig icecream. I keep my mouth tightly closed at night fearing it will come loose and scrabble…
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CINNAMON CLUB, Leederville by DAVID BELL: This Leederville eatery is chronically underpopulated. The food is good but the dishes are typically a few bucks above what you’d pay at the wildly successful Two Fat Indians chain. The service is also a little patchy. Despite the place being near-empty we did have to wave wildly to…
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MIACAFE, Inglewood by JENNY D’ANGER: Lunching alone can draw sympathetic looks from other diners but as I gazed across the gardens of this Inglewood cafe/garden centre, I couldn’t have been happier—nor more serene. Lucky for me, when the hunger greables kicked in while racing between appointments I found myself close to Miacafe, a delightful cafe…
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GORDON STRRET GARAGE, West Perth by JENNY D’ANGER: If this eatery was any cooler the polar caps wouldn’t be in danger of melting. “Gordon St Garage fan-bloody-tastic,” I un-coolly text—not tweet—to the colleague who’d put me onto this cafe in a small side street. Created from the bones of the old Kings Park auto garage…
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THE ROSEMOUNT, North Perth by STEPHEN POLLOCK: Sunday lunch at The Rosemount is the dining equivalent of Status Quo—a three-chord onslaught of burgers, nachos, pizzas and steaks. The kind of menu that makes your brain purr and your heart scamper into the corner, pleading for a vat of krill oil. With ‘er indoors busy watching…
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CRANKED COFFEE, Leederville by JENNY D’ANGER: We had forgotten to book at our restaurant of choice in Oxford Street, Leederville, but had figured getting there at 6pm after work wouldn’t be a problem. We hadn’t counted on gridlock and the carpark that Thomas Street becomes. So we arrived closer to 7pm, to be told there…
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SHIRAZ PERSIAN, East Perth by MATTHEW DeFRANKS: If Persian food was a type of clothing, it would be tie-dye—unique, full of colour and all mixed together—and Shiraz Persian Restaurant in East Perth would be a flower child. When you first walk into Shiraz, the elegant and bright décor around the place catches your eye, from…
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THE CABIN, Mount Hawthorn by STEPHEN POLLOCK: Mount Hawthorn, I apologise. In the quest for manna, I have often overlooked you: the polite, middle child of Leederville and North Perth. According to Austrian psychiatrist Alfred Adler, middle children are “people pleasers”, and The Cabin on Scarborough Beach Road certainly elicited a Voice grin. The menu…
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MONGO, Mt Lawley by JENNY D’ANGER: Rijstaffel is Dutch for a uniquely Indonesian feast. It means “rice table” and my mouth still salivates at the gluttony of Indonesian delights consumed in Holland many years ago. When the West Indies was controlled by the Dutch, colonial overlords would serve up to 40 small dishes to visitors…
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