SOMETIMES I start to roll my eyes when I read the pretentious and often embellished backstory to a new restaurant or food product. Like the beer that was brewed by […]

   LAST day of the school holidays. After eight weeks of ice cream, beach and video games, it felt like the Fall of Saigon in my house with Bamm-Bamm and […]

IT WAS time to revisit a Maylands institution and see if it was still keeping up its game. Rifo’s Cafe has been around for a couple of decades, presiding over […]

As I drove into Maylands, the sun burst through the dark clouds, turning raindrops on car bonnets into gleaming works of art. It was a pretty introduction to a pretty […]

IN the fickle world of dining it’s good to see an eatery that has survived for 20 years and keeps getting better. Rifo’s Cafe opened in Maylands in 1999 and […]

THE Secret Garden was a favourite read as a kid, so sitting in an almost secret garden for a solitary lunch at the Garden Cafe on Guildford was most enjoyable. […]

NOGGO the dog” gazes quizzically from the wall as you step inside Noggos Kitchen and Coffee in Maylands. The colourful mural was inspired by the owners’ pooch Nugget and several […]

ACCORDING to the Chinese horoscope my beloved and I are rabbits. But even we are getting sick of munching on limp salad after limp salad in Perth cafes. So I […]

Indulge your senses and invigorate your spirit at Chapels on Whatley. Not only does it serve up the biggest range of artisan teas in Perth, plus superb speciality Toro Black […]

THE cyclist clad in yellow lycra rushed up to the counter, his cleats tapping out a rhythm Sammy Davis junior would have been proud of. “Now that’s a different sort […]