House of sighs
HOT and flustered after a frantically busy morning, the peaceful ambience of Casa Bianchi, on Scarborough Beach Road, Mt Hawthorn, worked its magic on Voice snapper Matthew Dwyer. Frown lines […]
Category Archives: Mt Hawthorn
Rustic and real
VOICE snapper Matthew Dwyer has a great eye for a photo, but no node of location, so despite giving him directions as I searched for parking I still arrived well […]
Loaves & dishes
NEW NORCIA BAKERY, Mount Hawthorn by JENNY D’ANGER: IT was hard to picture austere, dark-robed Benedictine monks sitting down to dainty pastries and gurgy cakes as I gazed in awe […]
I see fed people
AFTER 15 years burying and cremating people, Mareena Purslowe-Sear now loves feeding them. Two years ago the woman behind Perth’s ground-breaking all-woman funeral service traded in her trademark white Akubra […]
Corazon contento!
YOU wouldn’t be surprised to see the cosy Spanish Flavours in the back blocks of Madrid, where owner Rosa hails from. Thankfully for us she moved some time ago to […]
Sweet suburban
WITH lunchtime crowds surging in and out, smiles were a little strained at the Leaf and Bean Emporium as staff battled a misbehaving dishwasher. It wasn’t long however before the […]
Wee name, big flavour
WEE BAR perfectly embodies what small bars were meant to be about—a classy place for a high-end nibble and a cautiously curated selection of drinks. The French bar was started […]
Buddha, can you spare a lime?
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 […]
Red’s a riot act at Azure
AZURE, Mt Hawthorn by JENNY D’ANGER: Red is my favourite colour, and I’m partial to beetroot (not the canned stuff) so the organic beetroot risotto at Azure at the Mezz […]
Oh deer, it’s good
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. […]
