MR Oro is the sushi equivalent of Led Zeppelin. A hedonistic and over-the-top cacophony of flavours that batters your tastebuds into glorious submission. Expect to taste bacon, cream cheese, black pepper sauce and wonton chips in their giant, decadent sushi wheels. The names match the bold flavours with Crunchy Spider, EL’Mexican and Sweet-Chilli Philly all…

  WEEK two of the school holidays. Skies as grey as porridge and biblical rain. My two kids needed a break from the screens and I needed a break from them squabbling over the screens, so we decided to jump in the Voice jalopy and head to the Inglewood Hotel for lunch. Over the years,…

THE Fat Dragon was somewhat of an institituion in Mt Lawley, so I was bit miffed when it closed its doors in January last year. The food wasn’t spectacular and sometimes the service from the restaurant’s matriarch was like something you would get at a prisoner of war camp. But it was my comfy go-to…

A NEW player in town has gone all in and is reaping the rewards. Situated on Beaufort Street in the heart of Mt Lawley, Ribs Lane is open seven days a week (11am to 10pm Sunday-Wednesday and to 4am on Thursday-Saturday). It’s quite big as well – a 60-seater venue – so the owners haven’t…

DON Birria may sound like a Mexican villain from a 1970s cartoon, but it’s actually a new taco joint in the heart of Mt Lawley. Just around the corner from The Astor Theatre, the small eatery specialises in “birria” tacos which are stuffed with slow-cooked meat, then dipped in a stew and fried (mmm, get…

TWO fat blokes came to my rescue on Easter Monday. The majority of restaurants in Mt Lawley were shut, including the new Mexican I had planned to visit, so with the wife and hungry kids in tow, the pressure was on. Thankfully 2 Fat Indians were open for business, although there was a 10 per…

BETTY and Dave’s sounds like a questionable UK sitcom from the 1970s, but it’s actually a cute cafe on the border of Mt Lawley and Inglewood. I’m a sucker for a good name, so I’ve always been intrigued by the cafe, which does breakfast and lunch and is situated on the corner of Beaufort Street…

DID Darth Vader have to remove his helmet every time he wanted to eat a snack? Maybe there was a little flap on his visor he could lift up and shovel in the Brussels sprouts on Christmas Day. That was one of the many questions I fielded from my young son “Bamm-Bamm” while driving up…

LEELEE Lucky’s in Mt Lawley has a catchy name, but was the food at the Asian cafe any good? Owner LeeLee certainly had a heart-warming backstory with her parents being some of the first Vietnamese boat people to arrive in Australia in 1977, after spending two years in a refugee camp in Malaysia. On arrival her…

IS the lunch sitting a thing of the past? It seemed that way when I traipsed through Mt Lawley on a wet, Tuesday afternoon. Nearly all the restaurants in Beaux Lane were shut, as were most on Beaufort Street leading up to the Walcott Street intersection. I guess it doesn’t make financial sense to open…