Category: Mt Lawley

  • THE leather dyeing vats of Fez are famous for their antiquity—and their smell. The guano used in the process is so potent that guides hand out sprigs of mint to offset the pong. My lunch companion was in Morocco last year and reminiscences were triggered by a wall-sized mural of the pits on the wall…

  • OLIVER TWIST and the orphans sang Food Glorious Food in the musical version of Dickens’ classic novel. (Oliver Twist and the Orphans? Good name for a boy band). Veggie Mama, in Mt Lawley, is to vegetarians what steak and pudding must have been to the hungry mites in the London poor house: Heaven. Since turning…

  • THE GLOBE COFFEE HOUSE, Mt Lawley: by JENNY D’ANGER: The 40-watt smile of the staff at the Globe Coffee House is better than a jolt of black coffee when it comes to a pre-work breakfast. The cafe makes no pretence to be anything but what it is, a homely little place that exudes a pleasant…

  • MR MUNCHIES, Mt Lawley: Winning the lotto has never been easy. For instance, in a Powerball game alone there are roughly 175 million number combinations to choose from. But as luck will have it, in at Mr Munchies, hidden in a little alley behind Grill’d on 669 Beaufort Street, your chances of picking the winning…

  • SIAM THAI, Mt Lawley Have you ever visited the same restaurant twice and felt as if though you’re were visiting a a different restaurant the second time? The service was different, the feel was different, even the food was different. The lack of unity in many restaurants have left people hopping to and fro in…

  • MESOPOTAMIA KABABS, Mount Lawley: In 2013 it is hard to find something that truly celebrates history. Wherever you go, there is a tendency towards modern, a fusion or a mix of this and that in the hope of discovering the latest, “cutting edge” culinary trend. For Mesopotamia, on 627 Beaufort Street, this is of no…

  • FULL MOON THAI, Mount Lawley: Once in a blue moon, you stumble upon something rare and unique. Stepping into Full Moon Thai on Walcott Street is such an event. Once inside, you know that you’ve come to a place that’s unlike anything else you’ve ever seen, or ever will see, and where the space is…

  • RED CRAY, Mt Lawley: If there is one thing the Singh brothers know how to deliver, it is exceptional seafood. For 10 years their fabulously popular Red Cray restaurant in Belmont has been a finalist or a winner of multiple awards. In April this year the boys expanded their seafood empire, bringing their award-winning talents…

  • COODE STREET CAFE, Mt Lawley by JENNY D’ANGER: The Coode Street Cafe is tucked away in the back bits of Bayswater’s slice of Mt Lawley but the secret has been well and truly out for years now. On a rainy Thursday lunchtime the place was heaving with customers. And little wonder, with the cafe groaning…

  • LAVA STONE, Mt Lawley: Just when you think you’ve seen it all, experienced it all and done it all; and when you think the local dining scene has become somewhat complacent, perhaps even arrogant, then along comes a new concept in dining – one that makes you wonder about the Stone Age town of Bedrock,…