ITALIAN techno from the 1990s was playing when I visited La Mortazza. I wasn’t at a rave for middle-aged Italian expats, but a funky cafe/deli in North Perth. According to […]

IT was the Tuesday night after the long weekend, with fork lightning and thunder ripping open the sky. It was surely a write-off for most restaurants in Perth, but not […]

IF Angove Street is anything to go by, Perth foodies are keen to get back out there for meals. On a cold Tuesday night, the cafes and restaurants opposite the […]

JUST as I discovered one of the best Italian restaurants in Perth, a nasty little virus came along and ruined everything. But don’t worry, Luckily Trattoria Ilaria is cranking up […]

I have fond memories of the Rosemount Hotel. In the early 2000s I caught one of Sunk Loto’s final shows there, before the band became a casualty of the ephemeral […]

I’VE never been a fan of pickled vegetables. So if I had known about the pickled zuni in the mushroom tart ($18) at Blake Street Merchant I probably wouldn’t have […]

THE hip young architect whose home I was reviewing was quick to recommend Satchmo Cafe in North Perth for lunch. It dawned on me that I had enjoyed a great […]

BALI resort and garage grunge combine in delicious harmony at Chinta Cafe in North Perth. The old inspection pit is surrounded by a communal bench seating, and there’s plenty of […]

KEFALOGRAVIERA. It sounds like a cheese version of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, or some new fusion dish you tried to impress your foodie mates. But a quick Google revealed it’s a hard Greek […]

I SWEAR the waitress at Fiorentina is psychic; she’s got a touch of the gypsy look about her and knew what I wanted before I did. With just a narrow window […]