THE quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog,” comes to mind every time I see an old fashioned typewriter. My girls-only class in high school was deemed typing-pool fodder and we hammered out the sentence repeatedly to improve our speed. Two of the old green machines stared back at me from the top of…

I’D just finished a photo shoot with someone whose job it is to know North Perth inside-out, so I figured I’d go pre-Millennial and make her my real-life Google: “Point me to the best cafe in town”. Without hesitation she sent me off to The Old Laundry on Angove Street, saying it’s got the nod…

ARTWORK dominates an entire wall at Locale, the newest eatery on the increasingly diverse Angove Street in North Perth. When my lunch companion and I ventured inside a series of Robert Simeon photos — a pictorial wander into the heart of America — greeted us. The soft-focus, almost watercolour tone rendered them poignantly beautiful. “The…

SLURPING noises from contented diners and a babble of Chinese conversation; my companion and I could have been in downtown Beijing or any number of Asian cities. Fitzgerald Seafood Restaurant in North Perth is a low-key sort of eatery that’s easy to miss, especially with a heap of more upmarket joints on the Fitzgerald Street…

AT 102 years old Prakasit’s grandmother Yod is still cooking away in Southern Thailand, and while she’s slowed down a bit, the legend of her cooking lives on at Yod’s Thai Cafe in North Perth. “I learnt to cook from my mum, but she learnt from grandmother,” Prakasit tells the Voice. Hailing from Bangkok he…

INDUSTRIAL workshop and Bali resort rub shoulders in surprisingly perfect harmony at Chinta, now relocated to North Perth. Formerly in atmospheric digs in Dianella the new premises ratchet things up to a whole new level. Huge steel windows onto Scarborough Beach Road, raw brick, polished concrete floors, massive industrial lights and corrugated tin ceilings mix…

ONCE the life-blood of the suburbs, many of Perth’s old delis — those treasure troves of lolly bags, Twin Poles, Winnie Reds and Coke in glass bottles — have disappeared. A mere handful survive as shops while some have been reborn as hip cafes. One such is the Hobart Deli. With a lovely park across…

TIN plates and bowls, bagels and boxes and boxes of jazz records, Satchmo in North Perth is a very funky little cafe indeed. Nathan Karnovsky opened the joint a few months ago, moving from The Grumpy Sailor in Fremantle, which had also prided itself on beautifully fresh bagels. The name comes from a family connection…

Paul and Sandy Kunpitukwattana believe life is too short to eat bad food. Originally from Thailand, the siblings have always shared a passion for cooking, learning the richly varied cuisine of their homeland from an early age. In addition to holding diplomas in hospitality and management, both are qualified baristas. Sandy also has extensive baking…