IN recent years, food stalls and food trucks have been the incubator for many successful restaurants. Chimek started out life in the Fremantle markets, where four mates combined their love of Korean and southern fried chicken to create something familiar yet slightly unique. Their finger-lickin’ wings, tacos and burgers went down a treat with locals…

AFTER an average spectacle of Sunday afternoon footy, my family and I headed over to Northbridge, bummed by the Docker’s sore loss. We needed to turn to one of life’s many pleasures – burgers. RoyAl’s Chicken and Burgers on William Street neighbours famed foodie spots No Mafia, La Cholita and U&I Café. It’s compact and…

NORTHBRIDGE on a Friday night. James Street had its trademark mix of chaotic energy, excitement and sleazy danger, all neon-lit and ready to go off like a cheap firework. For people of a certain vintage, like myself, it felt exhilarating and slightly disorientating, like a kamikaze pilot pushing forward on his stick and preparing for…

The inaugural William Street Long Table Lunch and block party next Saturday (March 11) will hopefully change negative perceptions about Northbridge, say event organisers. The plein air lunch is the brainchild of Kabir Ramasary, who is director of William Street venues The Bird, North Bird Wine Store and Ezra Pound. He wanted local businesses to…

PACIFIC Rim Mix Plate is no more. It sounds like something happened to the Earth’s crust in South East Asia, but it was actually a quirky takeaway in Applecross that served Hawaiian grub like mac and cheese and beef patties with egg and gravy. It was sad to see an independent close down, but thankfully a…

LIKE many other dads, I over did it with the unhealthy food and craft beer on Father’s Day. I also had to wear a cap made by my young son, featuring his drawing of me that looked like Bela Lugosi with a hangover. On Monday I was in dire need of some vitamins and greens,…

HOODBURGER is obviously doing something right. They have outlets in Northbridge and Inglewood, and recently opened their first store south of the river in Ardross. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, so I bungled my kids into the car and headed to their Beaufort Street outlet. Not all schools were off…

AS an experiment in psychogeography, I decided to wander around Northbridge on Tuesday afternoon and see what eatery tickled my fancy. It’s been a while since I’ve visited the notorious inner-city suburb, and to be honest things haven’t improved much. I ambled up William Street, going away from the city, and saw a few cafes…

THERE are many great dim sum and yum cha restaurants in Perth, but I rank Little China Girl as one of the best. It’s situated in a Roe Street building that used to be home to one of the city’s most popular chinese restaurants, Welcome Inn Tea House. The team behind Little China Girl, which…