WINKEL is Dutch for shop and Koffie Winkel literally means coffee shop, but don’t worry, there’s no jazz cigarettes on sale at this Northbridge cafe. It’s borderline heresy to admit […]

SWITZERLAND was on at the State Theatre, but my friend and I were in “India”, or as close as you get while still making the first curtain call. Northbridge restaurant […]

THE menu at Red Chilli Sichuan isn’t for the faint-hearted, and not just because it’s the size of a telephone book. With dishes like pickled chicken feet, pork intestines, jelly […]

THE name of this Northbridge eatery became apparent the minute we stepped inside—the gloom swirling with dark figures and brooding shadows. The trendy black-on-black decor at the Shadow Wine Bar […]

GETTING to taste a couple of wines before deciding which one you want? Now that’s service with a very big smile from the staff at No Mafia. My dinner companion […]

SUSHI entered my culinary consciousness when I was about fifteen and in the throes of teenage angst. Everything and everyone seemed mundane and as I searched for creative ways to […]

CHATTY Indian gent sitting next to me at Annalakshmi’s on the Esplanade once claimed  Govindas in Northbridge makes the best Indian food in Perth. It was a bold claim, especially […]