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Category: Dining Guide
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I LIKE steaks and Led Zeppelin. And in 2018 that makes me a cultural footnote. At the age of 43 I should really be having a mid-life crisis, wearing hot pants with “smashed avocado” on the front and “non-binary” on the back. But I like to wallow in cholesterol and listen to Kashmir. That’s where The…
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I ADORE Beaufort Street—it has a rockin’ vibe. Spanning three suburbs it reminds me of Freo’s Cappuccino Strip during the mid-2000s. Remember, before it became numb and lifeless? Beaufort Street is a foodie’s paradise and has more restaurants and cafes than you can poke a chopstick at, and not just the familiar suspects like Nando’s and…
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FULL disclosure—I’m a Jamie Oliver disciple. His books, his TV shows, you name it, I love them and I love him, which is why I really wanted to love Jamie’s Italian too. On a lazy Sunday evening, both battling mild hangovers, I coaxed my friend Melinda into joining me for dinner with the promise of…
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I HEARD the thumping chorus of Another One Bites the Dust as an old bloke on a pimped-up gopher barreled down the pavement on Beaufort Street. He made it across the busy Newcastle Street, but only just, and I had to admire his taste in music, and zest for living on the edge. Seems like there’s…
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WHO is Tommy Sugo? Apparently he’s a master of Italian food, and the kingpin of health, according to the eponymous restaurant’s website. But it’s all just a bit of fun, with owners Nathan and Belinda Baws combining the slang for tomato and sauce in the name of their Leederville restaurant. After years of great meals…
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THE staff at Old Lane Eats were run off their feet as Fringe Festival punters grabbed a bite to eat, but even though the waiters were sweating, their smiles never slipped. A mate and I were off to see the cabaret show Club Swizzle, and were looking for somewhere quick and cheap to eat. Perth’s…
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WHEN the Layup Cafe changed managers recently, owner Vicki Sorrenson wanted an inviting eatery where denizens could meet, so she renamed it The Local. “I want it to be a place to catch up, as a community base,” she told the Voice. I was heading elsewhere for lunch, but the beaming smile of a young…
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WHEN Hollywood needed a drop-dead gorgeous location for the fictional Mongibello in The Talented Mr Ripley, they chose the Italian island of Ischia. Feeling murderously hungry and in the mood for Italian it was Ischia for the D’Angers too, but we don’t have a private jet, so we had to make do with Ischia Restaurant…
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AN email from theatre company Squid Vicious arrived as I was thinking about my lunch at The Blacksmith cafe. The Perth/Singapore production company boasts its GodeatGod show, “serves diverse morsels of contemporary performance on a platter”. Perhaps it’s returning to an avalanche of Fringe Festival press releases after two weeks off, but it seemed an…
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WHY did the young mum cross the road? To get a coffee at The Hobart Street Deli, of course. When I plonked myself down at one of the cafe’s outdoor tables, the park across the road was teeming with kids and sleep-deprived mums who clearly required a caffeine fix. Some wandered in for lunch, and…
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