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Category: Dining Guide
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PEPPER LUNCH, Perth: If you’ve traveled throughout Japan and South-East Asia you know how insanely popular the Pepper Lunch franchise is. There are 200 across Japan, 80 through SE Asia, two in Sydney, one in Melbourne and, in Perth…there’s Pepper Lunch at 95 Barrack Street. Pepper Lunch is popular for a reason: Fantastic Japanese steak…
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RIA, Leederville by DAVID BELL: It speaks volumes when a suburban venue is packed on a weeknight. A previous attempt to drop by Leederville legend Ria had seen us turned away on a Tuesday, but trying our luck again we managed to recently slip into this Oxford Street institution. I lived with a Malay for…
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AZURE, Mt Hawthorn by JENNY D’ANGER: Red is my favourite colour, and I’m partial to beetroot (not the canned stuff) so the organic beetroot risotto at Azure at the Mezz was a hit from the outset. It arrived looking splendiferous, a glorious steaming red portion dotted with white goats’ cheese and beetroot chips. Having checked…
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SAOWANEE’S PLACE, North Perth: YOU know the feeling: You’re desperate for the fantastic flavours and aromas of Thai cuisine but don’t want to suffer yet another tepid disappointment. So, say hello to Saowanee’s Place, a multi-award winning North Perth restaurant recognised by experts and critics for offering some of the best Thai Perth has to…
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OXFORD HOTEL, Leederville by JENNY D’ANGER: Somewhat like that disturbing TV commercial for beer with the tongue that goes out at night in search of a yearned-for flavour, my tongue is obsessed by memories of burnt caramel and fig icecream. I keep my mouth tightly closed at night fearing it will come loose and scrabble…
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CINNAMON CLUB, Leederville by DAVID BELL: This Leederville eatery is chronically underpopulated. The food is good but the dishes are typically a few bucks above what you’d pay at the wildly successful Two Fat Indians chain. The service is also a little patchy. Despite the place being near-empty we did have to wave wildly to…
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MIACAFE, Inglewood by JENNY D’ANGER: Lunching alone can draw sympathetic looks from other diners but as I gazed across the gardens of this Inglewood cafe/garden centre, I couldn’t have been happier—nor more serene. Lucky for me, when the hunger greables kicked in while racing between appointments I found myself close to Miacafe, a delightful cafe…
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GORDON STRRET GARAGE, West Perth by JENNY D’ANGER: If this eatery was any cooler the polar caps wouldn’t be in danger of melting. “Gordon St Garage fan-bloody-tastic,” I un-coolly text—not tweet—to the colleague who’d put me onto this cafe in a small side street. Created from the bones of the old Kings Park auto garage…
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THE ROSEMOUNT, North Perth by STEPHEN POLLOCK: Sunday lunch at The Rosemount is the dining equivalent of Status Quo—a three-chord onslaught of burgers, nachos, pizzas and steaks. The kind of menu that makes your brain purr and your heart scamper into the corner, pleading for a vat of krill oil. With ‘er indoors busy watching…
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CRANKED COFFEE, Leederville by JENNY D’ANGER: We had forgotten to book at our restaurant of choice in Oxford Street, Leederville, but had figured getting there at 6pm after work wouldn’t be a problem. We hadn’t counted on gridlock and the carpark that Thomas Street becomes. So we arrived closer to 7pm, to be told there…
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