LAST time I was in the Hyde Park Hotel I was wearing flares and humming the theme tune to M*A*S*H. Well it wasn’t quite that long ago, but it’s been many years, so I was pleasantly surprised by the hotel’s refurbishment which has brought it kicking and screaming into the 21st century. One of the…

HUMPTY DUMPTY sat on a wall, where the poor old egg fell into a vat of curry at the Royal India Restaurant. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t pull him out again – so he became curried egg and was enjoyed by all. No eggs died for our lunch at the West…

I  THINK only the Dockers were feeling bluer and looking more shambolic than me a few weekends ago. We’d just moved house and got a pre-dawn visit from the local robbers while we slept, exhausted. They may have assumed the house had already been ransacked given its state, but took just my wallet and a skateboard,…

DESPITE having lived in the bustling inner city suburb of West Perth for little over a year now, I have never fallen victim to the incessant social media hype surrounding the quaint café located just minutes from my home. The West End Deli has sent local millennials into overdrive by crafting Instagram-worthy culinary delights. Early…

MY companion and I had been heading elsewhere for lunch when the quaint Outram Cafe caught our eye. It is an oasis of a genteel yesteryear amid the sharp edges and bustle of West Perth’s business hub. Located in an old house, the eatery is a tad Elizabethan with its white, stucco walls and black…

LUNCHING alone at the West End Deli was so relaxing I felt right at home reading the paper while waiting for my meal. But the first mouthful of the Sri Lankan-inspired pumpkin curry and local prawns ($27) sent all thoughts of world and home news from my head, my eyes glazing over in rapture at…

THERE’S a nice synergy between West Perth’s Gordon Street Garage and Fremantle’s Bread in Common. The coffee-roasting West Perth eatery provides beans to its sister joint, which in turn provides the fantastic bread we were happily dunking in olive oil and balsamic ($2.50). Gordon Street takes its coffee very seriously, and jars of beans sit…