Saturday, October 30th, 2010
A hop, skip and jump from Rokeby Road, the Subi Farmers’ Market has a lively, enthusiastic atmosphere. The cosy market, spanning over Subiaco Primary’s two quadrangles, has every kind of produce you could want and didn’t know you wanted. The squeal of the coffee machine and sizzle of bacon rolls greet the market’s western suburbs [...]
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
If I had told myself at the beginning of the night that I would leave with a grin, I wouldn’t have believed it. Elie’s Tent does the impossible. This restaurant turns average food with below average service, into an excellent night out every Friday and Saturday night. The trick is to turn the dial up [...]
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
Every year, Pasar Malam is bigger and better and 2010 had even bigger crowds to match. Organised by the Internation Students Committee, the Pasar Malam Night Market celebrates Multicultural Week, spreading the love of Malaysian food. It’s so successful, hungry people formed massive queues for dubious food and if you didn’t come early, well [...]
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
Mum and I find it particularly hard to pass up New Norcia Bakery for our too-rare afternoon teas. This place, has something even harder to find than good coffee - damn good bread. And pastries. And cakes. See that cheese cake? It was amaaazing – light as air cream cheese with white chocolate and raspberries. It [...]
Saturday, October 16th, 2010
Out of all our adventures and experiments with the slow cooker, this lamb rogan josh is my favourite so far. It’s easy (don’t let the long ingredient list spook you…um,think of it as four batches of ingredients). And it tastes like how it should, not some sort of slow cooked compromise. On first taste, curries [...]