A whimsical cafe with a velvety lounge at the back plus a small bar license, The Lounge Room adds an appealing injection of youth to historic Guildford. Besides being the breath of fresh air to its neighbouring antique shops, the service is perky and friendly – and they do a decent coffee. The breakfast [...]
Dear Friends has always been one of those places I pass by and wonder about. It always seemed mysterious with no hint of what’s on the inside. All I could derive from its inconspicuous existence was that is must be at least decent to survive on the somewhat lonely strip of Benara Road, just [...]
This is my fallback recipe when I think we should be eating more fish. The original recipe, by Nobu Matsuhisa, uses black cod, and though I can’t say I have eaten the dish in Nobu, the closest was a bite of my sister’s dinner – an unashamed copy – at Kong in Paris. It [...]
Our day trip to Margaret River saw us having lunch at Must Wine Bar, right in the town center. Sure, we could’ve had an equally long and wonderful lunch overlooking the vines at a winery somewhere, but as Mt Lawley’s Must is one of my long standing favourite restaurants, it was a very [...]
Mmmmm poached egg. The tuna with ‘onsen style’ egg is so perfect, the sexy egg yolk is oozing everywhere and we scoop it up greedily. This dish is bowl scraping worthy. Basically tuna tartare touched by madness, it’s a genius dish. It’s so good, that from then on, the meal was almost anticlimactic. Don’t you [...]
