Thursday, February 24th, 2011
Summer always means fish and chips in Freo. And on any sunny weekend, you can bet favourites like Ciccerello’s or Kailis Brothers are bursting at the seams – for good reasons too. A combination of decent food, waterside dining, and for some of us, sentimental memories, always brings us back for more. But just [...]
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
Neil Perry – he’s in there, somewhere. I’m a bit of a Neil Perry fan – I cook from his books regularly (been on a Balance & Harmony bender lately, until my sister borrowed it from me. Ahem.) and like a lot of people, have been to the Melbourne Rockpool and really liked it. [...]
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
An mom and pop business located on the Albany Highway strip, this restaurant always does a brisk trade in takeaway boxes of luscious roast duck and sweet, charred barbeque pork. You can recognise the Good One by the row of shiny ducks and white cooked chickens hanging in the window, waving to the passing [...]
Sunday, February 13th, 2011
It’s german food galore – kassler chops, venison sausages and bratwursts – Elmar’s is a treasure trove of cured meats. And, on Saturday mornings they bring out the big cast iron split pan and cook bratwursts right on the footpath, selling hot dogs for $5 a piece and a dollar extra for onions and [...]
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Walk into Maison de la Truffe and the heavenly, sexy, intense aroma of truffles hits your olfactory senses – it’s hard not to stay when your watering taste buds have to be dragged off the premises by the rest of your body. Everything truffle related is inside this store. Left: Maison [...]