Of course after breakfast at Choux, came lunch. And even though it was Mother’s Day, it was Mum who cooked! Stir fried canned luncheon meat is kind of a special meal for us. Luncheon meat is like a really, really bad quality Spam (if you think eating Spam is an abomination, you ain’t seen [...]
Mum’s going to get her almond croissant, even if it kills me. You see, it’s Mother’s Day and Choux Cafe has been practically ransacked. There’s a queue almost to the door, the bread baskets are empty and mon dieu there is only one éclair left! Croissants are being snapped up out of sight, even [...]
Creamy, spicy crab. As every person enters Nobu, a chorus of greetings are shouted out. It’s a slightly embarrassing start to our Japanese-Peruvian fusion dinner. You read right – Japanese-Peruvian. It’s not as weird as it sounds. Peru has a sizeable Japanese population, even having a one Alberto Fujimori as president. But he was prosecuted [...]
"Due! DOOOOOOOO-EH! YOU! DOOO-EH?? DUE!!!" Oh my god, this man scares me. Only for second though, as soon as I realize he is what stands between us and a really, really good pizza. He’s the owner of Da Baffetto, a corner pizzeria which at 6pm, has a queue long enough to block an alleyway [...]
Aquachile of salmon and jalapeno. Even though El Público is Perth’s current it restaurant (you know, the restaurant that’s the latest, greatest with way too much publicity), when we stumble in for lunch it’s quiet – and a great spot for watching the people of Beaufort Street. The menu is a huge sheet of paper [...]
