Monday, July 30th, 2012
When anyone says waffles in Perth, it’s synonymous with an ice cream chain, so it’s always good to have a new player on the field. Everyone, say hello to Superstar Waffles. Like all seemingly new things in Perth, Superstar Waffles is hidden in an alleyway. It’s in Arcade 189, just a few metres from [...]
Saturday, July 28th, 2012
Truffles, truffle oil, truffle mustard, truffle salsa, truffle salt…. Just a few photos from today’s Mundaring Truffle Festival – it was our first visit and I was really surprised how well organised the festival was. Great transport from the easy-to-find parking, lots of space and really friendly vendors with a wide range of stalls. Most [...]
Thursday, July 26th, 2012
Somewhere in Bangkok’s Grand Palace. As we walk out of Suvarnabhumi airport, the big city smells hits us. It’s pollution, chaos and urban growth, altogether familiar and foreign. As usual, traffic is ferocious, it’s either break neck speeds or frustrating standstills. We pass shacks of corrugated iron, concrete graveyards of would-be buildings and hives of [...]
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
As we approach the Stirling Council car park, we can already tell the eight months old Stirling Farmers’ Market is going to be great. It’s got two hallmarks of success: plenty of parking and plenty of dogs. Yes, dogs. It sounds crazy but that’s my patented litmus test. The more pooches, the more successful [...]
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Brekkie at Chez Dre. K was working in Melbourne for the week so I begged for Monday off and popped in for three days of eat-shop-eat. (Notice – more eating than shopping – not that my credit card knew the difference.) With my sister C as our guide, I couldn’t think of a better way [...]