Salads are lovely during Summer. Nice and fresh. This one came from Pranzo in West Perth and was basically half cous cous, baby spinach and vinaigrette salad and the other half was a pesto pasta salad. For $7.50 it was a very generous serve which I struggled to finish. The flavours were fairly decent, but […]

I caught up with some past work colleagues the other day for lunch and we figured the easiest option to keep everyone happy would be to visit the food court. Something for everyone!     The majority of us however found ourselves in the line at Fujimore, which is the Japanese option. Two people went for […]

I really enjoy risotto. It’s a fairly simple dish to make and just super tasty! One Saturday afternoon I decided I would try my luck with a prawn and courgette risotto. I’d made it a few times before and thought I’d use this opportunity to work on my timing, just in terms of how quickly […]

It can be nice to get outside of the box sometimes, colour outside the lines, see if the grass is greener on the other side, etc, etc. My foray into something different was heading along to one of my favourite Swan Valley haunts – RiverBank Estate – for their Jazz Picnic. By a turn of events […]

I love good food. Heading out for a nice meal with GG is one of my most favourite things. Particularly the indulgence of a degustation menu….. even more so with matched wines. Oh the delight of it all. Carefully matched flavours, sometimes sounding out of place on a menu but when sampled a complete taste […]

It was a Thursday night and we didn’t particularly feel like cooking dinner so after a quick flick through the Entertainment Book we came across the Odin Tavern. Conveniently not too far from home and also a buy one mains get one free, so worth giving it a go. Wasn’t a problem getting a table […]

Spending a Saturday afternoon cooking is a delightful indulgence. Given the season I decided to embrace stone fruits in my recipes….. with the key ingredient being scallops. Sort of like an Iron Chef challenge. First up I worked on a recipe that I have done previously with mangoes, but replaced it with nectarines. Basically slice […]

Bruschetta is nice and fresh and tasty and a delight in summer. How do I do it? Dice up some nice ripe tomatos, add garlic, salt and pepper, fresh basil and some good olive oil. Then its as easy as stirring the above ingredients together and adding to some fresh slices of baguette. And just […]

Another day, another bargain voucher. This time for The Chimney Restaurant in Northbridge, where for $40 you got to have $120 worth of food and wine off the menu. It was an appetising menu and we started with seared beef carpaccio with caper, gherkin, red onion, tomato and oregano salsa…. I love carpaccio and this […]

Sometimes when the mood strikes I like to wander through Coles and really thoroughly peruse the isles to see if there’s something fabulous that I just totally need. On one such days my must have item was wooden skewers, with the grand plan of making kebabs at some stage….. these sat in the drawer at […]