There are some restaurants that I book months in advance and then eagerly count down the days until GG and I get to dine there. One such restaurant was Aria, which is owned and run by celebrity chef Matt Moran. Given our planned trip to the East, we thought we’d head out for one flashy […]

We knew we should have something light for lunch given that we had a special dinner ahead, so we called in Ship Inn. I’d been there many moons before for a beer with a banker I knew. So it was sort of familiar. They had some nice salad options so we decided to give them […]

As it turned out our hotel in Sydney was in the perfect location and only a short walk away from Darling Harbour so on our first evening in the fair city we headed that way to find somewhere to eat. After a lap each side we finally settled on Toros, a tapas restaurant overlooking the […]

Hippo Creek is one of those places that I’ve heard a lot of praise from meat-lovers for. Steak probably isn’t my number one meal choice, but I am partial to a nice steak on the odd occasion. So when given the opportunity to pick a place for dinner for a visiting banker I thought that […]

I have worked in West Perth for over 5 years now so I’ve been to most places down Hay Street for lunch at one stage or another. At the end of the food court on a recent visit I found a relatively new café that I hadn’t been to before – Lime Cafe. And I […]

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 […]