Monthly Archives: February 2011

Pink’s & Carneys in LA, America’s best hot dogs!

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February 28, 2025
hamburger & hotdog @ carneys, LA

There’s just something about eating Hot Dogs in the states, maybe it’s from watching all the American TV shows growing up which makes it so appealing and such a novelty. So on our honeymoon last year, hot dogs were on our top eat list and we sure ate a lot of hot dogs in...
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Making home-made Italian tomato sauce in Uncle Paul’s garage…

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February 24, 2025
Squeezing the juice out of the tomatoes

Making tomato sauce is not only an awesome Italian family tradition but it makes the most amazing pasta meatballs! Sauce making happens every couple of years or so in Uncle Paul’s garage. With pasta as a staple food, tomato sauce doesn’t last long in an Italian household… This year was a sauce making year...
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Catalano’s in Vic Park - can’t beat the quality portions…

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February 23, 2025
prawn & scallops ravioli, catalano\'s

Catalano’s Cafe, 266 Albany Hwy, Victoria Park (08) 9362 1121 Open everyday for breakfast, lunch and dinner We headed into Catalano’s in Vic Park for dinner on Friday night for a good feed and catch-up with a few good friends. I had been to Catalano’s with burger boy a few times before so I...
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Chinese @ our favourite local, Dinner Box in Tuart Hill…

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February 22, 2025
peking pork spare ribs, dinner box

burger boy and I walked to our local Chinese restaurant, Dinner Box for dinner tonight. We had the spring rolls $5, Peking pork spare ribs $12.80, Mongolian beef $11.50 and a small fried rice $5.30. Spring rolls were crispy, a good size and served with plum sauce. The Peking spare ribs are my favourite...
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Bomb scare in the Perth CBD led us to fine dining @ The Beaufort Street Merchant in Mount Lawley…

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February 21, 2025
spanish grazing board, the beaufort street merchant

The Beaufort Street Merchant, 492 Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley (08) 9328 6299 Monday’s are usually my ‘do nothing’ days. I often rely on coffee to ease me into the working week and it usually ends with a very early night with an effortless light dinner. Tonight broke the routine. I was meant to go...
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Drinks @ Ezra Pound followed by delicious food @ Thai Gourmet Cafe in Northbridge…

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February 19, 2025
cider, ezra pound

Northbridge has sure ‘funked’ up in the last 6 months or so - for a split second on Wednesday night I thought I was walking into a bar in Melbourne! Ezra Pound is tucked away within a laneway in Northbridge featuring Melbourne like street art. The crowd was very hip / arty, lighting was...
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Friday farewell drinks @ The Boheme, new bar in the Perth CBD

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February 16, 2025
chorizo pizza, The Boheme

Last Friday, we went to The Boheme, a new bar on Murray Street, for one of my favourite work colleague’s farewell drinks. The drinks were decently priced, I was paying about $8 for a glass of wine. The Boheme looked nicely decked out and had a good crowd & ambience about it. Kind of looked like...
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ex-fatty tricked me into eating lamb from Little Lebanon Cafe!

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February 15, 2025
meat lover pizza,little lebanon cafe

I’ve got this thing (or phobia) with eating certain meats – it’s not because of any cultural or religious reason, nor am I allergic or a vegetarian. My family finds my ‘phobia’ quite amusing at times because I often eat meats I choose not to eat by accident. Thursday last week, was one of...
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Sharing fish & chips @ North Beach with my valentine

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February 14, 2025
fish & chips, fish bar on the terrace

For Valentine’s Day, burger boy and I picked up fish & chips from Fish Bar on the Terrace in North Beach and headed for the beach for a quiet and romantic dinner. Fish Bar on the Terrace was tucked away near all the new terrace homes and we wouldn’t have found it, if it...
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