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 dim - the place had a warm / relaxing feel about it and it was perfect for a long over-due catch-up with my buddy from Sydney.

We pulled a couple of stools aside and had a good chat over a couple of ciders in the iced-filled jam jars that accompanied the bottles. The iced ciders in the air-conned Ezra Pound were very refreshing!

We then set about on our search to find dinner, my handy Urbanspoon iPhone app as usual led the way - we wandered up William Street to Gourmet Thai Café. We ordered the Papaya Salad, Phad Thai with chicken, BBQ Pork Skewers and coconut juice. The papaya salad was very authentic so much so that even the mild is pretty chilli - it was worth it though, tasted amazing. The Phad Thai was delicious, the flavours were really good and the noodles were cooked just right - probably the best I’ve had in Perth. The bbq pork skewers were yum too. For just $40, we were pleasantly stuffed!

The Gourmet Thai Café is what my friend describes as “Sydney Thai”… I’m sure those of you who have been / lived in Sydney will know what he means… I’ve never had “Sydney Thai” before but my favourite place for Thai is Cookie in Melbourne (on my to-blog list) and the Gourmet Thai Café is pretty close! The Gourmet Thai Café seriously blew my taste buds out of this world and I’ll definitely be back.