Besides being the cheapest coffee around town ($3 for a regular & 3.50 for a large), lowdown’s coffee is really good. It’s where I go when I need a caffeine boost, usually Monday mornings and during the week in the arvo. Some coffee places, I find make my latte too weak / strong - lowdown has the...
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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 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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I’ve just come back from a girl’s lunch at the Rose & Crown in Guildford. I was quite keen to try the food there as the last time I went there it was just for drinks with burger boy in the very cool underground bar. I had checked out the trusty Urbanspoon very quickly...
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Every couple of weeks I trek all the way from St George Tce to the other end of Hay Street to Jun for a bit of Japanese with my friend. It’s hidden in a random alleyway near Subway and if you weren’t looking for it, you would never know it was there. Being the...
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Toast, Shop 21/60 Royal Street, East Perth, (08) 9221 0771 I have been meaning to try Toast and Sayers for sometime now - especially after hearing all the raving reviews and also in my search for a Perth version of Cirque where I had the most amazing mascarpone pancakes. So on the weekend, before going...
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I was so excited when I stumbled upon Yummi Mummi one day last year - a day I was so hungry, I almost ended up with a strawberry milkshake and chips & gravy! Tucked away in the Central Arcade in the city, Yummi Mummi has a range of delicious wraps and rolls (and cupcakes which...
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During the week, we went to the new Sentinel Bar and Grill on St George Terrace for a colleague’s birthday lunch. It was pretty flash and looked its part but it was very expensive for a week day lunch. We ordered stilled and tap water, that was before we knew it was going to...
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