Whisk Creamery opened its second shop in Northbridge, and it has been a most-talked-about place by Japanese foodies here in Perth. It's not just because this Italian-owned gelato & sweet shop serves freshly made yummy gelato, but also this Northbridge store has unique menu that catches Japanese people's eyes.
Who can resist this? I chose matcha green tea (comes with cooked red beans inside) + fruits/marshmallow topping, but you can customize the flavour of gelato and topping.
The good size Taiyaki dessert amazed me – the Taiyaki pancake is cooked in store (they may cook the taiyaki in batches in the morning), and it was soft and tasty, especially around the tail part. I loved the taste of gelato – good strong Matcha flavour & taste!
I haven't tried but I must try Black Sesame (kuro-goma) gelato which is only available at Northbridge store. They have a trendy sense in creating menu!
Another Indonesian restaurant in Perth after a post about Manise Cafe. Sparrow Indonesian Restaurant has also been in Perth WA for a long time. After moving from Northbridge many years ago, now with a new owner the restaurant is located on Lord street in Highgate.
Although the restaurant is pretty small inside, I like going to this restaurant because the food is nice, the price is pretty reasonable and also there're ample parking spots on the side streets.
At Sparrow, I ordered Laksa Ayam (yes, it's not really an Indonesian food but I couldn't resist it) and my partner ordered Nasi Kuning. We also ordered Tahu Tek to share.
Nasi Kuning – combination yellow rice with friend chicken, egg, and chilli pickles.
Tahu Tek – fried bean-curd omelet with peanut sauce.
The omelet was nice but the peanut sauce was bit too rich for me. My partner (Indonesian) really enjoyed it though.
While I was there, the owner was talking to all the customers that 10% discount would apply to new customers. I hadn't been there since the owner had changed but my husband had gone there couple of times with his friend so he told the owner it's not his first time, but we received 10% discount anyway.
Great service, great food, and great price.
Try to avoid a peak lunch hour or book a table beforehand as the seats are limited.
Mie Goreng with vegetables. Kids shared this dish.
And, as usual we ordered Tahu Tek. On my last visit I didn't really like it much, but for some reasons I started to crave for it few days later. Now it's one of my favourite dish!
I had a playdate with my girl friend and her baby last weekend. It had been awhile to be alone with my baby since my eldest son stopped going to daycare, so it was a nice day out to be with and focus my attention to a 7 months old. My friend picked this place "Our Table" in Bedford to be our lunch place. I had never been to nor heard this place before, but googling gave me some positive impressions.
When I arrived to the address, all I could see was big road and just a few shops on the side. I checked the address couple of times to make sure I was in the right place. Am I going to have lunch here?? I wondered as I headed to the shop with a sign board "Our Table".
As soon as I stepped inside the place, I was blown away. …. I LOVE the decor! Beautiful floor, chairs & tables, lightings, wall clock, display shelves…. everything is to my taste. I did not expect this from outside the building!!
There was a playpen next to our table, so I put my son inside there after he woke up.
The owner chef is Italian, and the menu had a good variety of food. I ordered Prawn & Calamari Linguini and latte, and my friend ordered Chicken & Mushroom Penne and iced coffee. The food was nice, and the staff were really friendly.
After meal, we had creme brûlée to share. Oh boy, it was great. I thought the sugar coating was little bit too much caramelized (tasted bit bitter itself) but it actually matched with the sweetness of the pudding.
With their atmosphere, interior decor and friendliness of the staff, I will definitely come back here again!
Fresh whole tuna and All You Can Eat!
If you live in Perth you may know Jaws restaurant group in Perth. This "Sushi/Japanese" restaurant group has 3 restaurants, 1 take-away shop and 1 catering shop across Perth.
Jaws Town Hall Restaurant, located in EQUUS ARCADE in the city, is celebrating its first anniversary on this Good Friday 18th of April by having an interesting event inside the store – cutting and filleting a whole fresh TUNA in front of customers, and making sushi & sashimi using them! They also sell these freshly prepared tuna fillets at HALF price on the spot.
It's quite rare to see a whole tuna getting prepared by a sushi chef.
And, usually you have pay $37.50 for All You Can Eat sushi at Jaws (only on Saturdays after 5:30PM), but on this day you just pay $30 (children under 17 pay $20 if seat is needed). This includes All You Can Eat including the freshly prepared tuna, and drinks too.
You will need to obtain the ticket before 11th of April so HURRY!
* Be noted that extra order (rather than the food on the sushi lane) will be charged separately. But usually they have many variety of food including takoyaki (octopus balls), teriyaki chicken, edamame and some desserts on the lane along with the choices of sushi and sashimi.
My sister-in-law visited us from Jakarta over the last weekend and we took her to Indonesian restaurant Monggo on Beaufort St, Mt Lawley for dinner.
In Perth I've only been to Sparrow in Northbridge (more than 8 years ago!) and Bintang Cafe in Victoria Park for Indonesian food. On Monggo's website the menu looked pretty good and more "formal" type compared to other two. Their menu had almost all the basic Indonesian food I could think of (and something more), and the naming "Jimbaran Fish" and "Serabi Bandung" recalled the memory of my trips to Indonesia over the last decade.
Inside the restaurants I could tell all the staff are Indonesian. They were very friendly. The table setting and decor looked pretty.
We ordered Kepiting Soka (crisoy soft shell crab), Tumis Sayur (stir-fried vegetables), Ayam Rica-rica (slow-cooked chicken dish), Jimbaran Fish (grilled Barramundi fillet), and Beef Randang Kapao (beef curry).
I thought the pricing was bit expensive considering the size of the dish. My husband and I are big eaters so we were little disappointed when the dishes came to our table.
All the food were very delicious though. Because we had 2 kids we ordered Chicken Rica-rica MILD (instead of HOT) but it tasted still great. I loved Tumis Sayur – the texture of the vegetables were just right! My husband wanted to order Bebek Betutu (Ubud's famous duck dish) but sisters didn't want duck 🙁 I miss Ubud!! Thinking to going to Bali again this year.
For dessert, we ordered Coconut Ice Putar (homemade coconut ice cream in a young coconut shell) and Serabi Bandung (Pandan-coconut fluffy pancake served with syrup).
The Pandan-coconut pancakes were good, but I loved Coconut Ice Puter! I was imagining it'd taste something like the coconut ice cream you get from any shops here but it didn't. Rosy colour (aroma of rose … Pandan?) with the texture of half ice cream half shaved ice. Open the lid of young coconut, and scoop the ice cream with fresh coconut meat… Yum!!
My husband has a sweet tooth and he loved it.
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