30 Nov - I forget the name

This is what $10 buys you at the roast meat place in Centrepoint Tower food cout (Colin St West Perth). It's a bit more than I usually spend on lunch but I felt like having a roast meat (lamb this time) roll and gravy.

28 Nov - Good Fortune Duck House

Deano and I decided to grab some lunch in Northbridge today, deviating from the normal Japanese up at West Perth. Here I had some roast duck and char siu with rice, totalling $9.50. The place wasn't that flash in decor, and the plate was a bit dirty, but the food made up for it. And the chilli oil which we could help ourselves to really hit the spot.

24 Nov - Villa Italia / Il Gelati

Last Saturday, a group of us went into Northbridge to have dinner at Villa Italia, celebrating both wagg and Ah-Tom's birthday.


For drinks, I started off with an Ice Coffee. It had a big scoop of icecream, some ice cubes and a milky coffee. Not a thickshake, a bit thin, but it was drinkable. After I also had a lemon lime and bitters (no pic).

For a starter, I shared some garlic bread with CB. The bread was nice (the kind that tires the jaws after a few pieces) but it wasn't garlicky enough.

For my main, I chose a dish called "Fritto Misto", which featured battered prawns, calamari and fish served with wedges and tartar sauce. Effectively an expensive fish and chips. It also came with a salad. The meal was nice, I was struggling a bit at the end to fit it all in, but I was beginning to feel a bit sick after eating all that fried food. I definintely can't stomach a lot of fried foods nowadays...

Afterwards, we went to Il Gelati for some icecream. I normally go for Macadamia Nut, but saw a sign saying they had durian gelato, and had to try it. They kept the durian gelato seperate from the other flavours, one whiff of the icecream and I knew why. It went down well, I couldn't eat a whole lot of it in one shot, but in a cone it was great. It kind of redefines east meets west ... if you consider Italian food as 'western'.....

18 Nov - GJs / Pink Rice / Baskin Robbins

Yesterday, a group of us went into Fremantle, to try "the longest sushi train in Perth", now that Jaws had closed down. Since we had arrived early, we stopped by and had a coffee at Gloria Jeans.

I had my usual Very Vanilla Chiller (aka Quasi Starbucks Frappa, although I don't know which came first), my first in quite a few months actually. It went down well, and reminded me of how I am close to real Starbucks in two weeks :-)

At Pink Rice, I tried a few things off the conveyor and also ordered a Karaage set (as it was not available on the conveyor). In order, unagi (eel), then another unagi (which I thought was teriyaki chicken but when I ate it, it was eel), jellyfish (which was a "dare" from wagg), and my Karaage set.

The food was edible and wasn't too bad, but when compared to Jaws / Sushi Train (in Sydney) or Sakae Sushi (in Singapore), it just doesn't fare well. There also wasn't an abundance of fried food on the conveyor, even though it was on their menu. It could of been because it was just opening up, but by the time we left, the place was full, so I guess there's no real excuse...

After lunch we walked to the jetty and had icecream. I went for Macadamia Nut (my favourite).

16 Nov - Wagamamas

Lunch was at Wagamamas today with some workmates. I was thinking of going the Chicken Katsu Curry again from last time, but convinced myself to try something a bit different. It was a bad judgement.

I went for the Yaki Soba, described as "teppan-fried soba noodles with egg, chicken, shrimps, onions, green and red capsicum, beansprouts and spring onions. garnished with mixed sesame seeds, fried shallots and pickled ginger". It tasted like instant noodles with 2 bits of chicken, with heaps of onion and capsicum, and very little taste. The picked ginger was grated and hard to get rid of (I don't like it and I thought it'd be sliced like other sushi joints).

Definitely should of gone the Katsu Curry .. oh well, next time...

10 Nov - Avenue Nine

Ok, after 2 attempts at eating at this place (one time we mistakenly went here instead of our booking at Mille, and another the power went out so we went to Mille instead), I finally got to try out Avenue Nine.
For entree, CB and I decided to share a plate of Sesame crusted Calamari. The description read "Sesame crusted calamari, honey & seeded mustard dressing, spinach, potato and cherry tomato salad." The calamari was wonderfully cooked, wasn't overdone at all. I could not taste the sesame or feel any crunch from the seed at all, which was a shame. The dressing I thought could have more zing, it was much more creamy than I expected.

For a main, I went for the beef fillet. "Char grill beef fillet, garlic mash potato, roast capsicum, spinach and garlic prawns in cream and jus." I asked for medium rare and it came out exactly how I wanted it. Deliciously tender, with the right amount of char brown (not black) bits to make it that bit more special. The mash was good, the spinach was washed well and experienced no grit.

I also had my drink of choice, an Ice Coffee. It wasn't bad, nothing spectactular either.

All in all, the food at Avenue Nine was pretty good, the service was good too, however there was one bad point to the evening.. THE FLIES! They have to do something about it, there were way too many flies which meant we were constantly swatting at our food, and tarnished the experience a little. I think I'll revisit this place in winter....