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Food ahoy
SAILING clubs – the last bastion of white middle-aged men wearing chinos, blazers with gold buttons and smoking cigars the size of a French baguette? That was my life-long prejudice until I went to...
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Smashed it
HIGHWAY BURGER and my stomach seemed destined never to meet. Anytime I went to the Canning Bridge eatery it was shut or I couldn’t get a parking spot. On Tuesday, I double-checked the opening times on...
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Chook tastic
PACIFIC Rim Mix Plate is no more. It sounds like something happened to the Earth’s crust in South East Asia, but it was actually a quirky takeaway in Applecross that served Hawaiian grub like mac and...
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Tasty trip
IN the same week Mark McGowan flew non-stop from Perth to Rome, I went to Gucce Pizzeria e Cucina Italiana in Applecross. It didn’t take me 15 hours, but the traffic was pretty heavy. Like the...
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‘Incredible’ curry
IF you chucked the 1970s and a vindaloo into a blender you’d probably get something close to 7 Spices Incredible Indian Cuisine. It’s a gloriously old-fashioned looking curry house – an ode to tan...
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The other Pav
“IT’S botox central,” warned my friend. Thankfully when the Chook visited The Rowing Pavilion in Mt Pleasant, it wasn’t full of Joan Rivers clones and nobody looked like an extra from Halloween 6. It...
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Bangin’ broth
APART from Clancy’s and Raffles, the steep hill leading down to Canning Bridge in Applecross has historically been a culinary graveyard. Many restaurants and cafes have come and go, struggling to get...
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Whole lotta dough
APPLECROSS Pizza are the Led Zeppelin of the pizza world. The owners aren’t cavorting with mudsharks, groupies and using cocaine instead of flour to make their dough, but their pizzas are “heavy” –...
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High praise
ARE you in the smashed burger camp or the thick burger camp? Or do you have low cholesterol and don’t care? I used to be firmly in the thick camp, my favourite being the monster patties at the Long...
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Messy treat
LOTS of rich people in lycra exercising. That was the scene in ‘Applecross Village’ as people power walked their way to beauty and health at around 5pm on Tuesday. Like some affluent ritual, it was a...
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