What do you get when you cross Nobuyuki Matsuhisa and Robert De Niro? Nobu restaurant of course! The Nobu branded restaurant exists all over the world, from the Bahamas to Budapest to, more recently, Perth. Situated in the newly renovated Crown entertainment complex, Nobu brings South American flavours together with more traditional Japanese cooking styles [...]
Did you know that tomatoes and tobacco both come from same family as the Deadly Nightshade? That the intense flavours of herbs and spices are actually natural chemical defensive weapons for the plants that produce them? And that cashews are relatives of the poison ivy plant? This is a book loved by the scientist in [...]
Being a second generation Australian-Italian, I have grown up on a very carbohydrate rich diet consisting of copious amounts of pasta (not that I'm complaining). I think what I love about it most is that it is so versatile, and making a great pasta dish requires so little effort, and herein lies the motive for [...]
This was the third time that I’ve been to Restaurant Amusé–perhaps the most highly regarded restaurant in Western Australia–and once again it was near flawless. Food impeccable, and service so refined that it really does make the night an experience. As usual, once we were seated, a waitstaff gave us a very warm welcome, an overview of the evening, and a check to make sure there were no ingredients that anybody just couldn’t bear to stomach. We were also given the usual cryptic menu in an envelope, which just listed key ingredients without giving too much away. All part of the “amusé” theme. “Persimmon, coconut and artichoke”–huh?! I guess we’d have to wait and see...continue reading
What is the most you would pay for a meal? $10? $50? $250? How about $1250? I came across this newspaper clipping that somebody had shared while I was doing my daily social network rounds. The Scullery set to price it's top-end degustation at $1250 The owners of The Trustee Bar & Bistro, [...]
I mentioned in my introduction post that Perth is a rapidly developing city, and that means lots of new places to eat. One of the most recent additions to the CBD is Sushia Izakaya & Bar, located in Brookfield place at the foot of the BHP Billiton tower. An Izakaya is the Japanese answer to [...]
Welcome to the first entry in this blog! This is something that I have been meaning to do for quite some time, however, like many other things, it kept getting pushed out of the way by higher priority things on my to-do list (i.e. university assignments and study). Anyway, all that aside, here we are. [...]