I think its time for another community service announcement.... Yes it is icky to think about but I would still rather know than not know! Here is an update to the list produced by the WA Health Department on recent prosecutions of food industry businesses for violations of food hygiene regulations. Here is the short list:

City Garden Chinese ( Read more... )

My saturday night was full of contrasts! After starting out at bamBOO/Luxe (see below), it was time to move on to the Mustang Bar for about the fourth of my brother's 21st parties.... Hey, any chance to celebrate, its all good! When I arrived, all of the siblings plus assorted friends were already enjoying the beverages and dance floor so I joined ( Read more... )

It was J's birthday on saturday so after a bbq at the beach, many of us met up again at The Brisbane to continue the celebrations. It was a very hot and humid night and the place is a pretty popular weekend hang out for the in crowd since its rennovation a couple of years ago. We arrived about 9pm and it was already very crowded. Being very hot ( Read more... )

Further to my post yesterday, I thought I would write a little more about the location of information about convictions and businesses against various food preparation/storage/sale regulations by Department of Health. Website is here: http://www.public.health.wa.gov.au/2/825/2/notification_of.pm and it has a pdf that can be downloaded to show the ( Read more... )

The search for a good Indian thali (tray with small tastes of 3 or 4 curries + bread + rice + desert) is very difficult in Perth! There are many good Indian restaurants and they often have a thali option for lunch but there are only a few which do it for dinner. The main two are Maya Masala and Mela (both of Northbridge), Himali Gurkha (in ( Read more... )

Three of us met on sunday to have lunch in Northbridge and have a look at the Earth from Above exhibition in the Cultural Centre. First up Vultures was chosen because it was close by, was in the entertainment book and wasn't dim sum (the other two are not keen on the Chinese style morning/lunch meal). We were seated at a nice outdoor table that was ( Read more... )