THE Bicton Tavern must be doing something right. Since opening in September last year, it’s gone down a storm with locals and is regularly packed to the gunnels. One of […]

VIET QUAN is clearly doing something right. Since opening at Hawaiian’s Melville Shopping Centre in November last year, it’s consistently packed to the gunnels. I’ve often traipsed by with my […]

IT was the last day of the school holidays. Nerves frayed, bank balance decimated and the kids behaving like extras from Lord of the Flies. But there was time for […]

MY face was red and the sweat was gushing down my forehead. No, I hadn’t just read Basil Zempilas’ Liberal manifesto, I was eating a Thai green curry from Rym […]

THERE was a time in the 1970s when men didn’t wash their hands after doing the toilet, didn’t eat quiche, and would never set foot in a cake shop. Thankfully […]

I COULDN’T understand why Bicton Fish and Burger Grill was so busy on a Wednesday night. I placed my order in advance and still had to wait 20 minutes when […]

REMEMBER the days when coffee and bread weren’t trendy? A mug of Nescafé and a slice of Tip Top was about as fancy as it got. Now I regularly encounter […]

THERE’S old school and then there’s Golden Gate Chinese in Bicton. The photos of food splayed across the windows, the kitsch illuminated sign, the basic decor and tablecloths, the fact […]

GO out for a smoothie and come back looking like Joan Rivers? That could be a possibility at Pluck Salad and Juice Bar, where they used to add a shot […]

SAUSAGES so shrivelled they look like a geriatric’s penis, bright yellow chiko rolls, and chips cooked in prehistoric oil. These were some of the culinary delights you would find at […]