BACON ice cream? I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read through the week’s menu at The Mantle’s Stampede Gelato stall. “With macadamia nuts and toffee,” owner Adam Semple adds. […]

THE “tea cosy cafe” is what mum used to call La Tropicana when it first opened some years ago in what was then the “daggy” east end of Freo. It […]

A FEW hours and a couple of weeks make a big difference at Lapa Brazilian Barbecue.When the Chook dropped by for lunch a while back it was more sombre than samba; kind […]

I DON’T think I’d be going out on a limb in predicting the pocket-sized Third Wheel cafe at the end of South Terrace will be bursting at the seams at the […]

  “THE best burgers in town,” a friend eagerly boasts before we reach Short Order Burger Co’s base at The Mantle. It’s a bold statement that intensifies my hunger. We […]

I’VE wanted to try Vin & Oli ever since I first walked past it. Its big, beautiful windows allow a tempting view into what looks like an upmarket but relaxed […]

A CRUSTY black bun holds together Chimek’s staple burger. It looks burnt, I think. I almost expect a mouthful of ash biting into the month-old eatery’s “famous” charcoal beef burger ($10). […]

THE restaurant’s name, Habitué, is also a sign of what is yet to come. “Habitué is someone who regularly goes to a place—it is a habit,” I hear a French […]

IT is 7am when I sit down to eat what looks like soft-serve ice cream. My breakfast is icy and creamy, but surely a bit better for the waistline than […]