What a hectic month March has been. Lots of food tastings, events, dinners and talks, everything seems to have flown by in a blink. While work and other commitments have restricted the number of events possible, I have enjoyed those I did get to.
One of the highlights was the Twilight Hawker Markets that got better and better with each passing week. Many thanks and congratulations should go to the City of Perth and organisers for taking on board the comments and suggestions put forward by various bloggers and attendees and improving the markets each time. It was such a festive and fun atmosphere and of course the allure of sampling cuisines from all over the world in a small space. There’s been talk about extending the markets beyond Eat Drink Perth. Hopefully, something will come of it. Perhaps a monthly or bi-monthly event.
The other was, in my mind, a perfect way to cap off my personal March. An evening of gastronomic heaven shared with some close friends and new friends. Dubbed Amusé Project Mayhem by Apex of Blue Apocalypse, our table of foodlovers/foodbloggers, partners and friends were seduced, titilated and satisfied by an astounding display of colour, flavour and creativity by the young chefs and service team at Restaurant Amusé. Matched with impeccable service by the front of house staff, it has set for me, the standard at which fine dining should be.
We shan’t talk about the incident with the Pho.
I hope that next year’s festival is even bigger and better than this one. Given the input by various local bloggers and the City of Perth’s receptiveness, I am optimistic.
Here are my memories of Eat Drink Perth 2011.
Flicking through the Eat Drink Perth 2011 pullout guide earlier this month, one of the events that caught my immediate attention was The Amusé Project for two main reasons. First, I’ve recently had a meal at the restaurant and, despite reading many prior write-ups, was blown away by the quality, inventiveness and exquisite presentation of [...]
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Eating as a sport, when you think about it, is rather against the ethos of being a foodie. In competitive eating, you have to eat vast quantities within in a short span of time. To be at the top of one’s game, the “athelete” should ideally have the ability to unhinge one’s jaw and ingest [...]
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posted on 15 Mar 2011 [Comments disabled]
High tea. A name that evokes strong memories of a gentler, more leisurely, stately pace of life. Be it real or imagined: ideas gleaned from books, period films or real life experience; the phrase conjours images of lush green summers, sitting on the terrace, in the formal garden with wide brimmed straw hats, nibbling dainty [...]
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By now most would have read or heard about the overwhelming success of the first Twilight Hawker Market, a part of the Eat Drink Perth festival. If you haven’t, now is a good time to catch up on some excellent write-ups and porn-y food pics by fellow Perth food bloggers: The Food Pornographer, Juji Chews, [...]
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posted on 03 Mar 2011 [Comments disabled]
I’m sure most people know or have a friend, who’s really nice but set in their ways and a little resistant to change. And meeting up again after having not seen them for a couple of years they surprise you by doing something completely out of character, but in a pleasant way? Well, that’s what [...]
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Oh hi! It’s a little dusty and neglected in here. Please, make yourselves comfortable while I clear the cobwebs and straighten the furniture. Poor little blog, it had a promising start, but a short unexpected hiatus lead to days, then weeks, then months and then … total neglect. This dear little corner of the internet [...]
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Update: My tickets and event passes arrived in the mail on Friday. Excitement builds! In just under a month, the Perth leg of this year’s Good Food & Wine show will kick off and activity is ramping up in the local blogosphere and on twitter. With over 150 food, wine and beverage exhibitors as well [...]
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Taking the opportunity of having the car for the day and a sizeable slice of time before running errands, I headed down to Cantina 663 for a spot of breakfast and some much needed pulse-racing inducing coffee. I’ve been to Cantina once before for coffee. The superbly made caffeine concotions and menu suitably piqued my [...]
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Driving along in unfamiliar teritory, in the dark, trying to find 145 Stirling Highway was not an easy task. And one that was complicated by occasional driving rain and trecherous road conditions. After driving past it twice with turns down blind side streets, I did finally arrive the desired destination. In one piece. The barista [...]
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