“Of course, this being Australia, all things begin and end with food. Executive chef Jed Gerrard, who worked at Tetsuya Wakuda in Sydney, runs Wildflower, the hotel’s glassed-in rooftop restaurant. Just downstairs from The Treasury is David Thompson’s Thai street- food joint, Long Chim, and Petition Kitchen, a café-meets-gastro from Cumulus alum Jesse Blake that serves killer flat whites in the morning and kingfish crudo in a ginger vinaigrette with your pint. Suddenly, the frontier town is looking like the true pioneer” (Maria Shollenbarger December 15, 2015).

Well, now! A few years ago, at the height of the ‘last’ boom, it was reported this place (Perth) has more restaurants per capita than any other Australian city. While I’m not sure that’s still the case, there remains many  mighty fine places to dine in this awfully Windy City, Perth, situated towards the south of the desert-like Western Australia.

There’s even great food to find… on Monday nights…   Shannon kindly provides a 2015 list: http://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle/special-features/top-100-places-to-eat-and-drink-in-wa/news-story/31f1f151b61270b0bb9c403d1aaab439.

Certainly Perth residents have long enjoyed the many wonderful Asian food providers in this city. Some restaurants have operated for decades. Begun by venerable migrant ancestors, many who arrived during the gold rush of the 1800s.  Families often commenced Australian lives in the North, or East of this State, moving south much later. Initially their frugal cooking comprised of traditional dishes from regions of China, or other Asian lands.

Now having lived here for many generations, some Chinese restauranteur-families are very familiar with Western-Australia’s unique biodiversity. They incorporate that larder, and other Western-cuisine elements, all generally uncommon in Chinese cooking. With marvellous effect, families and individual members now develop hybrid menus of East-West style dishes.

Thus there’s enormous variety within the Asian food to be found in Perth today, much of it high quality and affordable cost. Some also-other things wonderful about eating-out Asian style in Perth are the relaxed atmosphere and sure knowledge all (human only) family members will be welcomed, and catered for.

Today many other yummy ‘foreign’ foodstuffs are provided in Perth, and this contributes to the high number of dining places available here. ‘Specially of the smaller, less expensive operate at curious – there’s a wonderful Chinese restaurant very close to the ATO office, for example – or hidden, operate at rather out-of-the-way address. One of Perth’s delightful experiences is to serendipitously happen upon one, or more, of these serious eateries .

So, daytime diners might try Choux Cafe, a French cafe tucked away  in a Swanbourne side street. Purveyors of high-quality ‘everyday’ Parisian foods – like crisp baguettes with ham, or tuna, or salmon, or chicken –  tomato and cheese, or brioche, or croissants. Check their days/hours, though.

Or, for longer hours open,  find tasty, and/or super-hot South-of-the-Border food at the Santa Fe Restuarant & Grill-Tequila Lounge, in Hay Street. It’s just sitting there very jaunty, around about midway between West Perth & Subiaco.

And,  we’ve got heaps and heaps of the best Italian imaginable – so, go for it! Pasta, pizza  or for seafood, try Primo Cucina. Away from the beach, just off Flinders Street, in the cute and discreet, hidden-away Hillary’s shopping centre.

Good coffee? All great, though each of these eating-house follows a different style. You can work your way through those, too!

As do many, many other, truly individual feeding in Perth opportunities each of these is casual, and reasonably priced, and each truly gives a doorway into West-Australia’s unique culinary flair – enjoy. All recommended!

Good eating! Old Susanne xs