My mind was a little blown when I found out there was a place that served food in Waldecks. I had been told that the chicken burger had a ridiculous amount of bacon in it, so T and I went to grab lunch at Lakeview Cafe inside Waldecks off Wanneroo Road, Kingsley. After surveying the many tasty options, I decided to order the chicken burger, which came with 2 tenderloins, lashings of bacon, fresh lettuce, cucumber, caramelised onion, beetroot and tomato. These are possibly the best burgers I’ve ever had, although I may have been biased as I was ravenous by the time we got there.
For those of you who are food hipsters, there’s not too much in the way of novel or gourmet food at this place, however it was good, decent food and portion sizes were more than adequate!
T ordered the beef burger which was good too, but I suspect he was jealous of my chicken burger. There’s something about those juicy, warm tenderloins that made the chicken burger super-delicious.
Here’s the view from the cafe, not quite a lake view, but pretty and serene nonetheless with lots of plant life!
I’ve got to try breakfast at this place. Did I mention they also had giant bowls of wedges?
When Chisa made her post about going down south, it reminded me that I still haven’t posted the photos I shot when I was down there in January! I went down there to get away and relax before I started a new semester of uni, seems like a distant memory now but at least my next holiday isn’t too far away!
I visited The Berry Farm in Margaret River twice whilst down in Margaret River in January and really enjoyed it. The food was fresh and serving sizes were extremely generous. I was struggling to finish my Toasted Ham and Cheese Turkish bread (which came with salad!).
Here are some shots of the tasty, large scones:
There’s beautiful scenery, both flora and fauna with a few different types of birds flitting about, especially New Holland Honeyeaters. Guard your food though, they birds are quite bold and will steal jam and cream from under your nose if you don’t watch them :)
What are your favourite places to visit down south? I’ll be going down there again at some point this year, I’m sure!
Drove down the Bunbury last weekend and paid a visit to The Happy Wife. It was around 10:30am on a Saturday morning but there were still a couple of tables free, so we grabbed a scenic spot at the waterfront between two families with children. Payment and ordering at the counter was easy, staff were friendly and food did not take long to arrive.
A ordered their breakfast parfait – she visits this place quite often and said she loved everything on the menu that she had tried so far.
K ordered the homemade crumpets. I forgot to ask her how the meal was but I didn’t hear any complaints and it looked delicious! I almost ordered this myself.
Finally here’s what I ordered, the Eggs Florentine. One poached egg was perfect whilst the other was slightly overdone, not runny but still soft. The spinach was well wilted and the bread was spread liberally with butter and toasted so it had a salty moreishness to it.
My only disappointment was that they had nudie juices available, but no freshly squeezed juices, which is what I tend to order with my breakfasts. This is not too bad as breakfast disappointments go; given that the food is excellent, staff friendly and view is amazing so I was pretty happy with my experience there.
Here’s the view from our table:
Would highly recommend a visit to this place if you’re passing through Bunbury – they serve breakfast all day!
I asked Lee whether the slice of apple atop the cake was dried apple.
Lee said that she thought it was fresh apple that had wilted.
As most of my friends know, I’m currently obsessed with Vietnamese food. On recommendation from a Vietnamese person, I visited Phong Vinh on William St, Northbridge. My friend was running late, so I sat in the restaurant for 20 minutes waiting which the staff did not seem to mind. The service was friendly and when we finally got to order, the food and drinks came very quickly.
We started with the stuffed chicken wings (one each) which were nice and crispy on the outside. They were $8, which seemed pricey but there was a decent amount of meat and other things in there so I didn’t mind the cost once I had consumed them, they were surprisingly filling. I’m getting hungry thinking about them now.
As a main, I ordered the Raw Beef Hofan soup, which I had no complaints with flavour-wise. The only thing that bothered me was the beef in the soup which was full of tough sinewy bits, which made it very difficult to eat :( I liked the soup otherwise, there was lots of bean sprouts, mint etc so if I ate there again, I would try a different dish.
My friend ordered the dry egg noodle with crispy chicken, which she ate most of and she took the rest away to eat for lunch the next day.
We both ordered drinks that I didn’t take photos of because they arrived last and I was too hungry. I ordered the young coconut juice, which always tastes the same wherever I go – it tastes like the canned stuff you can buy from chinese supermarkets ;) My friend had a jackfruit shake and she seemed to enjoy that!
What is your favourite place for Vietnamese food and what’s your favourite dish there? :)
by Sab on January 9, 2012
On a bit of a hiatus, photos from China and some cosplay shoots are in the works :) Until then, have a look at these dorky treats:
Han Solo has never looked so delicious!
by Sab on December 25, 2011
I found some delightful T-rex and Triceratops cookie cutters at Lady Kitchener in Claremont last week. They were so cute that I had to make gingerbread immediately with them. I was having a pretty average day until the invasion of these wonderful dinosaur cookie cutters, after which my day improved drastically.
For the gingerbread, I used the CSR Gingerbread mummies recipe which turned out delicious, I would definitely use this recipe again.
I wish I had a stegasaurus cookie cutter, stegasaurus is my favourite dinosaur with the plates along his spine and spiked tail. Still, I love all dinosaurs!
The triceratops cookies here remind me of beached whales, awaiting their time in the oven. Whale cookie cutters are what I need next.
*This was a scheduled update, I am not currently in Perth!
What have you been baking for Christmas? :)
by Sab on December 21, 2011
In this gingerbread set from Coles, the gingerbread comes pre-baked and the icing comes in bags along with all the lollies needed to decorate it! It was 1am when I finished this little creation so you can see the standard of care one puts into piping at that time of evening ;)
There won’t be any more updates for a while, going on a little trip away over the break, so Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
by Sab on December 14, 2011
I wanted this series of photos of red velvet cupcake batter to look a little like a blood-letting sacrificial ceremony ;) I tried to capture the blood-like consistency and texture of the red food colouring. These shots were all taken candidly at the last baking day whilst Alina was making the red velvet cupcakes.
Something about red velvet cupcake batter in the second picture reminds me of the red alien gunk in the War of the Worlds movie. Tasty, huh?
by Sab on December 9, 2011
Dropped by La Galette de France in Nedlands again to get a couple macarons and took the opportunity for photographs before consumption. I have wanted to try out using coloured paper for a while and rustled up this pink piece from a drawer. I set it down next to a large window for photographs and my brother kindly helped hold it up at the back so the horizon would not be visible. I like the simplicity of the pink paper. It’s plain, but clean.
I felt like I could not get close enough with my Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens, which has a minimum focusing distance of 45cm. I had to crop almost all of these pictures to get the macarons at the size I wanted. I suspect it’s time to look into acquiring an extension tube, which will allow a closer focusing distance with greater magnification.
My brother’s help was rewarded with pistachio macaron :D
I had the raspberry and chocolate one. It was so good, there was some soft, sugary raspberry inside as well as a rich chocolate cream.
