Petite Mort
21
April

Petite Mort Restaurant – http://www.petitemort.com.au/
Cusine: Modern French
Address: A 225 Onslow Road Shenton Park Perth 6008

My girl friends and I were really looking forward to the 9 course degustation menu at Petit Mort. We had looked at the menu on their website and decided it was worth pay a little extra from the set menu to the degustation menu (blue). What we ended up enjoying that night:

Brioche
Amuse Bouche
Celeriac Soup, Leek & Langoustine Cannelloni, Roe
Cured Salmon, Pickled Vegetable, Soy, Cashew
Pork Belly, Sauerkraut, Crackling
Confit Duck Thigh, Chantelle & Cepe Mushrooms
Herb Crusted Barramundi, Spring Vegetables, Mussels Broth
OR
Lamb Rump & Breast, Pig’s Ear, Mushrooms
Pre Dessert
Death By Chocolate
Petit Fours

The food was generally well presented (except when a waitress messed it up) and suited our palates well. The confit duck thigh was disappointingly dry for me… not even fluffy-dry like pork floss but like beef jerky-dry.

The outstanding dishes would be the cured salmon and death by chocolate. The cured salmon was so good it gave me visions of Tetsuya’s confit of ocean trout, of course the cured salmon paled in comparison but it was definitely worthy to have brought back a snippet of memory. Some found the death by chocolate a bit overwhelming, but I just fell in love with their Areo chocolate.

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I would have left a satisfied customer and happy to become regulars had the service been up to scratch. Minor things like the confusion over where we are seated despite having booked, and requesting the wine list but was offered the Sommelier who then had to fetch the wine list anyway made it seemed like that staff were new.

One particular wait staff with bad manner and tongue piercing was so bad that she knocked over my perfect pork belly dish when reaching across the table to place my friends’ plate. The fact that she was reaching over was in itself bad, but to mess up my meal and not acknowledge the mistake when she’s using my plate to explain the components was just poor manners. Thankfully other staff members served some of the other dishes with not too many issues.

At the end of the night we were surprised to be given another plate of sweets during tea/coffee but suspected that the management acknowledged some errors made. Unfortunately by that time we were too full to consume any more sugar. I believe that a bit of training for staff would prevent other patrons from having a potentially bad experience. Otherwise Petite Mort is definitely some place I will return to.

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Hacked >_<
10
April

I really hate hackers who do things to mess up other people’s sites just for shits and giggles. This site has a pretty low traffic and is just a collection of my ramblings so I thought it would be pretty safe…I thought wrong! I understand that hackers like to do things like this as a ‘challenge’ but how exactly is this a challenge?? THERE’S NO POINT HACKING THIS SITE.

  1. There’s no financial benefit
  2. There’s LOW volume of traffic

On the plus side, I bought myself a new computer!! It only needed my website getting hacked to spur me into purchasing one. Since I’m oddly attached to the ancient Dell laptop, I have plans to format and keep it for the times when I miss using Windows.

I will attempt to get back into some sort of a regular routine of posting, I really do miss blogging. I am also going to try not to do so many review-like posts because it is a bit boring… but that will have to depend on just how lazy I feel…

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Tokyo Ramen
02
January

Apologies for my lack of posts, I do feel a bit guilty for not posting anything these past few months. The lack of posts reflect on the business not the laziness this time! I’ve actually typed up rough drafts which just never see completion 

Christmas and New Year 2012-2013 found us eating our way through the land of shinobi  Tokyo, Japan! It is definitely the place to go if you enjoy good quality food and service! I really enjoyed myself in Tokyo and look forward to visiting Japan in the future not only for the food, but also for the welcoming and polite locals.

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The aim of this trip was to eat ramen everyday, and I think we did quite well! We even became ‘regulars’ to a couple of ramen restaurants near our hotel. Our very first experience with a vending machine ramen order was quite interesting. After a few gestures and pointing, we were seated at the counter and served up a steaming hot bowl of yummy ramen!

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The dipping ramen seemed to be quite popular with the locals, but being winter at the time, I stuck with the ramen soup.

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It was interesting to see that we didn’t spot any obese locals despite different sized meals costing the same. Double or triple portions for the original price!

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Of all the broths that we had with our ramen, I enjoyed the traditional tonkotsu, miso and shoyu the best. There was a bowl of fish base ramen stock we had in Harujuku which was a bit of a challenge to my palette.

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Some pork soup base can be extremely fatty, but during such a cold period in time I wasn’t as concerned. Just closed my eyes and drank in the fatty goodness…

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The pork was a good mix of fat, the soup was flavoursome and the ramen was perfect! I like that it’s a bit thicker than ramen in Perth, gives it a better bite.

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We even queued up outside for an hour in the freezing cold to get a taste of a popular local ramen shop in Ikebukuro!

I definitely recommend going to these ramen stores if you’re in Japan in winter. There’s just something about cold weather that make you appreciate a steaming bowl of ramen or udon ^_^

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Hippo Creek
11
November

Hippo Creek Subiaco – http://subiaco.hippocreek.com.au/
Cuisine: African
Address: 14/375 Hay Street, Subiaco Western Australia 6008

It was a dark and stormy night…
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My first time having a medium rare steak was at Hippo Creek in Subiaco. Considering I’m not much of a meat eater, it probably wasn’t a good idea. But the great thing was that despite the suspiciously uneven red and raw looking center, the meat was still easy to eat.

We ordered a side of onion rings and Caesar salad, and found it was abit too much to consume. The Caesar salad was quite the let down, but it could possibly be due to the anchovy that was thrown in (NOT a fan). The onion rings however were just delicious! I believe it was even better than the ones at Tony Romas. Overall the service was fairly good, the meal was average and the price super cheap as we used the Entertainment Card.

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Chat Thai
22
October

Chat Tai (Haymarket) – http://www.chatthai.com.au/
Cuisine: Thai
Address: 20 Campbell Street, Haymarket Sydney

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We stayed in Thai-town on one of our trips to Sydney and literally walked into Chat Thai in Haymarket one morning. I had the name in my mind since my cousin raved about it on a previous trip, so thought it definitely worth a taste.

My high expectations were not disappointed! The food came out tasting even better than it looked… and it looked delicious! I couldn’t even compare it with Dusit Thai, our favorite Thai restaurant in Perth. It’s such a fresh and clean version of Thai cuisine that I really wish someone would open a chain in Perth!

The service is as you would expect in a fast paced and busy restaurant. The tables and seating was a little cramped (not surprisingly) but the decor was still very nice. The only fault was that the recommended Thai milk tea was overly sweet for our taste. Regardless I would definitely go back when I am in Sydney next time!

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Update
19
September

One of the reasons why the majority of my posts are food related is because it seems to be all I ever do nowadays! But I think it would be good to do a quick update on my busy schedule for the beginning half of 2012. My previous post, Change is in the air~, would also make a lot more sense.

It started out with a couple of weddings, which seem to be quite a common occurrence now that my friends are all hitting that certain milestone. Not too bad as it gives R and I an excuse to fly around! Melbourne and Sydney this year and possibly Singapore and Korea next year! Very very excited! 

Sydney Opera House

Babies within my circle of friends haven’t quite popped up yet, but my family seem to be reproducing with no difficulty…

Sculptures by the Sea

The two most dominant feature of my life, work and family have dramatically changed. Firstly my cheeky monkey and hamburger have moved to the other side of the world to live in Canada!! Thank goodness for technology so I can watch them grow from little babies into big babies 

Hanbaobao

Second of all, I’ve taken a break from working in the dental industry. Something that I have wanted to do for a while now, but I finally found an opportunity to do it! I now enjoy a fantastic view from the Office to perv at Olympians!

Forrest Place

The final half of 2012 will hopefully see me free up more time as I also shift out of my volunteer work at DHAA. Part of me is guilty to leave them at such a busy transitional period, but I feel that it is time for them to move on without me. I really want to make the most of this opportunity and that means cutting off my ties to dental to focus on this silver lining.

 

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