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.

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.

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…

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.

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



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!

The Heritage – http://www.theheritageperth.com.au
Cuisine: European
Address:131 St Georges Terrace Perth, WA 6000

We went to The Heritage for Father’s Day and one word can describe the experience: disappointing. I guess it was our fault for going to the Trustee a few nights prior and having a taste of their bar selection. Delicious considering it was only “bar food”. I digress… The Heritage has the potential to be a great restaurant. The service itself was decent… if only the waitress didn’t give me wrong information about the menu items, and if we weren’t hidden in a little alcove where we couldn’t get service, and if it didn’t take forever for the bill to be processed…

Duck Liver Parfait 18
Griddled Prawns 28
Oysters 6 24
Beef Carpaccio 19
Gruyere Souffle 21

Barramundi & Vegetables 39
Poached Salmon 41
Wiener Schnitzel 33
Cape Grim Fillet 44
2x Sirloin 47 ea
2x Hot Chips 9 ea
Roasted Spuds 9

I ordered the Beef Carpaccio expecting something like the one at Modo Mio or Gala. Unfortunately it was literally thin slices of raw beef, very dry and beefy. Disappointing. The steak wasn’t quite cooked right (a bit more on the medium rather than the rare), but was still quite nice to eat. The salmon… I strongly recommend you do NOT order the poached salmon! I had a craving for crispy skin salmon so I thought the poached one would be nice. Disappointed!

I think I enjoyed the roasted spuds and hot chips the most.

Mez Mediterranean Cuisine – http://www.mezcuisine.com.au/
Cusine: Mediterranean
Address: 1/182 James St, cnr Parker St, Northbridge, WA 6003

I don’t usually eat Mediterranean food, but I thought I should try Mez out at least once since I haven’t been all these years they’ve been open. The experience however left me thinking I never should have gone in the first place.

To start, we arrived to find that our booking was not written down despite having confirmed only a couple of hours before – thankfully the staff were able to accommodate us in the end. Next we decided to go with the 4 course seafood banquet – bad move.

The first course of pita bread with dips looked and tasted as if it came out of a packet, but I can’t complain much since it was quite tasty. Chilli mussels came next, and although the mussels were decently sized, they were old and chalky tasting – massive disappointment since they were the reason we chose to have the banquet (our waitress advised us mussels aren’t available elsewhere on their menu).

The main dish of seafood consisted of risotto topped with the smallest  “lobster” I’ve laid my eyes on (it looked like we were given one lobster claw sliced in half), overly deep fried calamari, 2 scallops and salad topped with creamy garlic sauce. The scallops and salad were the only decent things to eat on the plate in the end.

When we asked the waitress to clear the dish, we asked about dessert. We were told that all the deserts were  delicious and we would get a small sample of each. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but when the small plate of dessert came out R and I doubtfully looked at each other and expected the worst. There was a slice of custard pastry, a ball similar to mochi, and an unidentified block all heavily coated in cocoa. The plate essentially looked like a big lump of brown. The pastry was soggy, the ball was like solid rock and the block was insignificant (i.e. I can’t remember).

Despite all that, I convinced myself that it’s worth to revisit once the memories have faded. But the second time around we’re ordering from the main menu!!