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Notes on good household shopping if you live in East Perth.

Woolworths enex100 – 100 St George’s Terrace, Perth (extended weekdays, late night fridays)

• Awesome quality produce
• Big range of everything
• Self-checkout with cash, eftpos & credit

IGA East Perth – Cnr Plain St & Royal St (open til 9pm, 7 days)

• Lovely meat
• Decent vegetables
• Asian ingredients
• 5m long extension cords

Carlton Fresh – Shop 10, 246 Hay St, East Perth (6am-midnight, 7 days + public holidays)

• Good meat
• Cheese & dairy
• Thermos flasks
• Veggies tend to be a bit gammy

Golden Hay Supermarket – 274 Hay St, East Perth (8am – 8pm)

• Bigger selection of Asian ingredients
• Don’t bother with meat here

Coles Northbridge – 150 Newcastle St (Cnr Beaufort), Northbridge (Mon-Fri 8am-7pm, Sat 8am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm)

• Big range of everything, but no Vogel’s cereal
• Fresh produce is fresh

Wembley Supa IGA – 320 Cambridge Street (Cnr Cambridge & Jersey), Wembley (normal hours + late night Thursday)

• Really shit awesome selection, fresh as anything
• I love this IGA

Takeaway menus.

• Avanti Pizza Cafe menu (website) – Vic Park
• Cafe Italia menu (pdf) – East Perth
• Edo Japanese Restaurant (website) – Subiaco
• Flipside Burger Bar (website) – Wembley / North Fremantle
• Korner Cafe menu (pdf) – East Perth
• Royal Siam menu (pdf) – East Perth
• Toba Oriental menu (website) – Mount Lawley

Notes on the yummy stuff they serve at the Royal in East Perth. If stuff’s missing, it’s cos I haven’t eaten it yet or can’t afford to. This page will be updated as I eat.

Salads

• eggplant & goats cheese stack – three big slabs of eggplant layered with slabs of goat cheese, basil and tomato. spinach & rocket side with balsamic vinegar and baby tomato. heaps of goats cheese, so it’s a bit rich. filling, but not bloaty.

Tapas

• hand cut frites – really good, not crap or generic, big bowl. skinny hand cut potato fries (thicker than french fries, but not as thick as kfc fries) with the skin on. not too oily or greasy.
• chorizo – spicy grilled chorizo sausage, nice softness on turkish bread, lots of green and black olives with pips still in, feta on top. satisfying snack for 2-3 people.

I’m a fan of quiet places to eat. You know the ones – little rundown small-business lunch bars that serve an average meal at an average price. They don’t draw a crowd and are perfectly acceptable places for a solo lunch, eating by yourself and enjoying your own company.

Here are some quiet places to eat in Perth. This list will grow as I find more spots.

Caddy’s Lunch Bar
55 Milligan St, Perth
(Cnr Milligan St and Murray St. – west side)
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Plain Street Cafe
18-22 Plain St, Perth
(Head east along Adelaide Tce, then turn right on Plain St. – east side)
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