Sugar & Spice Patisserie – Joondalup Shopping Centre

On the ground floor of the vast shopping centre at Joondalup outside Myers there is a quaint French inspired coffee and cake stall. I guess that is what you would call it. I believe they refer to it as a boulangarie, where ready made sandwiches and quiches, etc are also available apart from traditional patisserie …

Dome Cafe – Trinty Arcade

Dome Cafes are those iconic olde worlde Cafes that have me yes that try to be both informative and part hipster. At best, they provide some light-hearted trivia while waiting for your order. At the St Georges end of the Trinity Arcade is one such Dome Cafe. The ambiance is as you would expect of …

Mint Leaf – Palmerston

I’ve not traveled to India, but my children have. If you ask me to describe the sights and the sounds of the street, the flavours and aromas, the colours and decor and the hospitality of Indonesia – I could. But not India. In my youth I traveled to various western destinations of America; stopping in …

Moments Cafe – Joondalup

Joondalup has a vibe like no other city I can think of. Modern, youthful, spacious CBD, suburbs, coastal living, lakeside living, academic, business parks, rail corridor, laid back, and peaceful. The youthful CBD has all the infrastructure in place now, and for future expansion, for government services, university, health campuses, police academy, commercial, retail, parks, …

Coco Cubano – Joondalup

When you think of Cuba what are the first few things that run through your mind? I think Spanish architecture with tropical themed colonial decor with bold washes of colour, cigars, James Bond, and coffee. Cuba is one of those places, amongst others, still on my 'to get there' list. Will I ever get there …

Aboriginal Bush Traders – Lyon’s Cottage

On the Darwin Esplanade is one of the oldest remaining heritage buildings in the main city area. Dating from the 1920s, Lyons Cottage was built in connection with the phone line that once linked Australia to Great Britain. It is wonderful building constructed from local porcellanite stone in the architectural style of so many British …

Dome – Darwin Airport

The Darwin Dome café is one of those places that links Darwin to the rest of Australia spiritually and architecturally. Nestled in the Darwin Airport eatery, it is the only one in town. It’s one of the first things you see when you arrive, and one of the last you see when you leave – …

Mrs Fields Bakery-Cafe

Sometimes when you’re out and about those hunger pangs hit you hard and you crave for something out of the ordinary. You know its lunch time and you’ve skipped breakfast and you should really have something decent and healthy… but sometimes irrationality overtakes the mental processes and next thing you know you’re seated in a …

Dollys

Out of all the residential land release programs in the Top End of the past, say, 20 years, I can only think of one tavern / bistro that has opened for business in a surburban location. Go back to the large scale land release programs in the 10 or so years following Cyclone Tracy of …

The Coffee Club – Gateway Shopping Centre

I am always hesitant when it comes to trying the first of anything: be it a new brand of gadget on the shelf at the hardware store, or the next model of an automobile, or even a newly opened café. With most cases, it’s good to let the dust settle and let the staff get …