Saturday, April 30, 2011

Moore & Moore, (08) 9335 8825 Fremantle 46 Henry St

Just the right feel.  Art gallery next door, a mismatch of furniture on corridors and rooms.

Really great coffee,  I am always suspicious of the "best coffee in Fremantle" type exclamations, but coffee is rarely this good.   Fantastic pain au chocolat.  Huge and crispy with smooth and soft chocolat. 


Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Peels Place, Albany, open daily 8:30 to 4

Finding good coffee outside of the main metropolitan centre is not easy.  The risk usually results in us ordering tea.  Peels place is the exception, really nice coffee, not Florio but really close and certainty a satisfying cup. (perhaps a little expensive at $4.20).

The Food is really basic, but well cooked.  Just the other day we where commenting on the need to be imaginative on the menu, rather than just doing the basics well.  This place does the basic very nicely and that is great to see. They are not trying to be something they aren't.  Only very small low is the electric salt and pepper shakers.


http://www.albanygateway.com.au/details/14-peels-place.html

Monday, April 25, 2011

Fremantle Arts Centre Cafe

Open 361 days a year 8am to 4 pm.

Nice coffee and basic food in fantastic surroundings of the art centre.


 http://www.fac.org.au/

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Harvest, North Fremantle, (Not open Mondays)

Good coffee and prompt service that is always a good start.  The coffee is made with care and old school with no crazy patterns.

Food looks interesting.  We need to come back and eat here.


http://www.harvestrestaurant.net.au/

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Hush Expresso, Fremantle

One of the better little cafes in Fremantle, off the main strip so not much people watching but otherwise, fine coffee (5 senses) and delish food.  The Huevos Rancheros is not the traditional Huevos, with peas and a few beans and regular bread but very tasty non the less.




Saturday, April 16, 2011

Must Winebar, Mt Lawley

Loud and busy bar with smart food and very attentive service.  Perhaps feels a bit to commercial in some ways (not sure about a menu that includes the brand of coffee, particularly when it is a mass market, ordinary brand)  

Food: Excellent

Chicken Liver Parfait, Grenache Jelly, Melba Toast - totally rich and delicious
Wagyu Beef Carpaccio - yummy, but no obvious value from Wagyu.
Duck leg confit with pork belly: perfectly prepared.

Feeling:

Generally relief at leaving the noise.  I am getting old.


http://www.must.com.au/

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Coode Street Cafe

Out of the way at the back Mount Lawley.  Appears to have great potential as we arrive, small tables out side on this corner block.

The menu is a cut above the average. The fig and fennel toast is great (if a bit to fennelly).  On the less positive:
  • Crazy menu rules
  • Coffee is ok, not great, disappointing for Florio coffee

Sunday, April 3, 2011

9 Seeds Cafe, (08) 9433 5076, East Fremantle, 121 Marmion Street

Homely little place with excellent coffee.  Really good coffee is still rare in this neck of the woods.  At 8 on Sunday it is nice and quiet, I wondered about the noise at busier times.

Feel is relaxed and comfortable with a few table and benches inside.


Food was tasty, the fruit bread has big bits of fruit and and great nutty fresh taste, the beans in the Mexican breakfast are soft and just the right amount of spice.  Presentation might have been better and the menu is perhaps a little confused. Do we really need to name dishes by country all the time. 

The back yard is apparently to be used as a community garden, although  no sign of this at present.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Sentinel Bar and Grill, 111 St Georges Terrace

It is fantastic to see bars opening up in downtown at last.  Sentinel is one of the newer ones.

Yes!
Great place for a drink after work.  Busy with a relaxed feel, smaller than you think.

No!
They still need to work on the food.  Hand cut fries are great, but way to expensive.