The service is slow, but the coffee and the food are good. They even have fresh local marron on their menu. Our late breakfast was almost perfect. Had my poached eggs been soft, they would have oozed the perfect dressing for my charred bread, crispy proscuito, and the sharp-tasting parmesan flakes. Zorba’s poached eggs were soft and runny and he ate up every mouthful of his classic big breakfast. The tables outside under the veranda over looking a park with an old-fashioned shiny steam train parked under the trees sets the scene for the archetypal Australian country-town cafe.
Coffee experiment
This morning, I experimented to see which method would make the best coffee. Using WA’s Yahava coffee, I prepared it three ways: 1. The Vietnamese way using a drip cup I bought from Vietnam recently 2. Plunger 3. Italian cafeteria,…
Hanoi: Best margarita in the world at Don’s
In the upmarket neighbourhood of Hanoi’s West Lake district is Don’s, a top-50 restaurant on the San Pellegrino Asia List. Over four floors overlooking the lake, Don’s is owned by the charming Canadian chef Don Berger, who has lived in…
A Vietnamese restaurant worth forking out for
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Progressive Fine Dining – Eat Drink Perth tour
The Fine Dining Progressive Dinner as part of the Eat Drink Perth food festival happening in WA’s capital city during the month of March, is a great way to experience three of the city’s finest restaurants. Led by Perth’s popular…