Posted May 18th, 2010 in Eat out in Perth | No Comments »
My husband and I attended our friend’s wedding at Mosmans in Mosmon Park. It was my first time to go to this restaurant, and my first impression for this place was “wow so beautiful”. The location is perfect, it’s situated right on the Swan River, with glass walls where customers can enjoy the beautiful views across the bay.
It was such a nice day.
The bride and the groom showed up by a boat! (there is a jetty connected to the restaurant) It was really entertaining 
The food was great too. The entree was salmon souffle, and for main we had a choice of rib eye steak or red emperor. I had red emperor.
Starting with white wine, then champaign for a toast… With those great food, it was a great dining experience.
I know wedding day is one of the wonderful, important day of a lifetime, but tiring at the same time for the bride and the groom. Planning the wedding, booking the venue, picking up relatives and friends from the airport… But, I believe this day was perfect for the couple and they enjoyed their special day. So did we!
Congrats, and thanks for the great time 
Posted May 17th, 2010 in Eat out in Perth | No Comments »
Again, Korean food! Seoul Buffet is a buffet style Korean restaurant located in Victoria Park. I was so hungry that night, so I took a full plate of meat, seafood, salad and some Korean side dishes as soon as I went inside of the restaurant.
At the buffet, they had beef tongue, thinly sliced meat, marinated pork/beef/squid, etc for BBQ, and tofu, some vegetables, seafood and mushrooms for steam boat. Some hot dishes such as grilled dumplings and cooked chicken dishes were also available as well as some salads and side dishes.
I like eating those Korean salads. Seaweed (wakame) salad, beansprout namuru, simmered potatoes, kimuchi, topokki….
We started with BBQ first. I love grilled beef tongue with lemon juice. Yum! There are several types of dipping sauces to chose from: including Gochujang, salty sesame oil and chili oil.
I wished they had some chicken meats.
For steamboat, I put lots of vegetables: Chinese cabbage, bean shoots, mushrooms, and seafood, jellyfish, tofu etc. You could choose the soup from chicken or beef, and they are also available at the buffet counter. You get what you want to eat.
I was so full! One thing (very small thing) if I have to say is that I was kind of hoping to eat the crunchy bean thing (a condiment for steamed rice) there, but they didn’t have it. Hana BBQ has the bean on their buffet counter, and I love eating it with steamed rice.
Good thing about this Seoul Buffet is that coffee/tea and some dessert are also included in the buffet. I was so full after enjoying the bbq and steamboat, but I have to get a cup of coffee after each meal. Their coffee machine is an automatic one, and I actually wanted to get black coffee but the machine only had cappuccino, latte and milk coffee buttons. (or maybe I just didn’t see “black coffee” button) It didn’t taste as good as fresh brewed coffee, of course, but it’s free anyway.
The dessert menu was actually just 3 flavours of ice cream and sago. Hana BBQ or Shimizu Floreat has more variety of dessert menu. But, it was ok to me as I couldn’t eat much for dessert anyway. I had a bowl of strawberry ice cream and a cup of cappuccino. Yes I have 2 stomachs.
Overall I pretty much enjoyed the food, and their service. Nice place to hung around with friends.
Seoul Buffet
08 9470 1133
425 Albany Hwy, Victoria Park WA 6100
Open 7 days
Lunch : 12:00pm - 3:00pm Saturday - Sunday
Dinner : 6:00pm - 10:00pm Monday - Sunday
Posted May 15th, 2010 in Eat out in Perth | 1 Comment »
Korean food is one of my favorite! Well, I can eat almost anything, but I really think that Korean food and Japanese food are very similar. (except for being spicy)
I had lunch with my friend at Took Begi Korean restaurant last week. Normally this place is always full (one of the reason is that the place is small and not many tables inside) and I had to give up eating there few times in the past as I had no time to wait that time. Last week, there was no available table for us when we arrived, but we decided to wait. We both had a craving for spicy Korean food
The staff was very friendly, and spoke some Japanese to us, such as “konnichiwa”. We ordered Gochujang Topokki (rice cake with spicy sauce), Kimuchi Bibimbap, and Haemul Joen (thin, savory Korean pancake with seafood).
For Joen (savory pancake), actually we were expecting it to be thin and crispy, but the one at Took Begi was little thick and soft. But, we did enjoy the taste, and also the chewy texture of topokki…
Next time I want to try their dumplings and also bul-kogi menu.
Took Begi Restaurant
(08) 9225 4557
Shop 6, 542 Hay St, Perth WA 6000
Posted April 19th, 2010 in Eat out in Perth, Ume's Interests | No Comments »
This weekend was a quiet one for us, as my husband’s friend and his family flew back to New Zealand on Saturday morning. After they left, I realised how quiet it was at home. With them and a 2-year-old boy, there were always noises and something going on. (many cleaning involved!) Now, sitting on the sofa in our living room by ourselves, we suddenly forget what we used to do on weekends. Very quiet, it should be a good thing, but I miss them already.
Oh, while they stayed in Perth, the most difficult thing was to think what to feed this 2-year-old boy. He is actually allergic to egg, and he is super fussy about food. For example, he eats cooked chicken unless it is cut according to fiber. He eats steamed rice if it’s little dry and hard, but he spits out if it’s too soft. Watching the parents scolding the kid did scared us off (foresee of our future :p ) … and made us admire them for doing this everyday.
Searching the food without egg is very difficult. To think about it, most of the food we eat everyday contain egg. There are many “gluten free” or “nuts free” food available, but not “egg free” food. The parents have to know which food do and don’t contain egg. They can feed white bread, but not danish or pancake. No cake, no cookies… Plus, the parents were told by the doctor not to feed nuts to the boy until he is 3 years old. The test to find out whether he is allergic to nuts can be only done after he is 3 years old, according to the doctor. So, the parents have to feed him with very limited food. If the boy wasn’t that fussy, it would be much easier. Poor them
The other day we took them to Fremantle and wondered around the cappuccino street. It was such a warm day, and we decided to have some drink and gelato at Cafe Fiorentina.
The pastries arranged inside the showcase looked so delicious. We ordered some pastries, drinks, and gelato.
As we enjoyed our treats, of course the boy started to try reaching on the food screaming “I want too!” (he doesn’t speak, but the scream indicates so). Then, we thought “.. hung on, does gelato contain egg?” We didn’t feed pastries because we knew there is egg as ingredient, but not sure about gelato. We asked one of the wait staff, but he wasn’t sure either. After awhile another staff (owner-looking) came to us saying that he found out the answer. ”Yes there are eggs in the gelato. The cold dessert contains no egg is only sorbet.”
The boy started to scream even louder. We were quietly thinking “oh no… it started again”. Then, the owner-looking staff kindly gave a scoop of sorbet to the crying boy! The parents were surprised and took out the wallet to pay for the sorbet, but the staff said “don’t worry about it”. He is such a nice person… A crying boy became a happy boy thanks to him.
Posted April 12th, 2010 in Eat out in Perth | 2 Comments »
After having the amazing success in Vistoria Park, Ten Ten Kitchen opened its second shop in Myaree last November, named “Ten Ten Cafe”. This place was formally operated as Luncheon Forum, where I used to get chicken rice from quite often before. (I wrote about the place here)
A good thing is, Ten Ten Cafe opens from 10am to 8pm for 7 days a week! Luncheon Forum used to open until 4pm everyday from Monday to Saturday only, so opening 7 days is a very good news for me
They specialise in delicious Malay cuisine, and also serve some snacks-to-go for workers around Norma Road. Having a brain marie with daily specials is also a very good idea for those customers who want to just drop by, grab and go. They promise that everything is made fresh in order by an experienced chef.
Their price range is around $7.50 ~ $12.50. I think it’s pretty reasonable. As they’re doing Dinner Special for a limited time, I ordered Hainan Chicken Rice. It was on special price - $3.80!
I couldn’t believe it was $3.80. I took it home and started arranging on a serving plate, but it couldn’t fit on a plate. It was generous amount of rice and meat. I was afraid that I won’t be able to finish, but I did anyway. It was delicious
They also have a private function room, fully catered. It would be a good place for your next family occasion, or big work lunch.
Ten Ten Cafe Open 7 days 10am - 8pm
95 Norma Road, Myaree (08) 9317 1227
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