The Precinct

Nestled in the heart of Vic Park this little eatery is fast becoming a favourite.  We celebrated Karina's belated birthday breakfast at The Precinct.  Warm and inviting with an organic relaxed feel serving up fresh seasonal produce with it's own little twist.  A winning formula that it is most certainly working well with the place bustling of full tables and happy patrons.

We did have to wait a little for our orders which I have come to expect on a Sunday with a full house.  The wait was worth every minute and it's always nice to ogle your plate with a rumbling tummy. My green eggs and ham were presented in such a kooky fashion  that Dr Seuss himself would be proud.  The spinach foam was delicate and bursting with flavour, and the eggs perfectly set.  Toasties crammed with peanut butter, bacon and banana were beckoning so we ordered a serve to all share.  I think I have found my new hangover go to.  The bean cassoulet and herbed soft polenta were both tasty, wholesome dishes.

Thank you for another charming experience.  We will be back.

• green eggs & ham, confit tomatoes 18
• peanut butter, bacon, banana toasty 10
• breakfast cassoulet, beans, slow cooked eggs, pork 20
• slow cooked eggs, soft polenta, confit tomatoes 16 + bacon 4

Bivouac

 

sweet potato and cinnamon frites grilled haloumi, shaved cucumber, rocket, pomegranate, almonds and sherry vinaigrette pan-fried gnocchi, caramelised pear, blue cheese, kale, walnuts crispy linley valley pork belly, pickled cabbage and apple salad, silician olives orange cake

Five Bar

Double chocolate.  Win.

Hansens Gourmet

Food gifts are the best gifts.  Our friends have recently opened Hansens Gourmet in the wonder Coventry Square Markets complex in Morley.  Owned and operated with love by the brother and sister team of Dan and Jess Hansen.  They source local foods and offer a foods to go style catering service.  The perfect place to drop in for a healthy and wholesome can't be bothered cooking meal.  I was treated to try a Sticky Date and Chocolate Pudding.  Served warm, this little pudding was rich and hate to say it, moist, and flooded with a sweet butterscotch that screams winter nights.  Ahhhhh.

Golden King BBQ Express

I have not visited this little place since I worked at the Tanning Salon in Morley many moon's ago.  Our friend Feisty's little boy dubbed it the "Chop Chop Man" way back when referring to the chopping of duck and pork.  Selection of meats is pretty decent and there is something magical about their ginger dipping sauce.

Subiaco Hotel

Chapel on Whatley's

The Precinct

The Precinct is fast becoming a favourite.

fries, pepper ketchup skirt steak, fries, vegies, cola jus lamb duo, walnut spatzle chocolate banana pie

The Prophet

The Prophet is the kind of place you tell all your friends about.  For $40 you get everything seen below (except for the Turkish delight).  Just don't eat too much pita bread .. by the time the kebabs hit the table you are already one bite away from a food coma.  We had a lovely night celebrating my bf's mama's birthday.  Cheap and cheerful dinner complimented by a bottle of French celebratory champagne.

Brisbane Hotel

pretty sure I burped sausage rolls for the rest of the night

Rochelle Adonis

Rochelle Adonis posted a Facebook call out crying for cumquats in exchange for cake! I have a healthy waxy tree with branches full of these sour little suckers. I almost felt a little giddy about this arrangement. I bartered a bag of cumquats for a carrot cake with super sweet citrus cream icing and a decadent orange and chocolate buttermilk cake. Contra is king.

Blanche Dubois

Blanche Dubois are sisters Nadija and Adriana Begovich.  I remember Adri lulling about in high school dreaming about Jeff Buckley, her finger twisting her hair, guitar in reach.  We used to draw sunflowers whilst wearing corduroys talking about boys with long hair.  I always knew she would be famous.  It was her Chuck Taylors. We were all pretty chuffed to be starring in their latest video clip.  Who doesn't want to get airbrushed by Hendra, drink ciders and eat pizza on a Saturday whilst jumping around with your friends.  So much fun and now I know all the words to a song other than Baby Got Back.

Shanghai Tea Garden

The food here was tasty.  A little TOO tasty.  I hate msg hangovers.

Cantina 663

The first of my food endeavours with the Blue Apocalypse.  This momentus occasion deserved a trip to Cantina and it was as if they knew we were coming.  When we locked eyes with the cheesy toast, mushroom puree, walnut, slow cooked egg with new season manjimup black truffle that was it.   Dreamy ...

Sake Bar

Jiro Dreams of Sushi is the story of 85 year old Jiro Ono, the world's greatest sushi chef.  It was a remarkable and mouthwatering little gem.  We followed it up with a tasty little trip to Sake Bar. 

Mrs S

La buche d'affinois is a triple cream delight.  This French beauty has a melty velvety centre and when served with mixed mushrooms studded with macadamia nuts it's pure heaven.  All perched atop a crispy edged polenta and spinach this has to be one of my favourite breakfasts in a long time. Thank you Mrs S, you are pretty spesh!

mixed mushies, grilled polenta, macadamia, baby spinach and la buche d'affinois scrambled eggs and chipolatas

The Precinct

You had me at "try the brown ale paired with lamb sliders". It is always reassuring when the wait staff know way more than you. So already my first impression of The Precinct was a big thumbs up. I love the layout of The Precinct. Warm and welcoming making you want to bring a hungry bunch and huddle around the round table sharing copious bottles of wines. The staff are just ace. They know the menu and are pretty good at reading people. Once word gets out this place will be packed all the time. Nice to venture a little east of the city for a change. This place is perfect at both ends of the spectrum. From lazy eats with one or two to a special birthday with an armful of friends.

The charcuterie board was a great selection of offerings. I love picky food where you sample bits and pieces. It's like looking into the chefs mind to see what he is a little obsessed with at the moment. The rabbit really stood out, it's richness perfectly matched with tart little cornichons and the sweet toasted fruit bread. Chicken liver parfait was silky and rich. Our sticky turkey wings were a nice surprise. Typical of turkey the meat was a little dry but the texture almost vanished when wrapped in that crisp caramelised skin.

I love that junk food has been reincarnated into dude food sporting seasonal produce. Out with overpriced "tapas" in with tummy filling dude food. The little lamb sliders (on three different buns) were like gnawing on crispy lamb chops straight off the barbeque. Nom nom.

Everyone had been raving about the gnocchi so it was on the top of my hit list. I really loved the marriage flavours but I am deinitely a fluffy pillow kind of girl. My bf said I was just being fussy and he thought the density of the gnocchi balanced out the light creamy sauce. I still ate my fair share of the plate though!

We ended on a sweet note with decadent chocolate truffles and a little ten year old french drop "mas amiel cuvee" walking away full, happy and only $150 down.

Pretty damn good The Precinct. See you again on Thursday!

brooklyn brown ale (x3) charcuterie plate lamb sliders trio turkey wings, chilli and lime gnocchi, almonds, pulled pork drunkin truffles mas amiel cuvee speciale 10YO, france (x2) espresso and flat white

Smoult's Continental Deli

I am really digging Maylands these days.  Smoult's Continental Deli is just what the strip needed.  I was on the hunt for a gourmet birthday present and walked away with the Grocer's black salt, Sicilian salt (just like the shakers at Cantina), chilli & lime jam, chicken liver parfait and a cheese board which almost didn't leave my kitchen.  I also left laden with two of the scrummiest hot dogs I have had for a long time.  The white rolls fluffy and almost a bit chewy, the sausages juicy oozing with flavour and the jalepenos and sauerkraut added kick.   See ya later Bunnings ... I have found a new Sunday snag.

Mad Mex

This was my first trip to Mad Mex.  I found it quite messy in every aspect.  Reminiscent of an American high school in the 80s with a lunch lady just slopping any old thing onto the tray.  The burrito was lacking.  Something to grab after a boozy night out with friends but definitely not somewhere to take a friend for good grub.

Mrs S

Why do plans to go for a walk always start and finish with breakfast? We relished in sharing a croque monsieur and toasted choc-banana bread served with moreish burnt honey cream and pistachio crumbs at Mrs S.