WEEKLY DIGEST 132 | 17 JAN 2025
Korean and Malaysian Chinese food.
Hi friends!
We have been a little lazy with exploring new places over the past couple of weeks.
Planned eating outings for this week - An Com and Sen Chan.
This week we have:
Bobjo (North Perth)
Siew's Kopitiam
Tiara Dessert Cafe
Wang Xiang Noodle Perth
Coolby Asian Wok
Phil Bean
Uncle Six Hawker
Shot on Ricoh GR IIIx and Sony a7iii with Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 (G1). Edited with Lightroom Classic.
| Ricoh GR IIIx | Sony a7iii with Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 (G1) |
|---|---|
| Bobjo | |
| Siew's Kopitiam | |
| Tiara Dessert Cafe | |
| Wang Xiang Noodle Perth | |
| Phil Bean | |
| Uncle Six Nanyang Hawker | Coolby Asian Wok |
In totally unrelated, prompt engineering news, I learned you can get ChatGPT to write out alt text for images. Alt text is the text used to describe images read out by screen readers, which is used by visually impaired. Usually takes 5-10 minutes to do this, so this'll be a huge time saver.
Visit count
Starting the year fresh!
As of 17 January 2025
| Metric | Count | Locations |
|---|---|---|
| First Time Visits | 1 | Coolby Asian Wok |
| Revisits | 6 |
Bobjo Siew’s Kopitiam Tiara Dessert Cafe Wang Xiang Noodle Perth Phil Bean Uncle Six Nanyang Hawker |
| Total First Time Visits | 1 | - |
| Total Revisits | 6 | - |
| Total Visits This Year | 7 | - |
ICYMI 📱
If you have any new fantastic food finds, we'd love for you to let us know via DM or email. If you have different opinions to us on food, that's fine - let us know too! We love to chat all things food.
Eddy & Paige
The Best Thing We Ate ⭐️
Bob Jo
📍 21 Angove St, North Perth WA 6006
Our favourite meal over the past couple of weeks was Bob Jo. My fave during the visit was their bossam - which probably rivals that of Marubang (our goto spot for bossam).
Also good - the jokbal.
Jokbal $38 - Braised pork knuckle in a flavorful mixture of soy sauce, garlic, ginger, & spices. Tender, juicy meat with chewy flavourful skin, served in thick slices.
I'm not normally a tteokbokki person, but their rose tteokbokki was delicious too!
Menu's below for those interested.
What We Ate 🍴
Wang Xiang Noodle Perth
📍 Unit 1/43 Burrendah Blvd, Willetton WA 6155
Finally got around to trying out Wang Xiang Noodle's chicken rice, as it wasn't available due to the chef sustaining an injury during the opening week. It lives up to the standard of a good chicken rice.
Paige especially likes the rice here as it's coloured with turmeric - bringing back memories of chicken rice in Malaysia. Especially chicken rice from The Chicken Rice Shop. There's also free flow chicken rice soup available (self service).
Siew's Kopitiam
📍 113 Aberdeen St, Northbridge WA 6003
My second visit to Siew's Kopitiam was with a larger group, so we were able to try a number of other dishes. Can't fault any of their dishes. The decadent "Siew's Signature Fried Chicken" is a must order though - if you're a fan of salted egg yolk.
Tiara Dessert Cafe
📍 89 Lake St, Northbridge WA 6003
After dinner at Siew's, we headed to the nearby Tiara Dessert Cafe. Tiara Dessert Cafe is one of the handful of growing Korean dessert cafes within Northbridge.
Strawberry matcha bingsoo $22
Our last visit was in 2022 (feels like an eternity ago). Bingsoo pricing here is a little steeper at $22 (compared to Cafe Guilty Pleasure's which is around $16, during my visit last month). Quality wise, it's comparable. I do believe they make some of their syrups in house as well - which would justify the higher prices.
Menu attached.
Coolby Asian Wok
📍 Shop 27/78 Coolbellup Ave, Coolbellup WA 6163
Hawker cuisine fave, Bull Creek Hawker underwent new management last year and the chef left has since moved to Coolby Asian Wok.
Paige and (my fatass) I ordered 3 staple dishes. Servings ran generous (I actually had beef kuey teow 2 days later and it reheated beautifully) albeit on the slight salty side.
No complaints about any of the dishes.
Our only niggle was their chicken rice wasn't available on the night we visit, so we'll be back soon to try it!
Phil Bean
📍 17 Tribute St W, Shelley WA 6148
Phil Bean is another place we haven't been to in years. According to Lightroom - our last visit was in June 2020. We visited on the weekend for lunch and it was pretty busy.
Food here is ok - nothing too noteworthy with my serve of yukgaejang. Phil Bean does do a number of reasonably priced set menus as well. Do note they're only open during lunch.
Fun fact - some of my photos are up on the wall here!
Uncle Six Hawker
📍 3/41 Burrendah Blvd, Willetton WA 6155
After the chicken rice miss at Coolby Asian Wok, we were left craving chicken rice. Luckily, Uncle Six Hawker offers a very decent chicken rice.
We find the chicken rice soup here to be a little blander compared to Wang Xiang's offering.
Drinks here (our usual is ice teh tarik) can be a little hit or miss, so Wang Xiang gets the win. Food wise, Uncle Six offers a much larger menu, but ultimately, I think both are comparable in food quality.
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