WEEKLY DIGEST 138 | 28 FEB 2025
A new (to us) matcha dessert cafe and Korean restaurant.
We did it again. We explored new places 😆.
The only thing we've got locked in this week is Beaconsfield Wine Bar. We'll see what we get up to.
We're also off to Melbourne next weekend. We will also see what we get up to, food wise (I'm confident that there's a myriad of food options that don't require you to book 4 months in advance).
This week we checked out:
Canton on Roe
RoyAl's Chicken and Burgers
Matcha Garden
G'day Korean & Japanese Restaurant
Chicken On Charcoal Flame
| Ricoh GR IIIx | Sony a7iii with Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 G1 |
|---|---|
| Canton on Roe | RoyAl’s Chicken and Burgers |
| Chicken On Charcoal Flame | G’Day Korean Restaurant |
| Matcha Garden |
Edited with Lightroom Classic.
Visit count
As of 28 February 2025
| Metric | Count | Locations |
|---|---|---|
| First time visits | 2 |
G'Day Korean Restaurant Matcha Garden |
| Revisits | 3 |
RoyAl's Chicken and Burgers Canton On Roe Chicken On Charcoal Flame |
| Total first time visits | 7 | 5 (previous week) + 2 |
| Total revisits | 27 | 24 (previous week) + 3 |
| Total visits this year | 37 | 7 (first time) + 27 (revisits) |
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 ⭐️
Canton On Roe
📍 20 Roe St, Northbridge WA 6003
You know food is gonna be good when you tell your Mum that you're going to a place for dim sum and she replies with "it's good".
Wrapping up last weekend we went to Canton On Roe for a friend's birthday - which explains for.. multiples of the same dish.
It was probably the most stand-out dim sum I've had over the past year in terms of quality. Everything we ordered was on point.
Apparently you can make bookings for larger groups. Not sure what the requirement is for this - but we were a group of around 12 people if that helps.
What We Ate 🍴
RoyAl's Chicken and Burgers
📍 834 Albany Hwy, East Victoria Park WA 6101
Long term readers will know I'm a bit of a watch nerd. Last Thursday I organised a watch meetup (we call them WGTG - watch-get-togethers) with the Perth chapter of a watch enthusiast and collecting group I'm part of.
Shout out to Al and the RoyAl's team for accommodating the group of us.
We've been to RoyAl's a couple of times over the years and have always enjoyed their burgs. The Bougie Royal was no exception. The mushroom duxelle added an injection of umami and texture into the burg. Rocket helped to tame some of the saltiness with addition of hints of bitterness.
Like banh mi, I think we're spoilt for choice regarding burgers. Most places will hit the mark and at the end of the day, it boils down to your personal preference.
If any readers here share the same obsession with ticking timepieces, shoot us a DM over on Pekopeko and I'll let you know more.
Also, random pro food photog tip: you can take a better shot of your burger by flipping the tray your burger comes with and then propping your burger up on it. #IYKYK
G'day Korean & Japanese Restaurant
📍31 Moorhen Dr, Yangebup WA 6164
G'day Korean restaurant is located in the same complex as The GOGI KOREAN BBQ and has been on our list for some time.
Last Friday myself and some friends rocked up at around 6:30 pm - only to be met with a full house! A good problem to have for G'day and probably something we customers should be glad to see (usually a sign of a good restaurant).
We waited around 30 mins for a table (we were told everyone had just been seated when we first arrived). Food took around 20-25 mins. Understandable given the backlog of food they probably had to cook through.
Food was great and we'd be back. Standout dishes was the ossambulgogi and the very hearty and full of umami, kalguksu.
The crowd seemed to die down around 7:30 pm, so we'd suggest visiting then.
Matcha Garden
📍 4/660 Albany Hwy, Victoria Park WA 6100
Matcha Garden opened up while we were on our honeymoon last year. I only got around to trying it with my groomsmen (coincidentally) over the weekend.
It was a little quiet on a Friday night during our visit 😬 though it was around an hour before closing.
The verdict? We enjoyed it. Our favourites in order were the matcha lava cake, hojicha tiramisu, matcha mont blanc and the matcha choux au craquelin.
The matcha lava cake gets the "not too sweet" accolade ✅. It was well balanced with the earthy matcha syrup.
Frankly, if this was a little bigger, it'd probably give Nobu's lava cake a good run for its money (Nobu's lava cake running very much on the sweeter side).
The second fave was the hojicha tiramisu. The common theme of "not too sweet" pops up once again. It was light, but still had a nice roasted, hojicha flavour.
The matcha mont blanc had a nice contrast of textures. Nice hints of matcha.
The least favourite for the night was the matcha choux au craquelin. I'm by no means a pastry chef, but the serving we got was a little soggy - perhaps from absorbing humidity when it sat in the fridge. No crunchiness.
Overall, we enjoyed our visit and would return back.¥
A low effort copy and paste + menu job.
Eddy Pekopeko.eats
Chicken On Charcoal Flame
📍3/336 Spencer Rd, Thornlie WA 6108
Since our first visit last year, we're probably approaching ten to a dozen or so visits to Chicken On Charcoal Flame. Readers will know we're big fans of this place. Servings are generous and probably can be stretched across two meals, for smaller eaters.
Shout out to our friend Hamza for introducing Chicken On Charcoal Flame to us.
Paige's go-to is the lamb shawarma platter with salad. The lamb pairs very well with the side of hummus (lamb and hummus is actually a stand-alone dish here as well).
For variety, I like the mixed platter. Love the range of proteins.
Minimum viable product page for Chicken On Charcoal Flame live below (menu attached).
Eddy Pekopeko.eats
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