WEEKLY DIGEST 080 | 01 SEP 2023

Variety is the spice of life.

WEEKLY DIGEST 080 | 01 SEP 2023
Assorted dishes at Izakaya Jigoro

This week we have a big week of eating!

Izakaya Jigoro
Cuccini Gelato
Tommasinos
Hermanos en Cantina
Cafe Guilty Pleasure
Uncle Lam
Phoever Vietnamese

Visit count

First time visits: Tommansinos (1)
Revisits: Izakaya Jigoro, Cuccini Gelato, Hermanos en Cantina, Cafe Guilty Pleasure, Uncle Lam & Phoever Vietnamese (6)

First time visits: 36+1=37
Revisits: 86+6=92
Total visits this year: 37+92=129

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Izakaya Jigoro

An assortment of Japanese izakaya dishes including miromi cucumber, tofu with ikura, potato salad, yam fries, croquette and grilled mackarel

Hifumiya by day, izakaya by night, Izakaya Jigoro is one of those places where it's best to visit with a large group of friends, so that you can order more! We dined in a group of four and were reasonably full by the end. The bill amounted to around $65 per person.

Top down shot of grilled mackerel
Cured mackerel aburi style $21

Paige's favourite was the cured mackerel aburi style.

Top down shot of cucumber with miso paste
Cucumber with moromiso $11

My faves were the cucumber with moromiso - fresh, crispy cucumber, which made up for the somewhat sad, smashed cucumber at Qin's a couple weeks back.

Close up of pork kakuni with spring onions and mustard as garnish
Kakuni braised pork belly $21

And of course, being a bigger eater, I quite enjoyed the kakuni. The serving size seemed to be pretty reasonable for the price point.


What We Ate 🍴

Cuccini Gelato

Cup of gelato on-top of a plastic stool
Salted caramel gelato $7.2

Cuccini's salted caramel gelato was a rich boi. Next up on our to try list at Cuccini - their blood orange sorbet.

Tommasinos

Top down shot of pasta on a round plate with cheese shaved on-top
Strangozzi alla norcina $28 - Strangozzi with fresh Italian sausage, mushrooms, pecorino cheese fondue and black truffle sauce

Friday night's involved hitting three places, probably over the course of 3 hours. Some friends and I started out at Tommansinos for what you could probably call "entree". My favourite at Tommansinos was their strangozzi alla norcina. The first and definitely not the last time I'll be at Tommansinos.

Hermanos en Cantina

Top down shot of king prawn tacos in soft tortillas, with ganish of lime and coriander
Mephisto ($9.95) and Macho Man Randy Savage ($9.25)

Friday night's second course involved tacos at Hermanos en Cantina. Their prawn tacos are probably our favourites.

Cafe Guilty Pleasure

Close up of injeolmi bingsu
Injeolmi bingsu with matcha base $18

Dessert was a short walk back down the Mt. Lawley strip - at the busy as always Cafe Guilty Pleasure. The favourite of the night was the injeolmi bingsu with matcha base. Cafe Guilty Pleasure still remains as our favourite Korean style cafe, in Perth.

Cafe Guilty Pleasure (Northbridge & Mount Lawley)
A Korean dessert cafe with cute and dainty interiors, serving up some of Perth’s best croffle, bingsu and cakes that aren’t too sweet.

Uncle Lam

Top down shot of pho with beef slices, spring onions and beef balls
Pho tai bo vien (pho with raw beef and beef balls)

We don't normally eat in Morley, but when we do, likely, it's Vietnamese and / or inside of Coventry Village. Our family lunch was had at Uncle Lam.

Uncle Lam Vietnamese Noodle House (Morley)
A Vietnamese eatery with a small and well executed menu which serves up some of our favourite pho in Perth.

Phoever Vietnamese

Close up of hand holding a cut banh mi with Vietnamese sausage, pickled carrot, coriander, cucumber and Vietnamese ham
Traditional banh mi $9

For us, Phoever's banh mi's closeness to deliciousness ratio ranks very high. Since opening up, maybe a month or two ago it's curbed all our banh mi cravings. This visit marked my third visit - with it probably being the most enjoyable too.