Jamie's Italian

I remember coming to this place at 10.30 to avoid the queue. There was quite a number of people when I came and it was open at 11 for lunch. I was really excited and can't wait to get in and finally this guy let us in one by one.

 Yes!! Jamie is finally in Perth!

The cutlery that was provided for us. With a basket of Jamie's signature bread not long after that. It tasted fantastic. They also provided us with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. It was heaven.

Here is some of the pictures that I took to show you guys how does it looks like. I don't know why the place just makes you feel like you're in Jamie's home. It is very authentic and classy at the same time. I wasvery impressed.

 We had Cured Meat Plank as the appetizer and it was amazing. First, they put 2 can of Italian tomatoes on the bottom to let the plank sit on it. The cured meats was just delicious with the olive on top of it. I am usually not a big fan of any kind of cheese. But, I must say that the buffalo mozarella and the other cheese with light cracker and chilli jam on it was superb.

Also, we had Crispy Stuffed Risotto Balls and it was awesome. I am not usually a big fan of risotto but this is really good. They have 3 Risotto Balls in each portion with tomato sauce on the side and parmesan cheese on top of it.

We waited for the main dishes for quite a long time maybe around an hour. We're not sure what took them so long but the place was quite packed that day. This is the Jool's Favourite Sicilian Tuna Fusili. I never tried any homemade pasta before so this is my first time. I must say it was really good. I was not really satisfied with the tuna somehow. I feel like it's too fishy and not chunky at all. I love the crunchy herby breadcrumbs on the side of it though. Overall, great pasta!

 Out of all the pastas that we ordered, I must say Wild Rabbit Tagliolini was the best. It was just as what we expected. Great Dish!

 

This is the Seafood Bucatini. It was nice and saucy. Somehow, the portion is too small for the price though. From the picture you can see there's quite a lot going on but when you open the aluminum foil and start eating it. You will realize that there's not much seafood and pasta and in it.

Overall, I was really satisfied despite the queue and long wait. I will definitely come back again to try more pasta! This restaurant is just pure perfection.

Indonesian Beef Soup (Soto Betawi)

My personal favourite recipe of Soto Betawi! I hope you guys try it!
This is my first cooking of mixing so many different spices and it turns out very delicious!
I'm so excited that I can share this with you guys!!

• 300 gram of beef (preferably chuck meat)
• 500 ml of coconut milk
• 600 ml of water
• 3 bay leaf
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
• 3 spring onion
• 3 tablespoon of sweet soy sauce
• 3 tomatoes
• 1 lime
• 4 kaffir lime leaf
• 2 lemongrass
• 1 teaspoon of fried shallot 

Blended Spices:

• 1 teaspoon of coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon of cumin
• 8 candlenut
• 3 red chilli
• 10 cloves of shallot
• 6 cloves of garlic
• 2 teaspoon of ginger
• 2 teaspoon of galangga
• 1/2 teaspoon of pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1/4 teaspoon of sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon of cloves

Additional Ingredients:

• 1 pan-fried potato
• 2 or 3 boiled eggs

Directions

1. Put the meat inside the boiling water in low heat
2. Put all the blended spices in the food processor. Heat the oil in a pan and stir-fry the blended spices until you can smell the fragrant.
3. Pour the mixed spices into the soup.
4. Don't forget to put in bay leaf, cinnamon stick, nutmeg, kaffir lime and lemon grass.
5. After boiling in low heat for an hour, start pouring coconut milk and wait for another 2 hours.
6. Prepare the additional ingredients on the bowl. When the beef is tender, you can take it out and start cutting it into small cubes or pieces.
7. Also, cut the tomatoes to put inside the bowl.
8. Pour in the beef coconut soup into the bowl.
9. You can start to sprinkle some spring onion ad fried shallots on it. Lime juice and sweet soy sauce are optional.

Red Cray Seafood & Grill Restaurant

I went to this restaurant on my brother-in-law's birthday. I was expecting a great seafood experience but I think it was just an average place.

The place was big and cozy. The waiters were really friendly and nice as well. I was really excited when I first see the menu. I was there pretty early which is why there is not much people. But then, later that night, you can see people start coming in.

You will see a giant art piece on the wall of the restaurant. I think it looks really artsy and it really add that feeling that you are in red cray restaurant.

We ordered the executive seafood platter. The difference of the ordinary seafood platter and this one is that it has 1 crayfish in it. Also, the price is more expensive by $40

This giant platter will cost you like 120 bucks. It can actually only serves 2 people but we come in 3 but still hardly manage to finish it.

The first food that came out was the seafood chowder. For me, it is too creamy and cheesy. I am not a big fan of chowder so I don't really quite like it.

 The oysters were really fresh and yummy. With some drops of lemon juice it was just perfect.

 The chips are cooked perfectly. It was crispy and golden with sprinkles of salt and pepper

 The garlic prawn was okay. To me, the sauce is too creamy somehow. The grilled fish was nice with mash potato on the bottom. I love the tartare sauce. It was the perfect texture and taste.

 The crayfish was fine. A little bit overcooked to me but it was okay. The sauce on the top of it just made it perfect.

 The scallops was tasty and juicy with some basil pesto on top. I love it.

This is the least favourite out of all the dishes on the platter. The chilli mussels just tasted odd to me. I can really taste the wine like it is just poured out of the bottle into the mussels. I was not very satisfied.

Overall, I think this is a good restaurant. It was not too classy but it is also not too mediocre. I am not sure I am going to come here again. But I might give it a try again on their crayfish.

Beef Ball Rice Vermicelli Soup (Bakso Bihun)

Winter is coming!! This is a good recipe for you guys to stay warm at home!

• - 6 cloves of shallot
• - 6 cloves of garlic
• - 1 liter of beef stock
• - 10 beef balls
• - 150 gram of rice vermicelli
• - 100 gram of bok choy
• - 1/4 teaspoon of salt
• - 1/4 teaspoon of pepper
• - 1 tablespoon of oil
• To garnish:
• - each bowl you can put 1 fried / boiled tofu
• - boiled egg
• - cilantro/ spring onion
• - fried shallot
• - sweet soy sauce 

1. - pour the oil in a pot and start to put in shallots and garlic once the oil is hot
2. - pour in the beef stock and salt and pepper
3. - prepare the rice vermicelli by soaking it in hot water until it soften
4. - put in the beef balls in the soup stock.
5. -prepare the bowl by putting the rice vermicelli on the bottom and bokchoy on the top of it.
6. -once the stock is boiled, you can put the beef balls on the top of it.
7. - to garnish, you can put sweet soy sauce, fried shallots, green onion/cilantro. 

Try it at home and let me know what you guys think! Email and comment to ieatperth@gmail.com
 

Batavia Corner Indonesian Restaurant

This is one of my favourite Indonesian restaurant in town. It is located in Albany Highway which is not too far from where I live.

The place was not so big and there wasn't that much customers. Old and authentic photo frames were on the left side of the wall. It is a good place to have lunch. I don't take any photos of the food that I had because at that time I was too hungry that I forgot to take a picture.

Don't worry, I still remember what I had that day. We had 'risoles' (a kind of indonesian spring roll), lemper ayam (glutinous rice with shredded coconut milk in the middle) and pempek (indonesian fish cake with egg yolk in center). This was the first time I ordered risoles and the inside was just too sweet for me. Lemper Ayam and Pempek were just awesome as always.

As the main dish, we had ayam penyet (fried chicken with sambal and sweet soy sauce on top), nasi kuning komplit ( yellow rice with chicken and sambal egg) and soto ayam ambengan ( indonesian chicken glass noodle soup). The ayam penyet and nasi kuning was okay. Soto ayam ambengan was our all-time favourite. We always order that whenever we're here.

I was really satisfied and I will always come to this place. The food is just authentic and scrumptious! yum!

Good Fortune Roast Duck House

For all you Hong Kong food lovers, I recommend you to try this! I never really dine in the restaurant because usually I had this for takeaway and had it with a couple of friends. The place was always crowded with line for either takeaway or dine-in. This is my favourite place to order Hong Kong food. You can never go wrong.

My favourite is their roast duck (definitely), roast pork and bbq pork. They also had the special sauce on the side of it. I am not sure what that is but it definitely made it tastier.

Eat this with rice on the side. It is just perfection. The duck is tender and juicy just the way I like it. And roast pork's skin is crispy if you eat it right away. Bbq pork is perfect as always. Nothing much left to say. Must Try!!

Indonesian Steamed Sponge Cake (Bolu Kukus)

 One of my favourite Indonesian's cake! I'm so glad I can share it with you guys. This cake is a little bit tricky though, sometimes the cake might not bloom like the one in the pictures. Don't worry I've tried this recipe and it worked! Good luck!

-250 gram of all purpose flour
- 3 eggs
- 200 gram of sugar (can be lesser)
- 1 tablespoon of emulsifier
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 200ml of soda water/ sprite

Mix the eggs and sugar with high speed mixer for 15 minutes

Put in the emulsifier and soda water. Keep mixing for 10 minutes

Pour in the flour and other ingredients (baking soda) while mixing it in low speed

Divide the batter into half or any way you like it. Add chocolate, cocopandan or pandan paste into the batter.

Put in the paper cup into the cupcake mold. Then pour in the batter into the paper cup.

Steam the batter in a hot steamer for 15 minutes.
Give extra space between the molds when steaming the cakes as these cakes need a lot of steams to perfectly rise and crack in the middle.

Indonesian Spicy Fried Boiled Eggs (Telur Balado)

This is one of my favourite Indonesian recipe that is very easy to cook. Especially for people that like spiciness, you should definitely try this recipe!

   5 Egg
    4 tablespoon(s) Garlic
    2 tablespoon(s) Shallot
    3 Bay Leaf
    2 piece(s) Galangga
    3 tablespoon(s) Oil
    3 piece(s) Candlenut
    4 piece(s) Red Chilli
    1 small Tomato
    2 dash(es) Pepper
    1 teaspoon(s) Salt
    1/2 teaspoon(s) Sugar
    1 lemongrass

1. Boil the eggs before frying it in the pan. Fry it till its golden brown.
2. Blend the spices (chilli, galangga, shallot, garlic) in the food processor. After that, put it on medium heat and mix it with with rest of the ingredients.
3. Put it the fried boiled egg in the sauce. Then mix it all together.
4. Add some water and let it sizzle for a while until the eggs absorb the sauce. And, it's ready to be serve. 

Enjoyyyyyyyyy

Hwa Ro Korean Restaurant

I know this Korean restaurant from a friend of mine that had come here for I don't know how many times. She said how awesome this restaurant is and this is why I finally came here with quite a number of people.

When I first walked in, I can see how authentic this place is with the exhaust fan and different kind of stoves for bbq and steamboat.

Also, the server gave us different kind of side dish. All I can remember is the kimchee, glassnoodles and pickles. I must say, my favourite one is the glassnoodles! I can't even remember how many times we asked for refill.

We ordered the seafood pancake and roasted chicken wings as our appetizers. I was pretty satisfied with their seeafood pancake. I love the chicken wings as well, even though one of my friend felt like it is too sweet.

My other friend ordered the beef bulgogi soup as their steamboat. They said that it was too sweet and overpowering. I ordered the Pork Kimchi Soup and I must say that it is much better than the beef bulgogi. It is not too spicy but for me personally it is too sour for some reason. But it is still okay. I was pretty happy.

For the bbq section, we had beef rib and tongue. I was pretty happy with their beef rib. It was what I expected to be. But, the tongue was too rubbery and thick, I was not so satisfied. I was expecting a frozen, thin-cut, rolled, tongue which I usually get in a korean restaurant. This one was pretty hard to eat. I had to cut it into smaller pieces.

 I will definitely comeback to this place to explore their menu.

Soy Sauce Chicken over Wonton Noodle

This is a very easy noodle dish that everyone can try at home.
What you need are:

1 roll of wonton noodle
a few dumpling skin
1 baby bokchoy
2 tablespoon of sesame oil

Minced Chicken:
- 150gr of minced chicken
- 4 tablespoon of sweet soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon of oyster sauce
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 2 cloves of shallots
- a quarter teaspoon of salt
- a dash of pepper

First, stir the garlic, shallot and oil on a hot pan. Then, put in the minced chicken before mixing all of the other sauces.

Cut the wonton skins anyway you like it before deep frying it.

Cut the baby bokchoy before boiling it in hot water.

Boil the wonton noodle for a minute or two. Do not boil too long because it can make too soft very quickly.

Mixed the wonton noodle with sesame oil. Then, put the minced meat on top of the noodle with the veges on the side. To garnish, put the fried dumpling skin on top.

Emma's Dim Sum

My favourite place to have dim sum! When I'm feeling like having asian brunch this is the perfect place to go. For all you dim sum lovers this is a must-try.

It is a very crowded place but I managed to get a seat all the time which is why it is not a problem.

Servers will be pushing the cart to with bamboo containers which contain different kind of food. To describe it, it is a kind of chinese tapas.

Every time you have dimsum, hakaw (the picture below) and shiu mai are a definite must. Personally, I'm not a big fan of hakaw but I love shiu mai.

My personal favourite is their beancurd roll. Veges like carrots, leeks and coriander are rolled with fried beancurd skin. Then it is steamed with oyster sauce which made it just perfect. One portion is definitely not enough for me.

I am not a big fan of rice porridge but this is one of the crowd's favourite. The porridge is really smooth with shredded chicken and fried dumpling skin on top. It's a definite yum!

This is one below is a typical chinese food which is "chicken feet" and I believe not everyone even dare to try it not even me. I am a big fan of chinese food but I still never get to this one. Older generation chinese people will like it but this one is pretty hardcore.

I am not so sure what this one is called but this one is not too bad. The gooey crispy skin with saucy minced meat in the middle is just right.

Some people might call this one calamari which I guess it is pretty close. I always order this whenever I'm here. This is the salt and pepper squid tentacles. Very tastyyy!

Local people will call this "cah-liong". It is a kind of fried chinese doughnut covered with soft skin and dipped in special soy sauce.

This is definitely one of my favourite chinese restaurant that is located in northbridge which is close to most of asian restaurants. I really recommend everyone to try this restaurant.