Showing posts with label Lists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lists. Show all posts

Sunday, August 23, 2009

List of Services

This is just a list of services that I found useful in Perth.

Video
There are many video outlets all over Perth and in every suburb but unfortunately their collection of Chinese DVDs are bad. The following are those that have a good collection of Asian DVDs.

Video & Comic - Rear 101 Jame St Northbridge Tel: 9227 5388
Mon - Sat 11.30 to 6.30 Sun 11.30 to 4.30
$2 per disc per day. Membership is $50 but refundable when cancelling the membership after 6 months. They have a pretty good collection of film and tv serial.

Wing Loong News and Books - 268 William St Northbridge Tel: 9227 7872
Mon - Sun 10 to 6.30
$2.50 per disc per day up to max of 7 days. No. of discs allowed to borrow depends on amount of membership deposit. $30 - 5 discs, $50 - 8 discs and so forth. Good collection of discs plus some English and easy to find as the covers are put in a file.

Electrical Repairs
My vacuum cleaner stopped working the other day and had to find someone to repair it. Can do it myself but I'll need to get soldering iron, flux and pump and getting those will cost me more than sending to someone to do it.

Household Appliance Parts - 6/26 Gympie Way, Willeton WA 6155 Tel: 9354 1488, 4/48 Prindville Dr Wangara WA6065 Tel: 9409 1335
Mon - Fri 8.30 - 5 Sat 8.30 - 12.30
They repair just about everything. They charge $45 first and will call you first if charges above $120. Final bill will include the $45.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

List of asian supermarkets in Perth

As Singaporeans, we definitely need to get our food fix and not surprisingly, Coles, Woolworths and IGA do stock some asian food but not a lot. At the end of the day, we still need to go to asian supermarkets to get our things like durian cakes and you tiao. Yum yum. These supermarkets can be found all over Perth as there are a lot of Asians here. I've listed some of the supermarkets that we frequent and found according to whether it's north or south of the Swan river. Again, I'll update the list as I get their address.

North of the river

Emma's Seafood - 319 William St Northbridge WA 6003 Tel 08 9228 8899
Popular supermart with the local asians especially with the Singaporean and Malaysians because of the fresh yong tau foo that they stock. If I remember correctly, the owners were from Singapore so you can find lots of things from Singapore and Malaysia here.

Maruyu Japanese City Supermarket - Shop 2 33 Barrack St Perth WA 6000 Tel: 08 9202 1764
A small Japanese supermarket right smack in the CBD area. A little bit hard to find but once you see 33 Barrack St, just go into the building and it's at the end. Not many products but enough to satisfy my craving. Whenever I make tempura, I rather get the flour from here as the other shops do not stock tempura flour from Japan, instead it's one of the local brands in Aus and I don't like the taste of it. They sometimes sell expired items at a major discount and I'll always buy those as long as they did not expire too long ago.

South of the river

Market City Gourmet and Oriental Groceries - Market City, Canning Vale
A popular grocery shop run by an Indonesian family. They have some of the widest range of sauces from all over south east asia ranging from Vietnam to Indonesia which I've never seen most of the sauces before I stepped into the shop. Again it is one of those one stop shop that carries almost everything you will need to cook up a feast of Asian food.

Chan Bros
- Leach Highway, Myaree
Another popular asian grocery run by a Singaporean family. Will go there whenever I need to make bak kut teh as they sell a version that is peppery which I can't find any where else.

Willeton Seafood
- High Road, Riverton
A branch of Chan Bros which stocks the same things as the branch at Leach Highway.

Oriental Cash and Carry - Junction of Bannister Rd and Willeri Ave
This is the warehouse for Kongs supermarket so you can get virtually everything you may need here. What I like is that they have a policy of giving discount when you buy more which is good for me since I stock up on food now that I'm in the country.


List of places to visit in Western Australia

This is just a list of places that I have visited while in Western Australia. I will slowly add them over time and though I haven't been to many places yet, I guess I will in the near future.

Perth
Caversham Wildlife Park, Whiteman Park, Whiteman WA6068 Tel: 08 9248 1984
Nice place to visit to see the fauna of Australia and you can spend the whole day here especially if you have kids. Entry is $22 for adults and $8 for kids under 14.

Monday, August 10, 2009

List of places for haircuts

Saw this on A Current Affair which is a current affairs program after the news on Channel 9. Definitely fantastic as haircuts in Australia can be quite expensive. Some of the information taken are from ACA and I'll add more as I visit and find more places myself.

Skatt 9227 1334, 38 Roe St, Northbridge
Free haircuts and hair up styles on Mondays and Tuesdays in Northbridge salon with apprentices, color is $20.You have a trainee doing your hair but they are supervised closely by a trainer.
Tried the place on a Monday. It definitely wasn't free but I guess I didn't check with them first. It was a trainee who cut my hair and it still costs me $79. The trainee was good though.

Fusion Hair Hay St, Piccadilly Arcade.
They offer cut and blow dries from $15, with colour from $20 and foils from $15.

TAFE 9267 7500 Loxton St Balga and Lloyd St, Midland
Open 8-3:30 daily. *Services may vary depending on what students are learning, and the salons are CLOSED during school holidays.

Beauty Palace 9328 7470 2/349 William St, Northbridge.
Tuesdays get 10% off. Haircuts $34 for blow-dry and cut

Just Cuts different locations
Men’s and women’s cuts $25

Salon Express different locations
Men's cuts from $16.50
Women's cuts from $19.50

Tried this myself at the Westfield Carousel branch. You just have to pick a number and when your number will be called when it's your turn. Your stylists will then advice you of the price after you tell them what you want to do which is great. I hate it when after the cut you get a big shock when the bill comes. Nothing fanciful, just a quick snip and actually quite satisfied with it.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

List of Weekend markets in Perth

I enjoy going to weekend markets as the things are definitely cheaper and it's a good way to while the day away. You can always find something to buy and eat there. I'll update the list as I find new ones. They are usually opened only from Fridays to Sundays and Public Holidays.

Fremantle Market Corner of Henderson St & South Tce, Fremantle, Western Australia.
I think it's the oldest of its kind in Perth and one of the best. It's one of those places that is a must visit for tourists. There are basically 2 halls, one specialising in selling vegetables and fruits and the other consists of shops that sell from things like crystals to cds to soaps. There's food and drinks to be had there too but there's also a Asian theme foodcourt just opposite of it. On the weekends, there'll be buskers just outside of the market.

Wanneroo Market 33 Prindiville Drive Wangara
Not a really touristy place but if you are seriously really looking at buying vegetables and fruits, you can't beat this place. There's more than 8 different shops selling vegies and the prices are at some of the best you can find in Perth. There's also 2 different food court, and a number of shops that ranges from a pet shop to kitchenware shops to a shop that sell herbal plants. This is the place I'll go to when I need to buy a lot of vegies but the down side is that I couldn't find a fishmonger or a butcher, I may be wrong as I still haven't investigated every nooks there are yet.

Subiaco Market, 52 Station Street, Subiaco
I'll come here if I don't have time to go up to Wanneroo and I'm in town. The prices are comparable but I prefer Wanneroo as it is more spacious. The place is smaller but the variety of fresh vegies and fruits are just as good. There's also a food court here too and I like it because they are not what you'll see at other shopping centres foodcourt. I like the golzeme that they serve here.

Malaga Market, Corner Alexander Drive & Beach Road, Malaga
I like the atmosphere here as it seems to be more for a family outing. There are 3 pavilions with the centre pavilion having a food court and the other 2 selling all types of things like jewellery to handicrafts. They have a singer performing during lunch time to keep things lively and for those who are music deaf, there's a big screen tv at the foodcourt too.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

List of Food places in Perth

I thought that I would just come up with lists of different things that I will update as I visit those places and since I love food. I'll start off with it.

Burgers/American style Diners
Jus Burger
- 743 Newcastle st, Leederville.
Like the name says, they only have burgers and of course the fries or onion rings that goes along with it. Great Burgers although a bit ex. Really liked the Wagyu Burger.

Fast Eddy's - Corner of Murray Street & Milligan Street; another branch at Westfield Carousel, Albany Highway; fast food outlet at Carillon City basement, Hay St Mall.
Typical American 50s Diner. Love the Cop a lot burger. Extremely filling. Like the one at Murray St as it is opened 24 hrs.

Little Creatures -
40 Mews Road, Fremantle WA 6160
Frematle has many very good places and this is one of them. Very good food in a nice place, very informal and wash the food down with some of the best beer around. What more can you ask.

Chinese
Dim Sim Cafe - 3/297-299 William St Northbridge WA 6003 Tel: 08 9328 9388
Open daily except Wed 9.30 to 3.
Typical Dim Sum restaurant. Food is okay but nothing to shout about and I guess the price is typical.
Prices range from $3.30 to $5.80 per dish
Example: Char Siew Bun - $4.00 for 2, Siew Mai - $4.40 for 3, Char Siew Cheong Fun - $4

Dragon Seafood Restaurant - 66 - 72 Francis St Northbridge 6003 Tel 08 9227 8882
Serves Dim sum in the afternnoon and a la carte Cantonese or set for dinner. The food ain't too bad and worth visiting. For lunch, they open up the upstairs KTV lounge for dim sum as extra seatings.
Price range from $3.90 to $5.90
Example: Char Siew Bun - $4.60 for 3, Siew Mai - $4.60 for 3, Char Siew Cheong Fun - $4.60

G'Fun On the right along South St on the way to Fremantle (9 am - 7 pm daily)
Specialises in Chicken rice and for $4, it's definitely a steal and the food is good too. They have different types of chicken and they sell char siew pao, dai pao and lor mai kai too.

Food Courts
There's a typical food court at almost every big shopping centre like Westfield. The stalls almost always seem to be the same in that they will have at least 1 Asian/Chinese food, Japanese, a McDonalds or Burger Kings, Subway, Fresh and Natural, Bucking Beef and others. Prices are almost the same everywhere.

Carillon City - Hay St Mall
It has 2 food court. One in the basement and the other on Level 3. The food ranges from fast food to asian so everyone's taste should be catered for. Food price is typical food court prices. You can get a meal for around $10 plus a drink.

Westfield Carousel - 1382 Albany Highway

Spencer Village Food Court - Spencer Road, Thornlie
Has about 10 different stalls selling Asian food only. Looks resemble a KL food court and the food ain't too bad. There's one stall that serves 'or lua' and sometimes Katong Laksa. The drinks stall sells soya milk by the glass or the jug and the jug is definitley worth it. Can get durain chendol, ice kachang and ngor hiang here too. It's BYO here so in case there's any that needs to have wine with Asian food, there's no problem.


Cafe
The Dizzy Witch Cafe - 197-199 Brisbane Street Northbridge WA6003 Tel: 08 92281501
This a cosy and relaxing place for a cup of afternoon tea though they do serve lunch too. The cakes (which is different every time I'm there) is one of the best I've tasted and the cream which is whipped by the boss is heaven (especially eaten with the cake!). The wedges with 2 different dips is also good. They are generous with their tea leaves and there is always an extra pot of hot water to thin the tea if it gets too thick.


Confectionery/bakery
Corica - 106 Aberdeen St Northbridge WA 6003 Tel: 08 9328 8196
Mon - Fri - 8 - 5.30, Sat 8 - 12.30
They have one of the best apple strudels around. During summer, they have a blueberry/apple strudel which is to die for. They cost $18 each and besides apple strudels, they have other very good cake like eclairs too.


Japanese
Taka - 150 - 152 Barrack St Corner Wellington St Tel: 08 9221 4771
Mon-Sat 11 - 9, Sun 11 - 5
Cheap but good food. The portion is definitely enough for most people and it is cheap. You can get a meal plus drinks for less than $10 and they also have 2 sizes. The large serving comes with free miso soup and the Japanese tea is free. The setting reminds me more of a cafeteria but I'm not complaining as I'm there for the food and not the ambiance.

Ha Lu - Shop4/401 Oxford St, Mt Hawthorn WA 6016 Tel: 08 9444 0577
One of the better Japanese restaurants in Perth. The food is good and the service excellent. The bento take away is definitely worth it. Too bad I'm not staying near here otherwise I'll be frequenting it more often

Green Tea House - Subiaco Mews Shopping Complex, Hay St, Subiaco Tel: 08 9388 7245
Not a restaurant at all but a place to get really good Japanese green tea. Tsutomu san, the owner will be more than happy to let you try the different tea and the good thing about him is that he is more interested in sharing his knowledge of tea than selling them. There is no pressure to buy at all but like my tai chi instructor, he wanted to run into to shop and get some tea for his brother but ended up spending 45 minutes and buying a tea set too. You can't help but get caught up with his passion.

Kanta Japanese Retaurant
U 7/76 Langford Ave, Langford 6147 (08) 9451 5720 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (08) 9451 5720
This is one of the best Japanese restaurant in Perth. Nothing pretentious and it reminds me of typical family run restaurants back in Japan. Their food is definitely a cut above the rest and at the end of the meal, you'll definitely feel satisfied. Don't really need reservation for lunch but definitely for dinner. There's only seating for about 18 at any one time so call before going.

Malaysian/Indonesian

Mahsuri -
313 Albany Highway Victoria Park WA
08 9362 5062
Pretty good restaurant serving Malay cuisine specialising in satays. Tried the beef and chicken satay and preferred the beef. Definitely worth a visit. Don't expect Singapore and Malaysia price though, this is Perth eating out.

Vietnamese

Quan An Viet Hoa Vietnamese Restaurant - Unit 1, 349 William Street Northbridge WA 6003 Tel: 08 93282127
Pretty good and relatively cheap vietnamese food. It gets quite crowded during lunch and dinner time. A bowl of noodles costs around $9.50 but I love the durian shake that they have. The bowl of noodles is quite big and just nice for me although a bit too much for the ladies.


Pho Que Huong Vietnamese & Chinese Noddle House - Shop 1/73 Honeywell Blvd Mirrabooka Village Shopping Centre Tel: 9248 2612
This was the first Vietnamese restaurant we went. The food was not too bad and the price was reasonable. Tried the Vietnamese coffee and didn't like it. It was way to sweet for my taste.