We had the special Chinese New Year buffet last weekend. Wow, by Perth standards, this place offers pretty good value for money. It was $65 per pax and though it seems pretty chunky, it is worth it. The spread includes cold oysters, cold prawns, mussels (replaced with baby octopus after it ran out), a huge selection of cold salads (coleslaw, potato salad, vermicelli salad, etc), smoked salmon, antipasto (grilled eggplant, button mushrooms, etc), pumpkin, broccoli. For the hot items, the winner was the Peking Duck. It was delicious and you could basically have as much as you want. A couple who arrived at 8pm was so dissapointed as they ran out of Peking Duck, which is think is a shame as it should be available until close to closing to be fair to patrons. There was also many other Asian delights due to the Chinese New year - fried rice, noodles, sesame chicken, XO stir fried turnip cake, beef curry and there was also steak. The dessert bar included bread and butter pudding, caramel panacotta, fruit, many little cakes and tarts, ice cream (the mandarin sorbet was nice).

All in all, I truly enjoyed myself and left with a full belly.

Approximate cost: $65

My favourite food court stall of all times. No wonder this stall is one of the most popular ones within the Wembley International Food Court. I absolutely love the Fried Kway Teow and I find it extremely authentic. You can ask for no chilli if you don't want it spicy. They have many other cook to order and pre-made bain-marie dishes too.

Highly recommended

Approximate cost: $10

I have been to Carvers about 3 times and they were pretty much the same. It offers pretty good value ($24.90 for Crown Club members and $29.90 non-member on weekend dinner) as you can eat as much from the carvery (last weekend they had ham (i guess from Christmas?), pork and beef and they were cooked well-done, they way I like it. There is also gravy and condiments such as apple sauce, tomato sauce, etc to go with them. The side dishes include roasted potatoes, cold potato salad, spinach, mixed greens, olive slices, corn, etc to make a salad. they also had a chorizo and beef casserole with chick peas and rice. Oh, not forgetting the pasta that comes with a separate marinara sauce. Besides that there is a spread of dessert items like lemon pudding and custard, jelly, meringue, cakes and soft serve ice cream plus free flow coffee, tea, cocoa, and soft drinks.

Not bad if you are not seeking much variety in a buffet.

This is the first time I dined here and was pleasantly surprised as I didn't know what to expect. I can now understand why this place has been around for so long. In fact, we went on a weekday evening (although before 6 Jan so some people might not have gone back to work yet) and I was surprised to see the cafe downstairs full. We dined at the restaurant upstairs and it filled up while we were there.

We were seated in the balcony area so we could enjoy the views of the Swan River (we were protected from the wind by plastic blinds). For starters, we shared the tasting plate (terrine, turkish bread and dip, 2 mini quiche and some fish goujons) . For $28, it is pretty ok.

For mains, we ordered Jerk Chicken with coconut rice($28) Crispy skinned baramundi ($35) and 300gm sirloin fillet with red wine jus ($42). They were generously portioned and delicious!

I would recommend this place.

Service was pretty friendly too (not formal).

Kudos to cloth napkins as so many restaurants now use paper ones.

Approximate cost: $30

We were really lucky to not have to wait for a table (2 of us) when we got there on a Saturday. I suppose we were pretty early, before 7am. Thereafter, the restaurant filled up very quickly.

The service is friendly and our waitstaff (probably the supervisor/manager) was really good at recommending dishes for us, including the quantities. Not many establishments have waitstaff who are able and willing to recommend.

We had the Filipino sausage (eaten as per Sang Choy Bow) and soft shell crab for starters and it was bursting with flavour... For mains, we ordered Smoked Trout Fried Rice and Gaiyang Chicken (note: it is served on the bone). Both were again, delicious and moorish. Very robust flavours. We shared the black sticky rice dessert and it was pretty ok, nothing to shout about.

The bill came up to about $140 inclusive of around $35 worth of drinks. Not too bad for the food.

The only negative is that it got really noisy with voices and background music that it was hard to have a conversation. And we did feel quite thirsty a couple of hours after the meal, probably due to salt or msg? (not sure). But gee, the meals were tasty!

A must visit.

I started using this dental clinic in 2013 as I had switched to Medibank and they were on the panel of providers. So far, I have used it twice, one to see the dentist for a full check up and clean, and another just to clean. The first time, I had some gap payment as the dentist gave me an extended session. I wish I notified that I will be given an extended session rather than getting a bit of a shock during bill payment. The second time there wasn't any gap payment as it was just cleaning my the hygienist.

The staff are generally polite and the dentist I see is nice (there are three Alan Miller, Saul Mendelssohn and Charles Angliss - the youngest). The hygenist Mira is nice too. I just wish the receptionist would be friendlier though.

Attended a lovely wedding at Lamont's Bishop House recently. The couple had the solemnization ceremony in an outdoor area and dinner was under a marquee next to the lawn area. Service was good and the food was very nice. The canapes we were served during the photography session were amazing (gyoza, pork belly, duck pate and cherry tartlet, mini quiches, battered snapper goujons, etc) it was more than enough for all guests.

For dinner, there was an option of chicken with fois gras or brandy cured salmon. For mains, it was steak or snapper. For dessert, there was a chocolate or strawberry option. The food served was of very high quality.

I guess this is testament to the quality of food served at it's restaurants from Mon-Fri (weekends for functions only). Thumbs up.

Approximate cost: $35

Went to this restaurant for the first time last weekend. I must say I was quite impressed with the ambiance when I first walked in. Pretty classy indian restaurant, in my opinion with white table cloth and cloth napkins (even some expensive restaurants have started providing paper ones, which I think is a bit of a shame). We were greeted promptly with a smile and seated at our table.

Water was offered and there was already wine glassses on the table which was great as we brought a bottle in (BYO wine only, $5 corkage).

Service was prompt and our orders taken (waitress took the order on an ipad). We shared a Chicken Tikka for starters (there were 3 of us). It was delicious and moist and with a nice mint yoghurt dipping sauce.

For mains, we ordered the ever-popular Butter Chicken, Lamb Korma and the Fish Tikka (from the entree menu) and white rice and 1 garlic naan and 1 plain nan to go with it. Food came out pretty promptly and it was delicious.

I would highly recommend this restaurant.

Approximate cost: $25

We had after dinner drinks here on a Saturday night. It was pretty empty at the front of house, so it felt a bit quiet. There is also a TAB attached but that didn't have many people either. We went out to the beer garden and it was pretty relaxing. Almost like sitting in your own backyard. There were other patrons there, and there was a Halloween party going on but it wasn't unpleasantly noisy.

Not bad for a laid back drink but if you are looking for an exciting night out, probably not the place.

Approximate cost: $18

We dined here as a foursome and was warmly welcomed by Dino, the owner and even the waiter was very engaging.

For starters, we shared the beetroot gnocchi with feta (ok but not wow), smoked salmon with some segments of citrus fruit (refreshing and fair portion), triangles of polenta with sausage slices (not much sausage but tasted ok) and pork stuffed squid (nice but too small and not good value - size of a small squid cut into 4).

For mains, I had a very tasty and generously portions pan fried with served with clams and mussels. My dining companions had the duck, scotch fillet and pork. Everyone was pretty full at the end of the night.

We had the panacotta and also the doughnut balls with chocolate ganache for dessert and everyone gave thumbs up for both. The doughnut balls were the clear winner though.

I would certainly visit again.

Approximate cost: $38