Von's chicken | East Victoria Park, Perth

This restaurant is almost purely just a restaurant that sells chicken and well, rice. There are a small selection of salad but I wouldn’t advise to actually get any.

I wasn’t sure what to get so I asked the cashier to recommend us the best selling dish which was apparently their fried chicken gold wings ($13.95).

It was quite okay? I think that it might have been like a classier sweeter version of KFC but it wasn’t anything special.

The portions weren't too big so we got some roast barbeque chicken ($13.95) as well in mild. This was much more appealing to my taste buds rather than the fried chicken. It was a tad spicy for mild so I can imagine the hot or extra hot one to burn your tongue a bit.

They supplied us with gloves and a bin which is very clever because we can eat with our hands without worrying how messy it will turn out to be.

The food was so-so I had the roast barbeque chicken first and it had such a strong flavor that when I went onto the fried chicken… well I couldn’t taste it that well.

Service was quite fast but the staff didn’t seem to be too friendly. I had to ask for tap water twice before actually getting some and it was troublesome since they only gave a single cup with no jug and every time I would like a refill I would have to try to get the waitress’ attention all over again.

Overall, I would probably not visit here again as it is quite expensive for chicken. For about $30 we got to have 10 small pieces of chicken (8 wings and 2 legs) and one serving of rice. The chicken they sell here is totally overrated.

♥ Jess

Pachi Pachi | East Victoria Park, Perth

Let me tell you, this is one of my FAVOURITE Asian cafe in perth. My lovely cell leader discovered this and in no time it became everyone's to go spot! I've been here over a gazillion time because of their lunch deals ($10 a meal!) but unfortunately they took it away and the dishes are slightly pricey for me to be going so often.

It says Asian, but the food menu is mostly Japanese cuisine. The place is quite popular but we usually get a seat. The staff that were here are amazing, they're so so so so nice and friendly and I have received high quality customer service every single time.

This was the first time I have been to Pachi Pachi after they took down their lunch specials and I was so upset that they don't do my favourite dish anymore! I can't exactly remember was it is called but it was like a beef version of oyakudon and was the bomb.

We started off with Fresh Asian Greens with oyster sauce ($10.50). The name was misleading, I thought I would get a variety of Asian vegetables but it turned out to be just bok choy. Oh, I initially ordered it with garlic sauce but I guess the waiter messed up since he didn't note any of our orders down while we selected. The vegies were really yummy, but would I pay that much again for greens? Probably not. I have recently made my own homemade version of this, check it out here.

THIS was the highlight of my day. I ordered a matcha frappe (right, $6.50) as usual. Pachi Pachi hands down serve the best matcha frappe in Perth. It's made of yummy cold goodness and topped with cream and green tea kit-kat on top, yum! The mango smoothie (left, $6.50) wasn't too bad either, it's got the Asian mango kind of taste kind of like mango caprison.

This was a new dish I tried out, Chicken Nanban ($16.00) it didn't look as appealing to me but the taste blew my mind. It was so good, I was so sad when I had the last piece. The chicken was sweet and tangy and the sauce on top is their homemade Japanese tartare sauce which taste a lot like Japanese mayo. They also had some vegetables on the bottom, which I think is coleslaw but I'm not too certain.

Oh man, this one is one of my favourite signature dish of theirs. Pork with sweet & sour red wine sauce ($16.00). It's pretty much sweet & sour sauce with some capsicum and onions but the one from Pachi Pachi just explodes in your mouth with strong flavours that makes you long for more.

Everyone in Perth should go and try this restaurant. I guarantee that you would not be disappointed!         

♥ Jess