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| Food Shopping in Perth; Where to buy in Perth | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 21 2010, 03:41:20 PM (1,682 Views) | |
| mrnomas | Sep 21 2010, 03:41:20 PM Post #1 |
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OK, so I finally arrived and have gotten settled in Perth. Here are a few shopping tips for cheap/hard to find ingredients. I'm sure there are ton of other places but I haven't found them yet. This is what I've found in the last month and a half of living in Yokine. Hopefully this will help someone: Veggies The best place I've found for veggies so far is in the Mirrabooka Square shopping center just outside of Woolworths. Their prices are usually the best or at least very competitive. Look for stuff on sale. There is a place right in front of the big Innaloo mall on the corner Scarborough Beach Road and Ellen Stirling Blvd (near the fish market) which is also well stocked and has good prices. Fish If you don't have a fisherman friend (I do) the above mentioned fish market isn't cheap by any means but has a huge selection and everything is really fresh. Chicken My boys will go through a kilo or more of chicken at a dinner if I let them. I had to find cheap chicken. The Mirrabooka Square veg market I mentioned above has two chicken places right across from each other that are often in a price war it seems. You can often get wings for $2.50 a kilo and no higher than $2.99. Skin on chicken breast (no bone) for $7.99 a kilo. Chicken drumsticks for $3.99 a kilo. Meat I haven't found a true butcher that I like a lot yet but there is a place on Brewer Place off Farrier Road called Adrians that has excellent sausage, salami, and speck. If you miss the flavor of american bacon, go there and ask for some speck. Speck is a smoked procuitto that is fully cooked but tastes JUST LIKE BACON. My mouth waters just thinking about it. Their Romanian sausages are great for a cookout as are the Choriso. I've just discovered that place and there is a ton I haven't tried... yet. For general meats, I usually just shop at Coles as I've found that mostly Woolworth's meats have let me down. There is a place in the Innaloo mall that has some dried aged beef for a hefty price-tag. We got some for father's day and I was pretty disappointed. When I find a good place, I'll post it. I've heard Torre's is good but I haven't had a chance to try them out yet. If you are in to exotic meats, there is a place in the Dog Swamp shopping center in Yokine (the one with the Woolworth's in it) called Meat the Butcher (or something like that). With a little lead time, they can get you just about anything that is legal to eat. I haven't tried them out but I have talked to the guy a few times. Duck, quail, camel, croc, kangaroo, emu... a bunch of meats I would love to try but haven't had the chance are on the board. He doesn't keep them all in stock so you might want to stop by a few days early. I love duck so I'll probably try them out for that and see how it goes. Mexican Ingredients For those that love to cook Mexican or Tex Mex, you're probably having a hard time finding ingredients. Chili powders here pretty much are all just blends with chili specific powders (Ancho and Chipoltle being pretty much my favorites) all but non-existent. There are some ingredients you can find, however, if you know where to look. Here's where I've found some of my favorites here in Perth: Masa Harina - Used for making tortillas (corn), tamales, and others You can sometimes find this at one of the Re Stores (the one on Lake Street in Northbridge usually has it) but it is like $12.50 for a 2 kilo bag. If you don't mind the drive, you can go to the Mirrabooka Square Shopping center and around the back, near the entrance nearest to Coles, there is a little shop with an orange sign (can't remember the name) that is only accessible from outside the shopping center. In there they have a bunch of loose spices and flours including Maize Flour (which I have to believe is the same thing as Masa) for $3.50 a kilo. They also have bags of Tamale flour for $7.50 per 2 kilo bag. Chipotles in Adobo Again, you can hit the Re Store for this one but I bought them out a few weeks ago and the last time I checked they hadn't restocked. I did find them one other time in Fremantle but I can't remember the name of the store. If you exit the train station and head up Market Street, it will be on your right. You can't miss it. It is full of coffees, oils, flours, and all sorts of imported foods. I believe a small can ran around $5.60 (I think they were around a dollar cheaper at the Re Store). If you see these, pick them up or regret it later. They are as hard to find as the Jack-a-lope. Whole Dried Chilis That same place in Fremantle mentioned above had some whole dried chilis for some sort of outrageous price. Can't remember it now but I probably should have picked a few up as I haven't found any since. Online You can find lots of stuff online at places like USAfoods but I can't bring myself to pay the shipping prices yet. Once I decide that I'm never going to find something, I probably will but for now, I like hunting around the different stores. If Perth has taught me anything, it's to keep my eyes open. I try and pop in to a new store at least once a week (if not more) and see what they have. If I see something I've been looking for, I try to buy it regardless of how convenient it is (with three boys in tow, it often isn't). Chances are, if I don't buy it when I get the chance, it won't be there when I get back or (in the case with that Fremantle store) I won't get a chance to go back for a long time. Outlet Adaptors I know this is random and really, I'm writing this down as much for me as anyone else. I was in a store in the CBD called Seoul Mart on Hay St. They had those 2 prong universal adaptors in a box near the register. I think they were like $3 a piece. I could actually use a few more of the three prong ones if anyone knows a local source. In you are in to Kim Chi, the stuff they had there was excellent as well. |
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Tom I might consider selling one of my children for their body-weight in Tony's Chachere's | |
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| TerritorianTori | Sep 21 2010, 05:13:59 PM Post #2 |
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I'm going to move this into the Tucker Time section, since it's primarily about food... but thanks very much for compiling this list! I'm sure it will be helpful to those in Perth. 
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| Judy | Sep 22 2010, 12:48:17 AM Post #3 |
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That would be Kakulas Sister, and in Perth just north of the central train station is Kakulas Brothers which is equally as good if not better. http://www.kakulasbros.com.au/home.html http://www.fodors.com/world/australia-and-the-pacific/australia/perth/review-130675.html Edited by Judy, Sep 22 2010, 12:51:47 AM.
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| shylady | Sep 22 2010, 10:18:11 AM Post #4 |
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 And if you're in Yokine and shop at Mirrabooka, there's also a Kakulas Sisters at Nollamara shopping centre  Not far out of your way!
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"I could’ve turned a different corner, I could’ve gone another place... " ku,'09 | |
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| mrnomas | Sep 22 2010, 08:43:58 PM Post #5 |
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Funny, just after writing the post my wife directed me to Kakulas Brothers to get coffee (our French Press just arrived from the states). I was pleasantly surprised at the prices and wonderfully entranced by the smell. Thanks for the heads up about Kakulas Sister in Nollamara - I'll be checking it out soon. |
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Tom I might consider selling one of my children for their body-weight in Tony's Chachere's | |
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| shylady | Sep 25 2010, 01:02:44 AM Post #6 |
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Tom, another interesting food store is The Herdsman in Churchlands, and they've just opened a new store on William Street this week. 
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"I could’ve turned a different corner, I could’ve gone another place... " ku,'09 | |
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