I’m not going to make it before Halloween… oh well!
Author: reine
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Angove Street Festival
Wow, I’m posting more than I thought! I’m surprised I have time – I still have so much exploration to do, but I’m glad I’m pacing it out. This weekend was a trip to the Angove Street Festival, and I was testing out my 60mm lens again. It was odd having people stop while I was taking pictures; I’m used to taking them with people just walking through the shot. I think I only like this lens for taking pictures of animals, but it’s also certainly handy for getting past a crowd for some pretty cool people shots too.
My weakness is always taking pictures of animals, so when there was a petting zoo, photospamming ensued:
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In the hills of Perth
I don’t think Kalamunda classifies as Perth. It’s pretty out there, and the drive here reminded me of the trip from Sydney to Gosford. You could say it’s regional Perth.
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Petition Kitchen
Petition Kitchen is a brand new restaurant that opened in Perth, and so I had to check it out. I didn’t know who the head chef was at the time, or the background to this place, and in its first two weeks of opening (up to 11 October), reservations were essential. From my observations of the Perth population, I wasn’t sure that reservations were necessary, at least on non-Friday and Saturday nights. Turns out you can walk-in, too, during this time.
What I love about visiting a brand new restaurant is actually seeing them seeing what works and what doesn’t – watching something come to life and then grow is fascinating. So I booked two sessions, the first was a Sunday brunch (I thought I booked for lunch but they gave me a brunch menu? They didn’t seem to be serving non-brunch until after about 1pm or so), and the second was a Friday night dinner.
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Royal Perth Show
Just a photodump of a fun day at the show, my 60mm lens came in super handy! 🙂
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Automata
Kensington Street is getting an upgrade, and I want to go there for one reason: Kensington Street Social. However, since it wasn’t open yet, and I had some spare time, I was very lucky to find out that Automata, another new restaurant on the block, was open for Sunday lunches, so off I went.
The layout, to me at least, felt remarkably similar to Nel, especially when it comes to the open kitchen. The other similarity, I noticed, was the set menu style meals. It’s not quite a grand deguastation, but coming in at 5 courses, it is still an experience. It’s also relatively cheap, and by that I mean sub $100. It’s like a new breed of restaurant has popped up – accessible fine dining as if to appeal to the masses. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but considering how small profit margins are for restaurants, I am a little concerned about their longevity. It’s hard to see how all these restaurants will all remain standing after 5-10 years, if that. But only time will tell.
Onto the food.
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Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth
For once, I decided not to get the David Blackmore full blood wagyu burger, and instead wanted something from their restaurant menu. The result? Some tasty food, though I believe the burger is the best thing they do.
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The Perth adventure begins
And it begins with me chasing birds. Well okay, so I did do my food and coffee rounds first. Again, I struggled with my super short lens (can’t wait until I get a new one so I can take pictures of things from far away!)
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New lens, food shooting
Taking pictures of food is so much fun! Random photo spam incoming:
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New lens, bird shooting
I love getting a new lens to test with. This is the first lens I’ve bought for my camera. At 19mm f2.8, it’s great for my food shots, however, not so great for animal pictures. While the pelicans were relatively harmless, I did manage to hover around a family of swans and got chased off by the mother!
So here’s the bird shooting version of picture spam!
