Haku is the best Japanese dining in Perth, and I don’t think it’s particularly close. You can stop reading here if you want, that’s basically a summary of the following 1,500 words. Set in a publicly undisclosed location in Carlisle with no markings on the shopfront and curtains drawn the entire time, the restaurant is only open to up to 6 people each evening (a significant increase from the 2 people per night when it first opened), with bookings only able to be done if you slide into their Insta DM’s. The menu is a mystery, the price is not fixed and there are no other staff members outside of the chef. For Simpsons fans, right now this may be eliciting memories of secret society aka the Stonecutters, but unlike Homer and unfortunately for us, the Stonecutters were significantly easier to infiltrate as this place is booked out for the rest of 2023. And you thought Marumo was difficult to book? Please, there’s a new champ in town. So what on earth happened when we went? We were wa...
Can you really “beat a buffet”? This is a question which I have reflected on and the answer is no, you will not be able to beat a buffet because a buffet in a free market economy will either: 1. Adjust their food choices or prices to ensure it can’t be regularly beaten; or 2. Close down entirely I have experienced both (apologies to anyone who enjoyed oysters at Hyatt Perth or Korean BBQ buffet Hwa Ro), and your supposed “victory” is really long-term loss. However I also doubt Uncle Kerry is going to care that you ate half a sashimi platter and his casino probably isn’t going to go broke because of you. So you can’t “beat” a buffet, but you can get your money’s worth. Without trying to sound too much like a ponzi scheme or a timeshare salesman, you only need to remember PPE ; and I’m not talking about the protective kind: 1. Planning 2. ...