Gentrification is not without its advantages. My suburb, Hilton, is within the Fremantle municipality but isn’t as groovy or expensive. For a long time you had to head elsewhere for interesting food and good coffee. Not anymore. Hilton and indeed Hamilton Hill now have several good places to eat and drink.
I’m not about to provide any 5 star/knife and fork ratings but I do want to let you know about a couple of new local oases. Ready Eddie‘s is definitely a family run business serving Filipino food – and isn’t that something different in Perth? They serve, amongst other things, some damn good barbequed chicken. Service is home-style, unsophisticated but very warm and friendly. There’s a lot of pork on the menu, not my favourite food, but it may be yours.
Then there’s San Zaab Thai Takeaway. Used to be A Taste of Spice in the Lefroy Rd shopping centre. They don’t have a website, but they have delicious quality Thai cuisine. They are mainly doing take-away but we ate in and received attentive service and great food. I thought hard before recommending this restaurant because I don’t want to have to fight for a table next time I go. But I want it to prosper.
Ready Eddie: Shop 2, 337 Carrington St. Hamilton Hill: (08) 93373399
San Zaab: 19/115 Lefroy Rd, Beaconsfield : (08) 6161 6520.