Blinco Cafe lends itself to playfulness and being laid back too with a plush toy of Homer Simpson sitting at one of the tables. There are colourful cushions, paintings on display and music ranging from upbeat jazz, Gregorian chant to the relaxing sounds of Enya. It's hard to describe but this place is playful, colourful, charming and chilled all in one package.

After three dinners at Sun BBQ previously, our group of friends knew for sure that we would have another gathering there sometime in the future. If not for the sweet chili chicken then it would be for the honey chicken or the creamy carbonara chicken. 

Francoforte does laid-back quite well with the flattering lights and minimalistic decoration. As a provider of good spaghetti, I think Francoforte has fulfilled their mission!

Dinner at Vino Rosso was a pleasant experience especially when fronted with Chef Boby who has 13 years of professional experience in the kitchen.

I don't eat hot pot regularly but I do probably have one annual hot pot dinner. The difficulty is that I haven't found a good hot pot place after the Dragon Steamboat closed. On one wintry night, I braced the cold and walked into Kung Fu Hot Pot with my husband. 

Melting Pot is a small restaurant, but the customer service and quality of food that they served was quite top-notch. Find out what we usually ordered there!

Soul food dinner was very enjoyable, I wish I shared it with a lot more people though. It was definitely a very suitable dinner for a medium to large group of people.

Sometimes you need a tiny bit of help from others to make a relationship work. In this case, we made the magic happen at the Blue Duck, Cottesloe.