Max Veenhuyzen
Max Veenhuyzen is a journalist and photographer who has been writing about food, drink and travel for national and international publications for more than 20 years. He reviews restaurants for the Good Food Guide.
Review
Perth
Brilliant prawn noodles, supple chicken rice, and deep-fried milk at Hey Hawker
Brilliant prawn noodles, supple chicken rice, an intriguing deep-fried milk dessert masquerading as an appetizer.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
Latest
Listen up Perth: Here’s the pizza order to test your maker’s skill
Hint: it’s probably not the pizza you’re thinking of. And its presence on a menu speaks to a certain intent.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
Review
Perth
Maestro by name, and nature: North Beach restaurant serves some of Perth’s finest pizza
What started as a Covid project has bloomed into a destination neighbourhood pizzeria serving featherweight, world-class Naples-style sourdough pizzas.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
Hatted Big Don’s Smoked Meats celebrates this Saturday with 2500kg of … meat
It’s the first time in two years that eaters can hook into Big Don’s world-class exas-style barbecue without pre-ordering.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
Annual WA food festival will make you taste the south afresh
Ever eaten kangaroo? No you haven’t – well, not like this, anyway.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
Review
Mount Lawley
Meet the inner-city Perth wine bar with serious fine-dining pedigree
Good times, good wines, good prices: this Beaufort Street hangout run by two hospitality veterans nails the wine bar trifecta.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
There’s a reason so many Perth foodies wish their local shops resembled Bicton Central
Alongside respected seafood supplier Fins’ new shop, the precinct will be welcoming Venn Bicton, a specialty coffee outlet selling its own beans in bulk alongside great bagels and coffee.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
Review
Mount Lawley
What does the suburban Italian restaurant of tomorrow look (and taste) like? Head to Beaufort Street and see for yourself
A mix of familiar and new-fangled, casual and celebratory, Threecoins & Sons is a blueprint for the more modern neighbourhood family restaurant.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
How a Perth chef turned a love of barbecue into one of the planet’s best open-fire dining restaurants
In May, local boy done good Dave Pynt brings the party back to Perth for one heck of a homecoming.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
Casa crew bring terrific pizza (and pizza-adjacent favourites) to Mount Hawthorn Â
The crisp, 96-hour-fermented pizzas are designed to travel but can also be enjoyed in-store. And yes, there’s a Hawaiian pizza on the menu.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
Review
Fremantle
The new Fremantle bar and kitchen that wants to party like it’s 1989
Smoked fish party pies. Prawn cocktails. Garlic bread: this new Freo bar from the Manuka Woodfire Kitchen team revels in the nostalgic tastes of yesteryear.
- by Max Veenhuyzen