Chelsea Seale

Nights by the fire, truffle hunting, farm-to-table dinners from top chefs, and exceptional drops. These Cabin Fever events are worth braving the winter cold for.

It’s impossible to be bored this year with culinary treats, film festivals, art takeovers, wine tastings, and more.

This neighbourhood cafe serves buttermilk pancakes with soy maple; eggs Benny with beef brisket; and fish burgers. There’s also matcha, Mont Blancs and cloud coffees.

Smidge won over WA with its seriously good cinny scrolls – and then it closed, leaving behind a trail of broken hearts. Now, it’s back with those famous scrolls, focaccia toasties and giant cookies.

Gelato Messina has covered its bases in Perth with a new south-of-the-river outpost, which opened over the weekend.

It’s long been a mission to find a good lunchtime feed in Mount Hawthorn. Enter Will Parkes with hoagies, lamb flatbread and ham hock brekkie rolls.

A new Italian-style wine bar making a big impression, a neighbourhood gem getting bold with Szechuan chilli oil, and a sophisticated creation that will have you licking the plate clean.

Tiramisu gelato is hardly new, but this artisan delight tilted one writer’s world completely off its axis.