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Max Veenhuyzen

Max Veenhuyzen

Restaurant critic and food writer

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.

Ginza.
15/20

This intimate counter restaurant in Perth’s CBD is a lesson in quiet sophistication

While the menu includes wagyu, snow crab and other luxury items, it’s the humbler dishes that leave the biggest impression.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Fish and Chips at Finns.

Batter up: a love letter to WA’s suburban fish and chippers

Plus five shops challenging the status quo, from Korean-influenced fish and chips to a fishmonger with serious fine dining pedigree.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Casa in Mt Hawthorn.
15.5/20

Is Perth’s best Mexican(ish) cooking found in a European(ish) wine bar?

A subtle shift in direction makes an inner-city favourite even more compelling.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Le Rebelle review. Good Food/WAtoday. Picture: Ven Tithing
15.5/20

This French bistro is a masterclass in knowing when to follow and when to flout the rules

A spirited blend of new and old, Sarah and Liam Atkinson’s neighbourhood destination in Mount Lawley remains a bastion of French(ish) dining and wining.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Peasants Paradice handout photo. Picture: Duncan Wright

Five WA food and drink events to put into your autumn calendar

Including a new format for a much-loved regional food festival, celebrating African culture, plus a high-powered Australian fine diner heads west for one night only.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
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The core menu features other fine examples of noodle wizardry.
14.5/20

Noodle-cooking wizardry on show at this suburban gem

Boasting a new look and new dishes, this casual noodle house’s future as one of Perth’s best southeast Asian eateries is assured.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Ten and Sen is opening in Leederville.

A specialist Hokkaido ramen restaurant is opening in Leederville

The cosy 30-seater will serve a unique curry and miso-based ramen alongside Hokkaido soul food favourites and local drinks.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
The vada pav sandwich at Calcutta Sweets & Savouries in Bentley.

Hidden assets: seven secret Perth sandwiches worth seeking out

Including Pakistani burgers, deeply smoky Brazilian barbecue, plus a beloved Indian (vegetarian!) snack synonymous with the city of Mumbai.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Edward & Ida’s food review main picture. Pictures: Supplied
15/20

Counter meal intelligence: Edward & Ida’s brings old-hat – and new-hat – ideas to the pub meal discussion

By cooking and reimagining the classics with care, this likeable Northbridge pub is both preserving and advancing pub culture in WA.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Chiara Mezzasoma and Andrea Brunelli of Maestro Pizza.

Making the cut: One of the world’s best pizzerias can be found in suburban Perth

Book in for the new tasting menu and explore the diversity of Italy’s wide world of pizza.

  • Max Veenhuyzen

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