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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.

Wildflower Perth dining room.
15/20

A hat! Is Wildflower as good as it has always been?

After fine-tuning his skills at some of the world’s most demanding kitchens, Paul Wilson brings vim, vigour and imaginative vegetable cooking to a celebrated hotel fine-diner.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Canteen Pizza.

Mid-week wonders: dining bargains and meal deals to get you through the hump day slump

Including approachable fine dining, one-dollar chicken wings, half-price pizzas and all the mussels you can eat.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Madalena’s is an essential address for lovers of seafood.
15/20

Imaginative dishes make South Freo’s Madalena’s an essential address for lovers of seafood

Madalena’s menu proves unexpected thinking can take seafood to unexpected places.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
This 80-seat restaurant leans hard into the culture surrounding “Australian barbecue”.
14/20

Smoke show: Newly opened Cassia brings modern barbecue to Fremantle

Where there’s smoke, there’s woodfire (and carefully grilled fish, chicken, addictive potatoes and a love letter to the winemakers and brewers of Western Australia).

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Margot’s in Northbridge.
14.5/20

Does William Street need another wine bar? Why ‘more is more’ at Margot’s

Margot’s isn’t (just) another wine bar, and its whip-smart cocktails and Eastern European food make it side number three of a Devil’s Triangle at the top of Northbridge.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
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Michael Patroni and the spaceagency team outside their offices in Fremantle.

Design of the times: award-winning Perth architect reflects on four decades of building and designing hospitality hotspots

From pioneering craft beer brewpubs to breezy cafes and new-wave hotels, Michael Patroni has seen – and designed – it all.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
On Fire’s chickens are succulent, perfumed with that unmistakable eau de campfire, and worth getting your hands dirty for.
13.5/20

On Fire flies the flag for Lebanese charcoal chicken and deliciousness

Despite its strong charcoal cooking game, this Canning Highway takeaway also shows plenty of love to vegetarians with full-flavoured plant-based dishes.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Fine fish and more at Seth James’ new small bar.

Go fish: The small Perth bar where you shop for your fish and have chef cook it your way

On the menu: Australia’s finest seafood - prepared by a gun WA chef - plus a tight wine list and Swanny D on tap.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Chaap Junction food review.
13.5/20

Food truck is Perth’s first eatery serving beloved street food dish

Since arriving in Australia, Pargat Singh has worked as a cook and a truck driver. Chaap Junction brings together both of these past lives as well as Singh’s northern Indian heritage.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Miki’s is a specialist tempura restaurant in Margaret River that serves tasting menus that celebrate southwest ingredients through a Japanese lens (and vice-versa).
15/20

East meets South West: This kitchen’s singular, thrilling style of Japanese cooking could only exist in Margaret River

Hiding in plain sight on bustling Bussell Highway, this bijou specialist tempura restaurant is one of regional WA’s most essential dining experiences.

  • Max Veenhuyzen

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/by/max-veenhuyzen-p5379c