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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.

Meatballs and marinara pizza.

‘This is a perfect pizza’: The 10 best things our restaurant critic ate (and drank) in 2024

After a year spent tracking WA restaurants, WAtoday food writer Max Veenhuyzen assembles a dream menu starring his favourite dishes of 2024.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
It’s merry everything at Santini this Christmas.

From city to coast: what’s open on Christmas Day in Perth

Including options for post-swim coffees, breakfast by the beach, Christmas feasts and Japanese-Italian fusion.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Willi’s Pizza Bar main image WAtoday. Pictures: Supplied
14/20

Willi’s Pizza Bar brings cheesy Detroit-style pizzas and nostalgia to the heart of Perth

Following a change of direction, the corner bar at a historic CBD watering hole is ready to feed and water a new generation of guests.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
WA’s best new restaurants main image/GIF. Pictures: Supplied

The top 12: Western Australia’s best new restaurant openings of 2024

From intimate secret restaurants to sprawling regional pubs, 2024’s most impressive newcomers reflect the continued diversification of WA’s food scene.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Hello Spice Canning Vale review. Picture: Supplied
13/20

What does a $6 bowl of noodles cooked by a machine taste like? We head to Canning Vale to investigate

How do you feed diners nutritious, affordable and tasty meals? Food entrepreneur Mark Sun and chef Vincent Lim have a promising solution.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
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Gibney review main picture. Pictures: Thom Davidson
16/20

In defence of fine dining: Cottesloe newcomer well and truly earns its two hats

From fit-out to assured cooking, this luxe 200-seat clubhouse overlooking the Indian Ocean is a masterclass in nailing the details.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Imogen Mitchen and Corey Rozario are doing great things with their pop-up at Margaret River skate park.
14.5/20

This freewheeling Margaret River pop-up is blazing a new trail for modern Asian cooking

While BMX bandits practice bar spins and grommets drop-in, an emerging cooking talent is serving game-changing dahl, punchy pickles and other bold Burmese cooking.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Andrea Orabona spins some dough at Da Napoli.
14/20

This suburban pizzeria brings a plus-sized slice of Naples to Canning Highway

On the back of Da Napoli’s menu is the motto, “a’pizze’ na cosa seria”: Italian for “pizza is a serious matter”. But it’s still important to have fun.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
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

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