Comments on: Cinnamon on the Park, East Victoria Park (and thoughts about water in restaurants)

By: Adin

Adin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:56:29 +0000

I have actually found that Cinnamon on the Park is my favourite out of the two close Indian restaurants (Cinnamon & Flavour of India across the road). Unfortunately they have recently dramatically decreased the size of their portions and last time we went, they forgot to give the complimentary papadums.Still, definitely the better one around :D

By: Kat (Spatula, Spoon and Saturday)

Kat (Spatula, Spoon and Saturday) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:53:59 +0000

I specifically ask for tap water. And if water shows up as bottled, I would just ask them to take it back. I feel it’s ridiculous that you have to buy bottled water, have the bottle hang around for another 500 years when there’s perfectly good drinking tap water. Worse still, having glass bottled water flown in from Europe! That seriously annoys me. Not only you wasted resources bottling it, you actually waste fuel flying it all the way from another country. Wow.

By: sm

sm — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:32:04 +0000

what type of water system does perth have? i know here in baltimore (in the usa) our water is filtered with flouride. my mother, who was born in sydney and moved to the states when she was young lived in an area that used well water. depending on how the water has been treated might be one of the reasons restaurants are trying to steer patrons toward bottled water, though i do agree sneaky behavior is uncalled for. we don’t tell people what to eat, what right do we have to tell them what to drink?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:02:15 +0000

It seems like I have only run into water situations like that outside the US – in Japan it was always like that… the sauces for the dishes looked so rich and wonderful – I could have eaten just sauce and rice!

By: sangeeta

sangeeta — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:25:06 +0000

hehe my origins are malabar-’ian’ (kerala), and so it was quite a treat seeing those plump, juicy prawns! ah, butter chicken is my favourite of all the indian chickens. have you tried chicken pasanda? thats pretty bloody yummy too!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:23:53 +0000

Have you tried the butter chicken at Jewel of the Park? My fiancee and I are always impressed by the ratio of chicken to sauce in that dish! From memory (it was a few years ago now), the butter chicken at The Cove in Applecross was awesome as well.

By: steph

steph — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:37:23 +0000

Plus, the last time I checked (admittedly, this was when I was still doing the club scene five years ago) liquor licensing in West Australia stipulated that any premise that provides liquor also has to provide patrons with free water.

By: ev

ev — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:24:36 +0000

Could always go for a nice “eww, that bottle’s seal has been broken already.. I’m not paying for that”

By: SQUISH

SQUISH — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:11:24 +0000

I have to disagree about Perth water. I live in the Hills and it’s disgusting. I don’t drink it unless it’s been through my Brita jug. I admit it’s a lot better than Pilbara water though, which tasted like swamp!

By: Jetgirl

Jetgirl — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:13:02 +0000

The tiny town where i am from has a huge natural spring under neath it, Ozarka (huge bottling co.) set up a bottling plant there several years ago. The good part is i can get Mineola water ANYWHERE, the bad part is knowing im paying for mineola tap water lol. Not many places here sneak the bottled water on you, nome that i know of.