I was
particularly delighted to discover this place called Spencer Village in
Thornlie, Perth a while back ago. That day we were driving around visiting
display homes in Piara Waters. Thanks to my daughter who couldn’t stop playing
in the neighbourhood playground, it was fast getting dark and my stomach has
started protesting that it needed food pretty soon. So I dragged my reluctant
daughter into our car and head off to Spencer Village which is the nearest we
could find from that place. You see finding food after dark in Australian
suburbs is a challenge, it is something that is very different from Asia.
I’ve heard of
this place before and most people have positive comment about its food. So we
decided to give it a try. Hawker stalls and little food courts are something
that I have grown up with and it is quite unusual for me that there are so few
of this type of places in Perth. So it is a big thing for us to be able to find
this place.
The first
impression was definitely a good one. We saw the car park in front of the place
was almost fully occupied, that means good business and most importantly good
food! I managed to find one parking spot at the back and we walked straight in
to start our food hunt. Upon entering the building, it was as though we have
been teleported back to Asia in one of those Star Trek high tech devices.
Almost the entire space was filled with Asians, the ambience was noisy and
chaotic, exactly what you would experience in any Asian cities. I saw familiar
names like Laksa, Char Koay Teow and Roti Prata.
We ordered a
Unagi Rice and Fried Hor Fun Cantonese style. As you can see in the photos
below, both came in very big portions. If you get bored with Perth lifestyle at
night and would like to go for supper just like you normally do in Asia, then
Spencer Village is the place. And the food is really value for money. But if
you have high expectation in terms of taste and quality of food, then this may
not be a place for you. I’m more for taste and that’s why I’ve only visited the
place once and have never gone back so far. I may go again in some nights when
I miss experience the Asian ambience while in Australia!
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| Spencer Village Main Entrance |
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| Malacca and KL Food Stalls |
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| Spencer Village Interior |
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| Stall selling Indonesian food |
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| Hong Kong and Japanese food stalls |
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| Roti Prata stall |
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| Cantonese Fried Hor Fun |
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| Unagi Rice |
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