The Colour Run + Raymond's Cafe

On Sunday 2nd Nov, my friends and I participated in The Colour Run (more like the colour walk for us but you get the idea). It was great fun but we were disappointed that we didn't manage to get more colour on us. I think if we do it again we'll cover ourself head to toe with the colourful powder and make sure not to miss the final festival where everyone released their powder packet at the same time. The cleaning station afterwards was pretty intense as I got 2 big blows to my face with a leafblower but at least I was clean afterwards!

After the event, we all went to get some brunch at Raymond's Cafe. It's a nice cozy cafe that I would love to visit more often if I lived closer. They had old records on the wall, magazines from the 70s and utensil holders covered with the likes of ABBA and Rod Stewart.

I was tossing up between the pulled pork roll + coleslaw with dill pickle and potato crisps or the zucchini fritters + poached eggs + avocados + beetroot relish + some-sauce-I-can't-remember-now. We all wondered what they meant by 'potato crisps'. I was glad that I stuck to my original choice of zucchini fritters as potato crisps didn't mean some fancy-cut potatoes, it was literally that - original flavoured chips - it was different but in a good way I guess. The roll was quite nice apparently.

Picture taken from their Facebook page as I didn't get one of my own

I don't know if the smiley face was intentional but it's cute

I was glad that we were still able to order from the breakfast menu as my zucchini fritters were sooooo good. The eggs were perfectly runny, the fritters had a nice balance of textures and flavours and I can never complain with avocados and beetroot! The sauce also added a nice tang to it. I felt like that there wasn't enough to satisfy my post-Colour-Run hunger but would've been just the right size for breakfast. My friends ordered the smoked salmon with poached eggs + capers + avocados + feta on toast. One of them said that the smoked salmon was kind of sour (don't know if it was meant to be like that?) but other than that it was good.

You can just about see the salmon under the eggs

WICB? Yes! It's slightly far for me to come here often but I wouldn't mind coming back here to catch up with friends. The owner lady was very lovely and made the place all even more welcoming. I think next time I want to try something from their amazing glass cabinet section.

Mystic Clue

I thought I would kick off my blog with what I think is one of the best entertainment in Perth, Mystic Clue! If you ever wanted to let out your inner Sherlock Holmes and try to escape from a room, this is definitely the place to be.

I've been here before to take on the Inception and 221B rooms, which were great fun. I think the guy thought we were a bit crazy doing 2 rooms one after another but we all loved it so much that we were forever planning on tackling their other room, Prison. We finally got organised enough to get together before they close this room and 221B to make way for a new room.

The idea behind Prison is that everyone in the group are prisoners trying to escape with an undercover cop hidden amongst us. There are 2 ways of escaping, one for the prisoners and another reserved for the cop. Everyone is given a card at the beginning telling us of the "crime" we were guilty of or if you're the cop. If the cop manages to break free on their own, the prisoners lose. If the prisoners break out as a group, we have to identify who the cop is or the cop wins.

Once we all received our card, we were split into 2 groups and locked in different cells. We were pretty slow to get started - I think it was a good 30 min before we got our first clue. I would say that this was the most frustrating room out of the 3 we've done due to our slow progress (and we spent half of our time almost giving up on the floor during Inception!). We took a sneaky chocolate break halfway which gave us enough brain power to eventually break free ~sigh of relief~.

So, final verdict, WICB? Definitely! We all can't wait until the new Batman themed room opens in mid November. The guy said that it's going to replace 221B and Prison so you better book these rooms before they close on 2nd November!