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Theo & co . has two locations - East Vic Park and Leederville. They are always buzzing with liveliness, most of the time filled with people despite so many other food options available on Albany Hwy eatery strip. Their pizza dough is the key here, and if you are in at the right time, you can see the pizzaiolo working the doughies -made fresh everyday. The dough really brings together the flavours with the toppings. And much to a pizza-lover's delight, they offer wide varieties of pizzas from G-ma style, stonebaked pizzas to skillet pizzas and dessert pizzas with inventive toppings. FYI : Skillet pizzas are cooked and served in a heavy cast iron skillet, with a soft buttery base (think slightly burnt bases mmmm!) Stonebaked pizzas are baked on a stone with a sprinkle of semolina for softer and lighter crusts. Grandma style pizzas are light, fluffy focaccia-style dough cooked in a baking tray. Classic Meat pizza - "The Max" and Stonebaked pizza - "Punkarel...

I am loving these local, handmade gelato places popping up around Perth in the recent year. I remember the days when getting icecream went only as far as the Baskin Robbins, icecream truck or supermarkets (not that I have anything against that)! Perth people can now get picky with choosing what sort of icecream or gelato and flavours. Pietro Gelateria is fairly new to the icecream-scene in Perth, and follows suit from Whisk Creamery in Northbridge and Subiaco, Chicho Gelato in Northbridge, Kuld Creamery in Highgate and Roho Bure icecream in South Fremantle. In contrast, they offer different alternative gelato- Modern Sicilian. These guys are located in Vic Park with alfresco sitting area perching out from the Park Centre on Albany Hwy. The gelateria offers fresh, delicious flavours and keeps flavours trendy and exciting. I tried multiple flavours because every flavour sounded so intriguing - ricotta, orange, d.choc / orange, fennel / lavender, earl grey / saffron, rose water, pis...