Kakulas Sister Grocer

After some time away from Perth, walking back into Kakulas Sisters today was a true homecoming. It’s everything you want a home to be, colourful, adventurous, unique, diverse & well stocked (although I’m hoping & praying they get in more of my favorite pagoda snacks!) You’ll be able to find all your staples from flours, rices, beans & pulses in ample quantities as well as a wide range of exciting sauces, spices, coffees & teas that will transport your taste buds across the globe. With the new Kakulas deli next-​door, you’ll just want to move right on in

Now that we’ve all received a copy of Jamie’s new book for Christmas, this is the place to go for all the bits and bobs you’ll need! Everything is sold in bulk so there’s no problem buying a bit of this and a bit of that. Extra kudos for bringing your own bags or containers with you.

Beware a trip for one thing will end up in buying lots of things!
Cheese selection is best I’ve seen in Perth. I love isle of mull cheddar and they have it.
Lots of hard to get dry goods in bulk. I once bought the entire bag of masa harina (for tamales and corn tortillas) they have a great selection of international ingredients and spices I usually go there for all my hard to find ingredients and to refill my spices from the bulk bins.
Friendly staff. Great store, well worth a visit if you love food like I do.

Feel your health skyrocket just walking into this bulk-​goods grocer. We arrived mid-​morning to many locals stocking up on deli items, rices, an array of flours, teas and more. The set up is self-​service and the aisles are tight — they’ve made use of every nook and cranny. There’s also a great range of WA products and I can’t wait to bite into the sweet beetroot chocolate I got here.

The first time I was here I stayed for over an hour (and the shop isn’t really *that* big). There was so much that caught my eye, and I walked out with enough to stock my pantry for weeks.
The highlights are the cheese counter and the bulk goods.
Like all stores in and around Perth, I wish this place was open later. I’d be able to go so much more often if it was, and I bet I’m not the only one.

One of the few places in Perth where you can source sulphite-​free dried fruit.
The prices aren’t too outrageous despite the fact that it’s an independent grocer that stocks specialty goods.
Their coffee is quite tasty and reasonably priced by the kilogram. I’m a fan of the beans sourced from the Blue Mountains.

I went to this shop for Eden Valley Premium Bakers flour Had bought it on previous occasions from there. There was only a small amount left so asked the mature lady if there was any out the back. No but it will be here tomorrow was her reply (I couldn’t care a less was in her manner)!.
I thought have come all the way from Banjup and need it so will just purchase the small amount. The young blond girl at the check out asked if I wanted more. Yes I replied to which she went out the back and brought a 12.5 kilo bag out for me. How glad I was that someone thought I was important. How sad for that older woman who just couldn’t be bothered. This is Tuesday so imagine what would have happened on a weekend.

What a gem !! So glad I randomly walked past on a terribly wet day. I love grocers on days like that, and such charming grocers too. I made a beeline straight for the nuts/​dried fruit/​chocolate, in fact, I don’t really recall the back of the store. The selection was impressive, so much so, I couldn’t decide so ended up with 5 bags of nuts and dried fruit. I highly recommend if you’re out all day shopping, pop into Kakulas and scoop out some nuts for some healthy snacking.

As far as I know this is THE place to go for all your bulk food needs. They much pretty have it all, unless they’ve sold out.
I can say with nutritional surety that if you’re buying a ton of healthy goods, like quinoa and chia you really need to get yourself a bag of chocolate covered raspberries just to restore the balance of normalcy to your body.

This store is a weekend treat. Some go to get some of their shopping done, I go to check out all the different ingredients, pretend like I know what to do with them and soak up the smells.

Go to place for hard to find european ingredients!

While living in Freo, I cooked & baked up a storm like you wouldn’t believe– making braided lemon curd bread, israeli cous cous w/​kale, roasted chicken, pork pot stickers, watermelon lemonade and lots more. I had a blast, but couldn’t have done it without Kakulas. Their cheeses and grains were high-​quality + their gourmet goods very much coveted. Oo, and I have very fond memories of these lemon macademia chocolates that I used to buy there on a regular basis since I was that obsessed w/​them. I even sent some back home to Cali for my family to try and they loved em’.
Just a heads up that this place is pretty small, but trust me, they pack a lot in there and it’s all quality stuff!

Kakulas Sisters is an aromatic, creaky-​floored loose produce store that also specialises in deli meats, cheeses, European products and bakery goods. It’s impossible not to love the atmosphere this place has got going on. It’s rustic and feel-​good with its sacks, shovels and brown paper bags. Personal favourites here are the dark chocolate goji berries and spiced almonds. The range of spices, flours and loose cooking ingredients is also pretty exciting. A heart-​racing culinary experience right here.

A pleasure to walk around on a quiet day (note that on weekends it becomes a bit of a push and shove) Kakulas Sisters is full of delicious treats for the mouth and nose from coffee beans and curry leaves to honey roasted cashews and chocolate oranges.
I always get a pang of guilt when I walk past this shop and don’t go in. If you enjoy experimenting with flavours and curries then it is definitely worth coming in here.
The prices are very reasonable considering many whole food stores have massively exaggerated pricing systems.
The treats (nuts and chocolates) are very cheap and the perfect energy boost for your walk around Freo.
Beware, no eftpos facilities! So don’t stand in the long queue with a card in your hand.

Kakulas Sister is the best place to browse for the freshest of fresh ingredients and to be inspired by the taste of random spices, textures, sizes and flavours of local ingredients. Whenever I come into Kakulas Sister, I always walk out with something random tasting that can spice up on old recipe or that you can create something exotic and new from. If your a food lover like myself, Kakulas Sister will be your new home — enormous sacks of coffee beans and chocolate, now your talking!

Oh my, I could spend days in this shop. It’s great for spices, rice, flour, nuts, beans pulses and dried fruit, all of which come in big sacks which you can shovel as much or as little as you want out of into paper bags. If you’re into cooking Asian food it’s a dream, with all the different types of rice and flour you could want. They have a good selection of coffee beans too, and a grinder so you can grind them there and then, and although I’m not much of a coffee drinker myself I appreciate them being there purely for the delicious smell. They have a well-​stocked cheese counter and imported foods of every description, which is great if you’re looking for an obscure ingredient from overseas, but with some things — cans of coconut milk for $ 5, for example — it’s not exactly worth it when you can get the same thing for $ 1 elsewhere. I frequently pop in for a few snacks, usually a handful of crystallised ginger (possibly my favourite thing in the entire world). At the moment they have a Christmas table bursting with imported yuletide treats, my favourite of which by far is a packet of chocolate bumblebees.

The deal with Western Australians is that they love their food. Cooking is a gourmet affair, and if you’re after the best ingredients, supermarket chains just won’t cut it. If you’re new to Fremantle and want to feel like one of the locals, you need to visit Kakulas Sister. One of the local secrets that my cousin only too happily shared with me upon my arrival and during my search for roasted nuts, the store stocks a veritable feast of flavours to suit every palate, meal or particular craving. Think dried fruits galore, sweetened, salted or spiced nuts and seeds, gourmet chocolates, ethnic food, fresh tahini, coffee, tea, pastries, quince pastes, rich and vintage cheeses, aromatic breads, fruit chutneys, sweet potato chips, lollies, a variety of different oils… I could go on! Basically, it’s a chef’s dream. The prices aren’t too bad either! Cheapest nuts and dried fruit I’ve found in Fremantle. Alternatively, if you really want to feel like an authentic Fremantle local, you can purchase Kakulas Sister bags and tea towels.
EFTPOS is also $ 10 minimum, which is slightly irritating if you’re just after some nibblies.