As Australians and Kiwis bond together this week in the face of terror and tragedy, an inner-city Perth neighbourhood reflects on the community it's created through food.

Since 2016, the Inglewood night markets have turned a busy Perth street into a bustling community marketplace.

Dozens of different cuisines are served up at the more than 50 food trucks that line Beaufort Street every Monday evening during the warmer months.

Food fusion creates community

The Toast My Curry food truck is designed as a traditional Indian tuk tuk. ( ABC Radio Perth: Lucie Bell )

Stallholder Pankaj Sharma combines the much-loved Aussie toastie with Indian curry and naan bread — a culinary invention he's dubbed a Naastie.

Mr Sharma told Geoff Hutchinson on ABC Radio Perth the markets had this week proven to be the perfect way to unite people.

"I think the only thing that can bring people together in a few seconds is food," he said.

"Things change a lot over food — you build friendships and you build relationships.

"Food makes the world go around."

Mr Sharma said the markets helped him get to know his community since he moved to Perth from Mumbai six years ago.

"You can see cuisines from around the world on a small strip in Inglewood," he said.

"We know people by names, we know them by faces — it's all about just hanging around on a Monday night and having a good time."

About 3,000 people visit the Inglewood markets every Monday night. ( ABC Radio Perth: Gian De Poloni )

Markets reunite old friends

Local butcher Vince Garreffa founded the markets in 2016.

He said the power it had to bring people together was clear to him on the first night.

"I like to tell the true story of how two guys met at the little bar we'd created and hadn't seen each other for years," Mr Garreffa said.

"They went up and down and had some food and when they'd finished, they walked 300 yards down the road to go home and realised they'd been living blocks of flats next to each other for seven years and never knew it.

"It was these markets that brought them together, and that's the point.

"When you stay at home, there's so many things you miss."

The markets bring people of all ages and ethnicities to Inglewood. ( ABC Radio Perth: Gian De Poloni )

Taking pleasure in sharing culture

Mizeyan Candemir cooks traditional Turkish gözleme at a stall she has run with her family and friends.

"Learning this recipe from my mother and passing it on and being able to cook it and serve it to the public, I think we're very blessed to do that," she said.

"Food is sharing, it's the social aspects, it's coming together and sharing your thoughts, ideas, emotions.

"I think food can bring out the best or the worst in all of us."

Mizeyan Candemir says she loves to serve up food from her culture at the markets. ( ABC Radio Perth: Gian De Poloni )

Bringing the neighbourhood alive

Father Stephen Conway is the minister at nearby St Patrick's Anglican Church and said he'd love to see more neighbourhoods in Perth fill their main streets with community activities.

"They bring neighbours out of their houses and out on to the streets to meet one another," he said.

"Activities like this are just one small pocket of a way to begin to bring people back to seeing and meeting each other."

Javier Singerman and Matias Piana say the markets bring the community alive. ( Supplied: Matias Piana )

The Inglewood markets have found success on social media through the use of the slogan #nocookmondays.

"In Inglewood, they've created this theme of how people don't really want to cook anymore on Mondays," Argentinian food stall owner Matias Piana explained.

"The theme is we don't cook and instead we go out and we try food from all parts of the world — that's been a brilliant idea.

"Inglewood is the perfect example of how to bring a neighbourhood alive."