Author: Sue Dyson and Roger McShane

East Coast

East Coast Great Eating and Drinking

East Coast Summary The east coast of Tasmania is a beautiful area to explore – there are stunning views everywhere you turn with the highlight being the rugged mountains and beautiful beaches on the Feycinet Peninsula. Other must-visit areas on the east coast are the “Gulch” at Bicheno and, further […]

Melshell

Melshell Oysters – Stunning Seafood

Melshell Oysters – Introduction Melshell Oysters is one of the surprising Tasmanian hidden gems. As you drive along the beautiful East Coast A3 highway, just north of Swansea you will see a sign pointing to this place and you divert along a country road that follows a sand spit culminating […]

Ranita Ramen

Ranita Ramen – Intense Food

Serious ramen at Ranita Ramen We are going to start this story with a discussion of the Lucinda wine bar in Hobart. The reason why should become obvious shortly. We have been enjoying the wine and food there ever since it opened. The owner is a personal friend and some […]

Garagistes

Garagistes – A Wonderful Hobart Historic Restaurant

Garagistes has closed – but we have included it here due to its historic importance This is a review we published on the international foodtourist site in 2013 while Garagistes was still in operation – it closed in March 2015 after opening in 2010. ====================== Garagistes is now in its […]

White asparagus

Tasmanian white asparagus – Exciting product

Tasmanian white asparagus Tasmanian White Asparagus is a coming together of a small group of Tasmanian farmers and investors to produce what is arguably the best white asparagus grown in Australia. The group consists of Richard and Belinda Weston (whose produce at Brighton we have been writing about for many […]

Lottie Lane

Lottie Lane – Meticulous Coffee Roasters

Lottie Lane – Moonah Lottie Lane is the new name for the coffee roaster business in Moonahcreated by the owners of the Straight Up coffee outlet in Liverpool St, Hobart. We have described some of the beans that we have enjoyed from this roastery in our description of Straight Up […]

Six Russell

Six Russell – A New Food Complex

Six Russell – The Beginning Monday 16th December marked the commencement of a new food and drinks venture in the heart of Sandy Bay with the long-awaited opening of the Six Russell bakery, coffee outlet and food shop (the French would call it an Épicerie, but more of that later). […]

Fresh Flavour Farm

Fresh Flavour Farm – Stunning Fruit and Vegetables

Fresh Flavour Farm – Introduction This is the sign to look for each Sunday morning for some of the best fruit and vegetables we have seen at the local markets. We have been delighted to peruse the offerings from this stall in the short time it has been appearing at […]

Sweetwheat

Sweetwheat – Indulgent bread and pastries

Sweetwheat – Introduction We were first alerted to this bakery in Perth by the staff at the Princes Square Bar where we often have our first coffee of the day when visiting Launceston. Unfortunately, the bakery is not open for customers any more – however you can order their products […]

Organic producers

Best organic producers in Tasmania

Organic producers This page is dedicated to highlighting the best organic producers and produce in Tasmania. Why have we restricted ourselves to organic produce? Well, we have explained that elsewhere on this site (here) where we give the reasons why we spend a lot of time searching for organic produce […]