Hobart

Hobart Beast Bakers

Hobart – Great Eating and Drinking

Hobart’s most interesting venues Hobart is a cool place to visit, especially for eating and drinking! Not only are there many excellent venues to visit, but, unlike larger cities like Melbourne and Sydney, it is possible to access most of the compulsory places to visit by walking! In this story […]

Agent Cooper Glenorchy Coffee

Agent Cooper: Excellent coffee

Agent Cooper Background Agent Cooper in Glenorchy, reflects two converging, yet previously totally separate, groups. The first is the hipsters who are gradually moving further out into the suburbs due to rental pressures in Hobart. The second is the people who work in the trades who are gradually becoming more […]

Sawak Cafe Hobart Malaysian Restaurant

Sawak Cafe: Good, Authentic Malaysian Food

Background to our Malaysia experience Most of our experiences in Malaysia have been en route to somewhere else. But on one occasion we were lucky to be chosen to participate in an IT project in Kuala Lumpur for over a month. During that time we diligently ate in local restaurants […]

Spice World Bank Arcade Hobart

Spice World: A local treasure

Spice World is a star on the Hobart food scene. Those in the know come here for the vast range of spices that are now available. If you about to prepare a dish and suddenly find that you are out of ajwan seeds or your asafoetida powder is past its […]

Bayside Meats meat display

Bayside Meats: Helpful butcher

Bayside Meats is a female owned specialist retailer in Lower Sandy Bay that always has something of interest in the enticing display fridges. You may also see them referred to as Meat Mistress which is the moniker of one of the owners, so you might find meat mistress@bayside meats referred […]

Shake a Leg Jr Moonah Coffee

Shake a Leg Jr

Shake a Leg – Introduction Shake a Leg Jr is a very good café serving excellent coffee (try the High Beam blend) and tasty pastries (Pigeon Whole Bakery, of course) in Moonah which is an outer(ish) suburb of Hobart where many young hipsters are moving to take advantage of slightly […]

Blackhearts and Sparrows

Blackhearts & Sparrows: Organic wines

Blackhearts & Sparrows has a carefully selected array of interesting wines from Australia and beyond. It is wonderful to have a place where the wines are selected based on their provenance and not just a race to the bottom in the price stakes. You can always find something interesting from […]

Sonny wine menu

Sonny: An exciting wine bar

Sonny – Introduction Sonny was established by Matt Breen now the owner and head chef at Ogee. Sonny is an exciting tiny bar and eatery in Hobart’s CBD opened to the delight of locals who are looking for interesting libations selected by the now owner Alister Robertson. With Sonny now […]

Institut Polaire Hobart

Institut Polaire: A small, classy bar

Institut Polaire – Introduction Institut Polaire is a delightful small bar on Hobart’s beautiful waterfront, directly opposite the Parliament House building. The bar showcases the wines of Domaine Simha and the Sud Polaire spirits that all share common ownership by long-time industry professionals Louise and Nav. It is a pleasant […]