We were introduced to the benefits of drinking turmeric tea by our friend Varuni Kulasekera many years ago when she was importing high quality teas from Sri Lanka, India, China and Taiwan. When we ordered a selection of teas she always included a packet of dried turmeric pieces and a […]
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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 […]
Black Swan: Pleasant Bookshop and Coffee
Black Swan in New Norfolk is a great place to enjoy a well-made coffee while perusing the fascinating, well chosen array of books that they have on offer. We think that there own description of what they do will give you the best idea of why we like this place […]
Ashbrittle Farm: Free range eggs
Ashbrittle Farm produces pasture raised eggs in Tasmania’s Huon Valley where the hens are free to forage for food from the fields at a low 100 hens per hectare.
Radish and turnip top soup
Radish and turnip top soup is a simple recipe that brings together many fresh organic products from some of our favourite Tasmanian producers.
Blackman Bay Oysters – Perfect Bivalves
Blackman Bay Oysters are among our favourite oysters in Tasmania and possibly Australia. They are carefully, and scientifically raised and the results are delicious!
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
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 […]
Stillwater Restaurant
♥♥ Stillwater Restaurant Introduction Stillwater Restaurant has been a stalwart of the Launceston restaurant scene for many years. They have maintained their impeccable standards of food and service over this period and walking in there now you still feel the energy that is a hallmark of this place. During that […]
Freycinet Marine Farm: Perfect Oysters
Freycinet Marine Farm – Introduction The Freycinet Marine Farm has been operating for almost 20 years now. You can visit here to purchase oysters to eat at one of the outside tables or to take away. But there is more than just oysters. This simple café serves oysters which are […]