Salamanca Place |
I'm finally blogging about our weekend in Hobart! It was a relaxed, food-filled couple of days back in August 2013. It was really low-key - we just booked an apartment we found online, visited a bunch of restaurants and cafes and did a little sightseeing. This is primarily going to be a picture post - enjoy!
Smolt
2 Salamanca Square
Hobart, TAS 7000
Ph: (03) 6224-2554
Dinner on the first night was at Smolt, a busy restaurant in Salamanca Square. We were really impressed - the fish special, in particular, was incredible!
Pan-fried gnocchi with mixed mushrooms and goats curd at Smolt |
Fish special of the day: yellowfin tuna & stargazer in lobster bisque with quail eggs, clams, mussels, calamari, cavolo nero & aioli |
Jackman and McRoss
57-59 Hampden Road
Battery Park TAS 7004
Ph: (03) 6223-3186
Website
The next morning we enjoyed breakfast at Jackman and McRoss, an old-fashioned cafe in Battery Point who bake and sell a wide variety of breads and cakes. We liked it so much that we came back the next day for a little afternoon tea before flying back to Melbourne. (These pictures are from both visits).
Selection of cakes at Jackman and McRoss |
Apple galette - $5.50 |
Beetroot-cured salmon danish with sesame oil, rocket, lemon zest, sesame seeds and aioli |
Brioche filled with fresh berries and crème pâtissière - $5.80 |
Lemon and ricotta crumble cake - $8.00 |
Salamanca Markets
Salamanca Place
Every Saturday from 8:00am - 3:00 pm
Walking distance from Jackman and McRoss is the famous Salamanca Markets, where I picked up some honey and a few other tidbits. Apparently, before MONA opened, the markets were the most popular tourist destination in Hobart!
Salamanca Markets |
Salamanca Markets |
Fancy a creamed bush or a prickly box? Hehe. |
Sweet Envy
341 Elizabeth Street
North Hobart, TAS 7000
Ph: (03) 6234-8805
Later that day, we swung past Sweet Envy to pick up some treats for the ferry ride to Bruny Island. It was a cute little shop, and highly recommended by lots of magazines. We chose two tarts: a brûlée tart, and a "Dexter" (rhubarb, cereal milk bavarois, sesame, caramel, chocolate). These were just ok - they looked pretty but were both quite bland. I definitely don't think they were worth the price. (Actually, they felt like a poor version of the cakes and tarts at Beatrix cafe in North Melbourne).
Brûlée tart "Dexter" - with rhubarb, cereal milk bavarois, sesame, caramel, chocolate |
And worst of all? We found a HAIR in the Dexter tart.
ARGH! Hair in my tart! |
It was all curled up in there and super, super long. Totally gross!
GROSS. |
Bruny Island
Waiting for the ferry to Bruny Island |
Get Shucked Oysters
Lease 204, 1735 Bruny Island Main Road
Great Bay
North Bruny, TAS 7150
Ph: 0428 606 250
Website
I loved Get Shucked oysters! They sell super-fresh oysters straight out of a trailer. Love!
Bruny Island Oysters |
Bruny Island Oysters |
Get Shucked Oysters |
So delicious.
Bruny Island Cheese
1807 Main Road
Great Bay
Bruny Island, TAS 7150
Ph: (03) 6260-6353
Website
Next stop after Get Shucked was Bruny Island Cheese. The service here was quite brusque, but the cheese platter was fantastic. I loved the C2, the Tom and the ODO.
Next stop after Get Shucked was Bruny Island Cheese. The service here was quite brusque, but the cheese platter was fantastic. I loved the C2, the Tom and the ODO.
Bruny Island Cheese plate for two - $30 |
View from the Bruny Island Lookout |
View from the Bruny Island lookout |
Sunset on Bruny Island |
Henry's Restaurant
The Henry Jones Art Hotel
25 Hunter Street
Hobart, TAS 7000
Ph: (03) 6210-7700
For dinner, we went to Henry's Restaurant in the Henry Jones Art Hotel. This was a chilled restaurant with a good wine selection, and a mixture of classic and more experimental dishes on the menu.
Steamed pork bun, fresh cucumber, coriander - $9 |
Vegetables - braised lentils, broad beans, pickled vegetables, charred cauliflower, blood orange gel, smoked oil, fresh herbs - $20 |
Cape Grim Short Rib - slow cooked beef, roasted parsnips and bacon, spring onion, pickled shallots, puffed quinoa, chimi churri - $37 |
The short rib was excellent, with a great smoky flavour from the chimi churri and a nice crunch from the puffed quinoa.
Pistachio - pistachio ice-cream, apple compote, candied pistachio, meringue, mulled wine jelly, apple snow - $16 |
Hazelnut - hazelnut and maple cake, candied pumpkin seeds, toasted hazelnuts, blueberry coulis, lime jelly, honeydew, pumpkin ice-cream - $16 |
Machine Laundry Cafe
12 Salamanca Square
Hobart, TAS 7004
Ph: (03) 6224-9922
Breakfast on the final (Sunday) morning was at Machine Laundry Cafe. It was very busy and it took us a while to get a seat, but the friendly staff managed the waiting customers really well - taking coffee orders, quickly clearing up tables and seating us in order and so on.
Hotcakes - peanut butter crumble, banana and chocolate hotcakes, with salted caramel sauce and double cream - $15.50 |
These hotcakes were incredible. Incredible! They were banana and chocolate hotcakes, with peanut butter crumble, salted caramel sauce and double cream. Woah! It was quite rich but, so delicious, and I totally smashed the whole dish! When the waiter came and cleared the plate, he said: "Wow, most people don't finish that!" Hahaha!
MONA (Museum of Old and New Art)
655 Main Rd
Rosetta, TAS 7011
Ph: (03) 6277-9900
MONA is a must visit destination for many people visiting Hobart, and it was a very intense and dark experience. But for the purposes of this blog, I just wanted to show you some pictures of the lovely views from the gardens. So beautiful!
View from MONA |
View from MONA |
Guineau Fowls (?) in the Mona Gardens |
Fish Frenzy
Elizabeth Street Pier
Sullivans Cove
Hobart, TAS 7000
Ph: (03) 6231-2134
Final lunch on our trip - fish and chips! Fish Frenzy at the Elizabeth Street Pier was very good, but also very expensive. ($14 for flake and chips!) Oh, well, it was still yum!
Flake and Chips - $14 (!!!!) |
Elizabeth Street Pier |
Thanks Hobart, you were awesome!
7 comments
omg i've love to visit Bruny Island Cheese one day! And MONA too! Must get to Tassie, and soon.
ReplyDeleteWoohoo, I'm flying to Hobart tomorrow! Going to MONA FOMA for the third year running. :-)
ReplyDeleteI was interested to read that you weren't that impressed by Sweet Envy, it didn't really win me over either.
We went to so many of the same places! I loved Machine Laundry, Henry's and Bruny Island. A shame you missed out on Daci & Daci, the hair in the cake is really not on!
ReplyDeleteMy comment was going to be about how Jackman and McRoss is one of my shining food memories from my trip to Tassie in Year 10 (I can't believe I haven't been back since; my uncle lives there for crissakes), but NOPE BRAIN EXPLODED PEANUT BUTTER CRUMBLE HOTCAKES ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH
ReplyDeleteSo many people I know have been to Tasmania recently and raved about it! It's definitely on my list of MUST DOs!
ReplyDeleteThink you were really unfair about Sweet Envy. I and many others believe their cakes, pastries and icecream are amazing and incredibly flavour some. You also focused on the hair a bit too much. Odd.
ReplyDeleteI have been twice And disappointed each time plus a long hair in our food? Erm that's not ok.
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