Wow! This might have been a church once, but look at it now! St. Martin’s – way down on the peninsula of Tasmania lies a blissful retreat just waiting to serve. I interviewed Simon Holloway a while ago about his Vegepod business – providing well designed home gardening pods for people with a yearning for…
It’s been a long time since I visited Frogmore Creek – the vineyard. And quite frankly, I don’t know why. A recent lunch was outstanding. The food? Exceptional. The bar is still as high as it was in the Ruben Koopman days, when Ruben really put Frogmore on the map with his Michelin level small…
As a food critic, sometimes it’s hard to dish the criticism along with the praise. I know just how hard the hospitality industry is, and the pressure that chefs and staff face with every service. The latest high-end restaurant in Hobart encapsulates the meaning of the name, but will it have longevity? Not sure. To…
I think that’s the question for 2024 – how much oomph has Tassie’s Taste Festival got left? How the Mighty have fallen! Aaah! Summer in Hobart always holds great excitement, particularly with the arrival of the lean greyhounds of the sea from Sydney, hungry and thirsty sailors keen to slake their thirst and assuage their…
While the sizzle is enjoying a reformation, it will still have chef interviews, food industry pieces, and the odd opinion or chat piece. But reviews? I think not.
Writing Hobart highlights was easy, the hard part was choosing which ones!
Stick to these five steps every time you order wine and it will go from what once felt like shooting darts with your eyes closed to hitting the ball out of the park and into another stratosphere. Your dinner companions will be chanting your name as you make your way around the bases.
In Penang highlights, there’s a lot of take aways for western business in these lessons from a hot steamy place far from home.
Poseidon rules here, a benevolent dictator, so it just makes sense that to put extra effort into training your floor staff to move quickly with authority, turning tables.
How refreshing. After having recently read so many posts on Social Media about the appalling service in Tasmania, here we were in a kind and welcoming environment that put the hospitable back into hospitality.