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Travel: 12 Hobart Highlights from our US Foodies

Reviews, TravelBy Chrissie MathesonAugust 14, 2018Leave a comment

Writing Hobart highlights was easy, the hard part was choosing which ones!

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Wine talk: How to order wine at a restaurant

Reviews, VineyardsBy Chrissie MathesonAugust 3, 2018Leave a comment

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.

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Travel: Penang highlights and cheap eats

Reviews, TravelBy Chrissie MathesonJune 27, 2018Leave a comment

In Penang highlights, there’s a lot of take aways for western business in these lessons from a hot steamy place far from home. 

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Review: Urban Greek, yassou!

Reviews, TasmaniaBy Chrissie MathesonJune 20, 2018Leave a comment

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.

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Review: Dainty Legend Chinese Kitchen

Chinese, ReviewsBy Chrissie MathesonJune 12, 2018Leave a comment

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.

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Review: Great pub grub? The Fern Tree Tavern

Modern Australian, Pub Dining, ReviewsBy Chrissie MathesonMay 28, 2018Leave a comment

Fresh country air, an unpretentious place like grandma’s comfy chair – that’s the Fern Tree Tavern. And long may it last.

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Review: Go South for South on Hampden

Modern Australian, Restaurants, ReviewsBy Chrissie MathesonMay 15, 2018Leave a comment

A final face lift for what must have been a quaint old lady has breathed fresh life into this corner store. And don’t miss the courtyard bar.

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Wine talk: Cool wine in a cool clime

Reviews, Wine BarsBy Chrissie MathesonMay 1, 2018Leave a comment

“I don’t care where it comes from, if it’s a really good wine, we’ll find a home for it.” Tim at Cool Wine uses his Tasmanian connections to underpin the main stock base of his business, and finds it’s incredibly exciting to watch what began as a cottage industry expand exponentially. 

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Review: Osaka Izakaya and turning Japanese

Japanese, Restaurants, ReviewsBy Chrissie MathesonApril 15, 2018Leave a comment

Alex at Osaka Izakaya wants to survive. That’s a great goal, and one hopes that he thrives as well.

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Review: The Lounge, Ruben and Michelin continue the story

Restaurants, ReviewsBy Chrissie MathesonMarch 26, 2018Leave a comment

Ruben Koopman always appears calm and relaxed. But underneath, there must be a brain and imagination that never stops. And the detail at The Lounge, always amazes.

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Christine Matheson is a former chef & restaurateur with more than 20 years experience in the hospitality game.

Today she is an author, restaurant consultant & food critic known for her brutally honest and entertaining restaurant reviews.

Now a resident of, arguably Australia’s foodie capital, Tasmania, Christine gets to flex her food muscles as a judge at the annual Royal Hobart Show Fine Food Awards and is currently working on her 3rd book about her incredible times in the food industry.

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