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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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Review: Rockwall in Salamanca is never between a rock and a hard place

Restaurants, ReviewsBy Chrissie MathesonMarch 19, 20182 Comments

And as always, Rockwall is as alive as Donald Trump’s sex drive. So I take my hat off to those guys slamming out food like line cooks at an American county fair.

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Review: And here comes Mr Good Guy

Restaurants, ReviewsBy Chrissie MathesonMarch 12, 20181 Comment

Mr Good Guy is another example of a restaurant in Hobart where the kitchen really has its act together, while the floor staff don’t dance as much as stumble.

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Review: Suminato and 3 things I miss from Japan…

Japanese, Restaurants, ReviewsBy Chrissie MathesonMarch 6, 2018Leave a comment

The food is so good at Suminato, that the slight chaos out front of house can be overlooked, but lift that area and you’ve got a seriously good restaurant.

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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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