Food!

Spirit of Tasmania I

We had breakfast on board Spirit of Tasmania I on our way to Tasmania. We were lucky to be among the first to board, so I was able to get food before it got crowded.

Cereal bar

Breakfast bar

Hot food bar

The hash brown and bacon and egg roll I had for breakfast

Beer I had at lunch

Beer and pizzas we had for lunch

Seafood Affair Cafe, Sheffield

We had some cheesecake before wandering the town looking at all the murals.

Honeycomb cheesecake

Molly Malones Irish Pub, Devonport

The service here was pretty lacklustre, but it was great to finally find somewhere to get a beer in this town, and the food was decent enough.

Me and Stu with beer

Seafood basket - beer battered barramundi, prawn cocktail, crumbed scallops and Molly's salt and pepper calamari, served with house tartare, lemon and side of chips. $42

Bowl of vegetables $14

Penguin Beer Co.

We were very excited to find this place and have a beer and some lunch. The seaside ambience was amazing and the food was excellent.

Penguin Beer Co.

Beers on tap

Beers with a view

Me in my happy place

Beer with a view

Wonderful view from Penguin Beer Co.

Buffalo wings and nachos

Azuki Japanese Restaurant, St Helens

The food here was excellent, although you wouldn't think it from the bain maries. But the restaurant itself had a seaside takeway vibe, which made the food seem really expensive. They either need to have cheaper food or make it feel more like a restaurant, otherwise I don't think they'll survive.

Menu at Azuki

I think this might have been Japanese ginger pork hot pot on rice w greens, edamame beans, housemade kimchi $28.90 that Stu had for dinner

I think this might have been Twice cooked duck breask teriyaki style w udon noodles, spinach and sweet enoki mushrooms $33 that I had for dinner

Banjo's, St Helens

I was intrigued by the poster they had up for hash brown toasties so I had to try it!

Hashbrown toastie

Diamond Island Resort, Bicheno

I picked up a four-pack of Bicheno beer from the Farm Shed and we had some at the resort before going out for a walk

Bicheno Brewing Juice Pale

JJ's Bakery, Campbell Town

The problem with eating out all the time while travelling is that sometimes it's hard to get vegetation. Was happy to have some real vegetation in this wrap!

Crispy chicken wrap with actual vegetation

Food and Brew, Bicheno

We had a couple of Bicheno Beer Co. beers here and a very nice pizza

Beers on tap

Bicheno Beer Co. beer

The Three Pigs - BBQ base with pepperoni, 18 hour slow cooked pork, ham, onion and mozarella $28

Richmond Arms Hotel, Richmond

We didn't give Richmond enough of a chance, we'll have to come back one day to actually explore it. But we did have beer and a nice lunch.

Richmond Arms Hotel

Me with beer at the Richmond Arms Hotel

Crumbed scallops I think that Stu had for lunch $36

Salt and pepper squid that I had for lunch $27

Lufra Hotel and Apartments, Eaglehawk Neck

There's almost no services in Eaglehawk Neck. The hotel we stayed at did have a restaurant, but the sweetie wasn't feeling up to going to it, plus we'd had a big/late lunch. So in the end we had beer and crackers for dinner!

Cascade Lager

Beer with a view

Port Arthur Historic Site

Captive audience prices here. Total ripoff. We had a sandwich here for lunch ($9.50) but I didn't get a photo.

Stoopidly expensive croissant and jam (the jam was an extra $2.50 wtf?!?)

Doo-licious at the Blow Hole at Fossil Bay near Eaglehawk Neck

Very nice ice cream near the blow hole.

Ice cream I bought for the sweetie to calm his nerves after we nearly got hit by an idiot pulling out in front of us

The Elizabeth Lounge, Hobart

Breakfast on our first morning in Hobart.

Stu's big breakfast

Eggs benedict

Quest Savoy, Hobart

The great thing about this hotel was its proximity to a tonne of restaurants. Tonight it was from Bangkok City Thai. This was nice enough but not as good as Chong Co.

Takeaways from Bangkok City Thai restaurant

The Shot Tower

While I climbed the shot tower, the sweetie went and had coffee and scones. He even left me some!

Cafe in the Shot Tower

Scones with jam and cream at the Shot Tower

Quest Savoy, Hobart

I was also able to get some craft beers from the bottle-o near Woollies, and so we got to try some local craft beers.

Hobart Brewing Co. Extra Pale

Hobart Brewing Co. Harbour Master

Stu wanted a "whole" KFC from Ms Korea. There were heaps of leftovers!

Veggie bibimbap and KFC from Ms Korea

Hotel Bruny, Bruny Island

Urgh this place was a disaster. They opened at 12, but had a couple of tour groups coming as well as everyone else wanting a drink/food. And ONE person on the bar. It was chaos. We just had a beer each then we left.

Chaos at Hotel Bruny

Ten minutes later, got to the bar. Beers on tap

Beers on tap

Bruny Island apple cider

Bruny Island whey stout

Bruny Island Chocolate Company, Bruny Island

I bought us these chocolates for us to have the rest of the trip. Yeah they didn't last long!

Bruny Island chocolate

Bruny Island Cheese Company, Bruny Island

Beer and cheese FTW!! Expensive but awesome. Went to the cheeserie to try a few more cheeses, and ended up buying a couple of stinky cheeses to take back.

Bruny Island Cheese Company sign

Menu

Beers on tap

Beer sample paddle

Famer platter $49. 4 Cheeses: O2O, C2, 1792, Saint; 3 condiments: B&B pickles, beetroot relish, onion relish; Mean: smoked wallaby; Sourdough bred

1792 and Raw Tom cheeses we bought

The Whaler, Salamanca Markets, Hobart

Caught up with some work colleagues for lunch and had my usual pub lunch.

Salt and pepper squid

Irish Murphy's Salamanca Markets, Hobart

Had a beer with the sweetie later in the afternoon.

Beer!

Quest Savoy, Hobart

Some of the beer we got on Bruny Island. With stinky cheese! And later takeway Thai from Thai Station.

Bruny Island Beer Co. honey pale ale

Beer and stinky cheese

Takeaways from Thai Station restaurant

MONA - Museum of Old and New Art

Drinks and pizza.

Wine in The Void

Pizza we had for lunch in The Void

Cocktail and beer in The Void

Quest Savoy, Hobart

Wine and cheese and charcuterie for dinner..? don't mind if we do!

Our dinner of wine, stinky cheese, prosciutto, tabouleh and strawberries

Salamanca Markets, Hobart

Street food! I forgot to take a photo of my stoopidly over priced potato on a stick ($10 wtf!?)

Chicken skewer

Customs House Hotel, Hobart

Pub lunch after wandering Salamanca Markets. I wasn't very hungry after the snacks I had at the markets though.

I think Stu had the Marinara pizza - prawns, scallops, calamari, mussels, red onion and cheese $29

I had croquettes - macaroni and cheese w/ kewpie mayo $16

Quest Savoy, Hobart

More bibimbap and KFC from Ms Korea. This time we just got the half! :)

Veggie bibimbap and KFC from Ms Korea

Dessert beer

Bruny Island Beer Co. black pudding raspberry stout

The Bunkhouse at Camp Infinity, Ouse

This place was .. rustic .. ! The room was stoopidly hot, but it had a totally amazing setting. How's the serenity?? The dude did provide a little bit of food, but we just brought our own.

Cascade lager by the lagoon

TV dinner I had for dinner

Molly's Takeaway Cafe, Strahan

Fish and chips on our first night in Strahan.

Fish and chips we had for dinner

Gordon River Cruise

Yeah we paid the stoopid amounts of money for the top deck on the cruise. It was very nice though!

Breakfast bar

Fruit cups at the breakfast bar

Breakfast bar

My breakfast

My first glass of bubbles. Yes it was 9:48am.

Morning tea snacks - truffled mushrooms and tomatoes

Morning tea snacks - pumpkin and sweet potato soup

Lunch buffet

My lunch

Cheese and fruit platter

Afternoon tea

Molly's Laundromat

Ok not actually, but it was right next door in a yurt. Ok not actually, but it was in a hexagonal building. Since I had nothing better to do after an afternoon of bubbles on the Gordon River Cruise, I got myself a Hard Solo from the Thirsty Camel and enjoyed it while waiting for laundry.

Me and Hard Solo while I waited for washing

Strahan Beach Tourist Park, Strahan

We ate healthy at lunch on the cruise. This is fine. Pizza from Molly's.

Meatlovers pizza we got from Molly's

Wildz Takeaway Cafe Pizza, Zeehan

There's like one place you can get food in Zeehan.

Fried snacks we had for lunch

Strahan Beach Tourist Park, Strahan

The Thirsty Camel had Tasmanian craft beers as well.

Hobart Brewing Co. Cream ale

Linda Hotel, Linda

Obligatory coffee stop for the sweetie

Scones with jam and cream at the old Linda Hotel

Queenstown Railway Station

Loaded fries from the station cafe. Totally evil.

Loaded fries

Strahan Beach Tourist Park, Strahan

I was craving healthy food. But it was all too hard. So we got pizza from Molly's. Again.

Supreme pizza we got from Molly's

Park in Waratah

Picnic lunch of cheese and crackers at a park near the waterfall

Cheese and crackers lunch we had in Waratah

The Vault, Wynyard

Some local beer and a really nice lunch. I was very impressed with the pork I had.

Buttons Brewing Hazard Pale Ale

Pork Belly, romesco, roquette, pear, walnut and fennel salad $24 that I had for lunch

Nasi Goreng, tiger prawns, pork bell, Asian greens, spicy rice, crispy fried eggs, herbs $26 that Stu had for lunch

Interior of the vault, with a plant taking over the roof

Stanley Seaview Inn

We're in the northern half of the state now, so we get Boag's.

Boags XXX Ale

Sadies Take Away and Cafe, Smithton

Very late lunch in Smithton.

Stu and the fish and chips he had for linner

The burger and potato scallop I had for linner

Penguin Beer Co., Penguin

Stu loved the nachos so much the first time we went back to Penguin to get some more. The menu had been reduced, but he was still able to get nachos. I got loaded fries. Evil!

Beers on tap

Me in my happy place

View from the window

Loaded fries and nachos we had for lunch

Cradle Mountain Wilderness Village

This place is amazing. But we did need to bring a couple of days of food and booze with us. We had dinner at the restaurant one night which was amazing.