Hobart (Tasmania - Part 4)

Previously:
Ross and Cadbury Chocolate Factory, Hobart (Tasmania - Part 3)

LoVe this hotel so much.  Comfy bed, great great location, restaurants and market are within the walking distance only.

Mercure Hotel
156 Bathurst St, Hobart
Ph: 03 6232 6255



Derwent River

 

Lemon Lime Bitter $5.50

 

Crispy Duck Skin $7.80

 

Stir Fried Pork and Vegetables $16

 

Diced Beef $16




Bun Gao Grilled Pork $12

 Their food were all yumm.  Most of their food is kinda traditional Vietnamese cuisine with modern touch.  The service was lovely as well.  We had a really nice dinner in Sapa Rose until we come back again the next day to try their special lunch menu which look very appetising.

Sapa Rose
77-81 Harrington Street, Hobart
Ph: 03 6234 3806


Keep on reading the next blog still in Tasmania:
Salamanca Market, Hobart (Tasmania - Part 5)

Ross and Cadbury Chocolate Factory, Hobart (Tasmania - Part 3)

Previously:

Cradle Mountain, Launceston (Tasmania - Part 2)




Left: Bacon, Tomato and Scrambled Egg $15.50 and Right: Salmon Omellette $15.50


Tant Pour Tant (Closed)
75 George St, Launceston
Ph: 03 6334 0075

We had breakfast in this little cafe in Launceston before we heading down south to our next stop, Hobart.  Sadly, I just found out today that this cafe had closed, what a pitiful.  They serve a really delicious breakfast with big serving portion.

Launceston



Half way to Hobart, we make a brief stop at Ross.  A small little town, pretty to be photographed and the view from the Ross bridge was stunning.



Ross' Bridge



Cadbury Chocolate factory was my ultimate place that I want to visit in this trip.  Once I arrived there (it was April 2012), I just found out that they don't allow people to go inside the factory anymore.  Soooo... soooooo... disappointed.  We only can watch the video of chocolate making process.  Because around end of 2011, they had a huge cut off employees and now, the chocolate's production mainly has been replaced with Robot.  However, we still got a bar of Cadbury chocolate for sample and few little Freddo chocolates to take home as well.  (Entry fee is $7.50/pp)



Wouldn't it be nice.....








Hobart City

 Keep on reading the next blog still in Tasmania:

Hobart (Tasmania - Part 4)

Cradle Mountain, Launceston (Tasmania - Part 2)

Previously:
Cataract Gorge, Launceston (Tasmania - Part1)

Today, we were driving to Cradle Mountain, the most famous place to visit here.  It's about 140km far from Launceston Central.  We have a clear blue sky, so hopefully we can see the peak of Cradle Mountain today, if we are lucky enough.  On the way there, we stopped at this Melita Honey store where they selling everything made from honey, from different flavoured jam to ice creams.


Once you arrived at the information centre up there at the hill of the mountain, you could either drive with your car entering the National Park (pay the entry fee) or park your car there and ride the shuttle bus ($16.50 pp).  Shuttle bus will make 5 stops with Dove Lake as the last destination and then they make a round way back to the information centre.  The whole journey takes approximately 20 minutes and the bus come every 15 minutes.

Cradle Mountain





Dove Lake



Money Bags $10.90 (4 pieces)




Panang Beef $19.90




Chicken Basil $19.90





Left: Tom Yum Goong $10.90 and Right: Tom Kha Kai $9.90

  

Left: Banana In Coconut Milk $10.90 and Right: Sticky Rice with Thai Custard $10.90

 The food in here were lovely, I couldn't believe in a small town like this I still can find an authentic Thai food that suit with my palate.  But I found some dishes are a bit overpriced as their serving portion is quite small.

Star Of Siam
Corner Charles Street and Paterson Street, Launceston
Ph: 03 6331 2786

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Ross and Cadbury Chocolate Factory, Hobart (Tasmania - Part 3)

Cataract Gorge, Launceston (Tasmania - Part 1)

We arrived there in Launceston on the Anzac day, at around 11 am the town still very quite, there were not much shops open.  My tummy was already screaming, so we popped in some random cafe along the main road, Banjo's Cafe.  Later on, I just found out that Banjo's actually pretty popular for local with few branches around town.

Quiches and BBQ Chicken Pizza

 

Meat Pie

Banjo's Bakery Cafe
98-100 Brisbane Street, Launceston
Ph: (03) 6331 3316

Opening hours:
7 Days a Week, 6am – 6pm



Although there were not much stores open, but the weather was lovely on that day.  So it cheer me up a little bit.  We took a short walk (about half an hour) from our hotel to Cataract Gorge.  There are actually two ways to reach there.  First, is from tiny mountain side (a small way after the bridge, if you walk from the city central) or from the town itself passing houses.  The first options may sounds very long walk but in fact is it isn't.  The street more flat compared to another way which the street leading you to an up and down steeply. (pictures below).

Mountain way

Villages way

The hotel look a bit old with a colonial touch.  But overall, it is very comfortable and clean with a great location as well.  The staffs were friendly and helpful too.  Nice hotel to stay.

As we thought, it won't be much restaurants open today, we decided to have a fine dinner at the hotel.


Freshly Sucked Pacific Oyster





Caesar Salad



Beef Poterhouse



Grilled Chicken



Risotto and Grilled Salmon




Chocolate Mousse, Chocolate Raspberry Cake and Chocolate Brulee

 The Grand Chancellor Hotel

29 Cameron St, Launceston

Telp: 03 6334 3434

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Cradle Mountain, Launceston - Tasmania (Part 2)