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Concrete Jungle Dry – Franklin Review

Restaurant: Franklin Location: 30 Argyle Street Hobart, Tasmania Chef: David Moyle Book a Table Walking through Hobart on a mid-Summer night is a pleasant experience, the air has a slight chill. We arrive at Franklin, enter and are immediately impressed by the stark beauty of the dining room with its kitchen and large wood fired [...]

Brilliance in Birregurra, Brae Review

Restaurant: Brae Location: 4285 Cape Otway Rd. Birregurra, Vic. Chef: Dan Hunter Hats: 3 (2015), #87 in the World. Book a Table Few things make me feel more at ease in an unfamiliar restaurant than a well choreographed (but never robotic) floor team. Each member of the service team at Brae maintains their own unique [...]

A Renaissance, Rockpool est. 1989

Restaurant: Rockpool est. 1989 Location: 11 Bridge Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Chef: Peter Robertson Hats: 3 (2015) Book a Table Sometimes it is nice to reward those you work with, especially if they happen to be your employees as well as your colleagues. With that thought circling our minds the Foodie Mookie crew embark on [...]