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Special deal lives up to its promise

By BEVERLEY BRILL BLUE EYE, ground floor of the Silos building at Salamanca Place 6223 5297 office@thenoshcompany.com www.fishfish.com.au WHILE picking up some bubbles for euchre night, I bumped into the infamous Tom Ellis (he of TAFE fame, now working in Lindisfarne) who told me about the new special deal at Joff’s wonderful Blue Eye restaurant [...]

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Mellers family a catering coup for Tasmanian cricket

KEN and Di Mellers have been in the catering and events business more than 30 years and have been the caterers of choice at Bellerive Oval just on two decades. While they are certainly an institution at the venue, the new face of Bellerive is son, Oliver Mellers.

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Home delivery is pizza perfect

HAPKA’S PIZZA HOUSE, 316 East Derwent Highway 6243 5844 A FRIEND was over for dinner, so I called up Hapka’s for a home delivery pizza. Aimed at the Gourmet Favourites part of the menu and we decided to have the large Grecian pizza which was covered in chicken, mushrooms, artichoke hearts, zucchini, tomato, garlic and [...]

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Foreshore sure serves up great fare

By BEVERLEY BRILL* FORESHORE TAVERN, 464 South Arm Road, Lauderdale 6248 6404 MY Mum (the stylish one), sister and brother- in-law came down to Hobart to cheer me up after my accident and we went out for an early dinner at the Foreshore Tavern. If you can’t cope with kids rampaging through the children’s playroom, [...]

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KO’d by zucchinis in all their glory

By BEVERLEY BRILL MEADOWBANK ESTATE, 699 Richmond Road, Cambridge 6248 4484 ianwilson@meadowbankwines.com.au THE Judge, Wammy and I went out for a totally delicious lunch on a glorious day last month. The day was perfect, and the food was great. We shared the olives starter before the meal. I started out with the entree of zucchini [...]

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Snails and spinach simply irresistible

By BEVERLEY BRILL Jean-Pascal Cambridge Rd, Bellerive, 6244 1077 www.jeanpascal.com.au A WONDERFUL lunch at Jean-Pascal’s in Bellerive – and the heavens were kind to me. Richard, the waitperson looked after me extremely well. In fact, all of their staff are terrific. With snails and spinach on the specials board I couldn’t go passed it. The [...]

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Call in the caterers for the best Christmas Party

By BEVERLEY BRILL See More Catering 37  High St, Bellerive 0422 041 372 seemorecatering@hotmail.com HOW is this for a great idea for the parties leading up to Christmas? Get the caterers in! This relatively new Eastern Shore business does all sorts of goodies – hot and cold canapes, many different platters and they have a [...]

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Spectacular scenery and entree make for a great day

By BEVERLY BRILL Motor Yacht Club, 1 Ford Parade, Lindisfarne 6243 9021 THE Silver Hammer and I headed over to the Motor Yacht Club for dinner and I must admit, I had one of the most spectacular entrees I have had in a long time. The ingredients? beetroot, fennel, octopus in a dressing of olive [...]

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The fish are jumping at Bellerive’s Fish Bar

By BEVERLEY BRILL THE FISH BAR on the Beach at Bellerive, beside Beautiful Bellerive Oval FIFTEEN of us gathered at the Bellerive Fish Bar to farewell the Acton Zulu on his way to northern NSW where he had bought a horse stud. Michael King wasn’t there running the show as he had the night off [...]

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Bastlle Day lunch: c’est magnifique

By BEVERLEY BRILL Jean-Pascal Patisserie, Cambridge Road, Bellerive BEING the only French restaurant on the Eastern Shore that I know of, beautiful Bellerive was the logical place for lunch last month to celebrate Bastille Day. And, the specials board had just the thing! Garlic snails, served on a bed of wilted spinach, sitting on toasted [...]

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