TasWeekend: View is food for the soul
IT may not lift the taste of the food, but a fabulous view enhances any dining experience. And, in this respect, we are spoilt for choice at Devil’s Corner.
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IT may not lift the taste of the food, but, like good design and excellent service, a fabulous view certainly enhances any dining experience. And, in this respect, we are spoilt for choice.
Think, for example, of the harbour and city views at night from The Point, Aloft and The Glasshouse restaurants, the magical views from Lubiana’s Osteria, Coal Valley Vineyard, Riversdale’s The French Bistro and from the deck at Frogmore Creek. Or the view of the often snow-capped peaks of the Hartz Mountains from the Hartzview Vineyard Cafe.
But perhaps the most soul-satisfying experience is to suck on a plate of wonderfully fresh oysters and a glass of chilled white while sitting on a bench at the newish Devil’s Corner Cellar Door, overlooking rolling vines to Moulting Lagoon and across to the spectacular play of light and shadow on the pink granite peaks of The Hazards of Freycinet Peninsula.
It’s an experience that is hard to beat.
It is also hard to beat the salty freshness of The Fishers’ oysters or the smoky flavours of Tombolo’s excellent wood-fired pizzas.
These are available from two cleverly disguised timber-clad shipping containers adjoining the cellar door.
A U-shape formation provides a covered alfresco courtyard dining area. Other scattered tables and benches to make the most of the stunning views.
The Fishers is the second outlet for Julie and Giles Fishers’ award-winning Freycinet Marine Farm at Coles Bay, which they have developed into one of the coast’s most successful tourist attractions and casual seafood eateries.
In addition to fresh oysters and mussels, their menu at Devil’s Corner includes beer-battered fish and chips and a generously proportioned seafood platter.
On the opposite side of the courtyard, the team from Shannon Griffiths and Andrew Merse’s ever-popular Tombolo restaurant at Coles Bay offers a menu of five different wood-fired pizzas plus gelato, sorbet and affogato.
In effect, you can buy a glass or a bottle of Devil’s Corner wine and stroll to The Fishers for your oysters to enjoy while waiting for your pizza to cook, then chill out with a gelato, sorbet or affogato to finish.
As experienced and very successful operators, the various offerings by Griffith, Merse and the Fishers are delicious, the wines well-priced and excellent, and the scene very relaxed and civilised.
Opening in December, they say it’s been flat-out since. It’s great to see another classy food and wine operation joining Freycinet, Spring Vale and Milton in making a drive up the East Coast one of the most rewarding in Tasmania.
Devil’s Corner Cellar Door, Corner of Tasman Highway and 1 Sherbourne Rd, Apslawn.
Open daily, 10am-5pm; 6257 8881
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