Purple Taste: [Travel Tasmania] Snacking at Barilla Bay Oyster Farm, Lunch at The Cannery and a Visit to Lavendar Farm

Hmm, when in Tasmania, eat as many oysters as we could? Hehe, and thus although we just had breakfast, some pastries, we just couldn't resist to drop by Barilla Bay Oyster farm to have a-go at their oysters.

Barilla Bay Oyster Farm

let's find a parking lot

We were there rather early at about 1130am, and the place was quiet. It's a big place and one could browse the merchandise available in the main shop and there's plenty to see.

what is a candy abalone?

I'd be here whole day

One could order the oyster from a staff manning the counter and we got ourselves a dozen and also a box of prawns to try.

a dozen natural oysters and a box of prawns @AUD47 for both

plump and refreshing

These oysters were nicely plump and of a good size. I think these were bigger than Bruny Island's oysters.

prawns

have a bite

The prawn was firm and meaty. Lovely subtle flavours. Eating cold food in the morning is really not my thing but glad that we had a taste of the different varieties of oysters offered by different farms/places.

cute

sweeter than I thought but pretty good

Barilla Bay Oyster Farm

Address: 1388 Tasman Hwy, Cambridge TAS 7170, Australia

Website: http://www.barillabay.com.au/

Business Hours:

Closed: Tue and Wed

Sun - Mon: 11:30 am–3 pm

Thu - Sat: 11:30 am–3 pm, 5–8:30 pm

Ok, we have a schedule to meet, so no dawdling dears. Go go go! We reached Dunalley at close to 1pm and decided to walk walk around before getting lunch.

a monument

Abel Janszoon Tasman was the first European to sight Tasmania and lovely to see a monument at this place to commemorate the discovery.

East Bay view

sit and keep calm

ours run on diesel though

hehe, we have this back home at the HDB playground

there's an actual playground here, wheeeeee~

Ok, the sky was gray and the slight drizzle meant, no more playtime and oops, Hence and Tracy must have been waiting for us for about 20 minutes, sorry!

The Cannery

interior

Was mesmerized by an actual fireplace as this is one of the things that I only get to experience overseas.

The Cannery serves seafood so one could order up seafood platter, or fish and chips or pasta. We decided to get fried calamari, pasta and fish and chips to share and it was a good decision!

Was surprised by how pretty the pasta looked when it arrived!

Linguine with prawns, scallops, calamari, fish, cherry tomatoes, chili and rocket @AUD36

creamy and delicious

The pasta tasted milder than expected in terms of seasoning so the cut chilies were wonderfully sought after for that burst of spice. Lovely with a squeeze of lime too.

Salt and Lemon Pepper Squid @AUD30

The slaw and tartar sauce were lovely. Salt & Lemon Pepper Squid was nicely fried to a golden hue. Squid was tender too! But I think I liked the fries more. Hahaa!

give me more fries!

Having only tasted fish & chips from a small shack in Mornington before, I wondered if there's any difference for the ones served at restaurants in Tasmania.

Beer battered fish and chips @AUD30

This version was nicely deep-fried with airy batter, and I think the fish used was gummy shark. My drinks of choice to go with all the fried food, is Mercury Draught. I was on a mission to try local brands. Mercury Draught is made in Tasmania and by far, I think I liked this the most!