[Travel Tasmania] Rupert & Hound @ Seaport Launceston

Rupert & Hound is located just steps away from Peppers Seaport Hotel, so we visited for a cosy, intimate dinner.

nice and cosy

Hence and Tracy have been here before, so they recommended some starters.

table light

menu

seasonal menu

interior

Breads

Stonebaked Ciabatta @AUD14

Loved the homemade tomato butter served with the bread. So so tasty!

R&H Entree

Tasmanian Scallops @AUD25

Lovely presentation with the orange-hued sauce, with the scallops placed ontop of some kind of sweet savoury chorizo jam (looked like sambal!). Scallops were smallish but nicely seared.

The crispy pork pancakes reminds me of Peking duck-styled of eating. Thin crepe, served with sliced spring onions and cucumber but instead of the dark sauce, there's mayonnaise and chili caramel.

Crispy Pork Pancakes @AUD19

R&H Classics and New Menu

Chargrilled Porterhouse @AUD52

Beef Cheek Pasta

Scottsdale Pork Belly @AUD38

Fisherman's Favourite @AUD37

There's gummy shark, scallops and calamari in the Fisherman's Favourite.

Coal Valley Quail @AUD24

I had the quail and it was nicely cooked with tender springy meat. There was a mound of sweet potato puree, hence leaning towards the sweeter side.

Staff was friendly and pleasant to converse with. Thank you for taking care of our table that night!

Rupert & Hound

Address: 30 Seaport Blvd, Launceston TAS 7250, Australia

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

Business Hours:

Sat: 11:30 am–10 pm

Sun: Saturday, 11:30 am–9 pm

[Travel Tasmania] Mudbar Restaurant @ Seaport Launceston

We were staying for 2 nights at Peppers Seaport which is located at the waterfront and Mudbar is the affiliated restaurant with the hotel as we could also find Mudbar's QR code in our hotel room.

I was curious about the place and suggested to the group to drop by for some late lunch snacks. The restaurant offers a casual-classy vibe. Service staff who spotted us at the door, gave a brief greeting and ushered us to the table.

Menu was offered and we took some time to peruse and decide on what we wanted. 

food menu

Mudbar serves modern Australian cuisine and from its menu, there's plenty of dishes with strong Asian influences.

This was also one of those places where one is asked whether we prefers sparkling or still water. Back home, the most memorable was when we racked up SGD39 on bottled sparkling water in one of the Italian restaurant...

let's try

nice glassware

Me? It was the perfect time for a beer/cider and my drinking buddy, Ivan (and occasionally Tracy/Shermaine) concurred. Hahaa!

refreshing~

For light snacks, we tried the chicken wings and fat chips. Savoury is always a good choice for alcoholic drinks. I enjoyed both the sticky soy wings and the hot piping fat chips. Yums!

Sticky Soy Chicken Wings @AUD18

Fat Chips with garlic aioli @AUD12

Presentation for the chicken wings was lovely with the cute sprinkling of black and white sesame, plus the spring onions. Wings were smallish, but so so tasty!

Hence and Tracy ordered a slice of cake, so I had a bite of it.

Lemon Cake served with cream @AUD9.50

Mudbar Restaurant

Address: 28 Seaport Blvd, Launceston TAS 7250, Australia

Website: https://www.mudbar.com.au/

Business Hours:

Daily: 11:30 am–12 am