Aløft

January 22, 2019

Our Hobart friend Liz kindly booked the 3 of us a tabular array at Aløft when nosotros stopped past times Hobart inward January. This restaurant's been operating from the fancy Brooke St pier for a twosome of years, as well as has an entire drinking glass wall offering a stance out to the harbour. (We ended upwards merely basking inward that stance inward the 2nd as well as enjoying each other's companionship rather than capturing whatever neat shots of it.)

Michael as well as I didn't know what to expect: nosotros trusted Liz's eating recommendations, as well as past times extension, this restaurant's. The less elaborate of the banquet menus is $80 per person, as well as at that spot are explicit vegetarian, vegan as well as coeliac versions of it available. There's no problems mixing as well as matching those dissimilar versions of it at 1 table. 

For our outset course, Michael as well as I shared a bowl of tapioca as well as nori crackers, as well as and thence received our ain lilliputian bowls of crisp-edged turnip cakes.

There were plenty woods ear mushroom dumplings to portion or thence the entire table. The vegetarian accompaniment was a minor bowl of agadashi tofu inward a deeply flavoured broth amongst burnt onion as well as babe leeks.

The tabular array favourite was the same classify for both omnivores as well as vegetarians: inward our case, the watery texture of zucchini was at its best encased inward a thick, crunchy tempura batter. The batter was coated inward hot as well as sour sauce, as well as it all sat on a bed of garlic greens.

I was skeptical that our principal classify of congee would live on to a greater extent than filler than flavour, but I was real much mistaken! Crisp-baked greens as well as roast pumpkin kept the texture varied, as well as at that spot was plenty of rayu to liven upwards every mouthful of rice. This would brand a terrific repast on its own.

After a serial of savoury classify drawn from across Asia, dessert had dissimilar roots. I was good satisfied past times the crumbled chocolate brownie, amongst lilliputian bubbles of night chocolate as well as a scoop of fresh mint icecream. 

The squad at Aløft conduct maintain actually figured out how to practise intense, savoury flavours for vegetarians. Service is great, as well as the setting is remarkable. This a exceptional occasion sense amongst plenty to offering both locals as well as visitors.

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You tin read to a greater extent than positive accounts of Aloft on blogs Fork + Foot, Living Loving Hobart (twice), Just The Sizzle, and Linnie Eats All The Food.

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Aløft
Pier 1, Brooke St, Hobart
(03) 6223 1619
menu
https://aloftrestaurant.com/

Accessibility: Standard access to Aloft is via a minor flying of stairs; contact the eating seat to detect out if at that spot choice access via a lift. Tables as well as chairs are arranged amongst a moderate total of infinite (see photograph above). We didn't see the toilets.