RIN

when we first arrived in hobart a bit over a week ago, i noticed a little japanese restaurant, RIN, on harrington st while i was walking around. i asked mahni and geoff whether it was any good and they highly recommended it.

so we set down last night as the last available chance for a meal out before our departure for king island, and headed down to RIN for a feed.

i have to say it was one of the best japanese restaurants i have been to, the food was fresh, the flavours fantastic, the service friendly and the setting perfect. my only disappointment was that they used the little individual packets of wasabi – which was all the more odd for being so out of kilter with everything else about the food and presentation. i did have a mr grumpy whinge to them so if you find yourselves in hobart looking for a great japanese meal, RIN should be where you head and maybe they will have real wasabi!

mahni had bought a couple of very good bottles of sake back from japan with her recently and as expected they proved to be the perfect accompaniment to the food.

the absolute highlight for me was the tasmanian scallop sashimi – just to die for!