MONA Tops Gourmet Traveller's Hot 100 List
19-Apr-2011 | Tasmania’s $175 million privately owned Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) has been named the best experience in the world.
Australia's luxury magazine Gourmet Traveller revealed the Tasmanian coup in the magazine’s annual Hot 100 list this month, a list that covers restaurants of the moment, exciting new talent, emerging trends and savvy travel tips. In the words of Gourmet Traveller "consider this your new global hit list".MONA soared above incredible products from around the globe to take the enviable money-can’t-buy position of No.1.
Here is what the experts had to say about Hobart’s hottest new attraction...
01. Most Awesome Museum
"It took five years and $175 million for David Walsh to realise his dream, but his Museum of Old and New Art was definitely worth the wait. MONA’s January debut put it at the cutting edge of modern art and opened our eyes to one of the country’s most exceptional collections. With a winery, a brewery, accommodation and a restaurant complementing the striking underground museum designed by Nonda Katsalidis, Hobart has a compelling new calling card”.
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Also featuring strongly in "the list" was Peppermint Bay at 21 for its slow roaster lamb shoulder, Tasmania the destination at 53 and Saffire the Federal Group’s new luxury East Coast resort coming in at 85.
21. Best Reason to Embrace Sharing
The slow-roasted lamb shoulder for two at Cumulus Inc. is likely an inspiration for David Moyle’s take, but Moyle’s version on the menu in Peppermint Bay’s informal terrace dining space is equally appealing, and has an added advantage. A shoulder is undeniably a lot of meat, but sitting outside in Tasmania’s bracing, appetite-stimulating air can easily do it justice. The skin is golden, crisp and glistening and encases meat so tender that it almost shreds itself as it falls from the bone. With lemon cheeks for seasoning and a generous salad on the side, it’s a perfect shared meal.
53. Hip Tasmania
Coming in at number 53, "Hip Tasmania" was named the "the star of Australian Tourism" for its "invigorating walks, intense natural beauty and dreamy countryside". The publication noted that these assets had been "enhanced by a bevy of great restaurants, high-end hotels and unique attractions." Click here for Gourmet Traveller's take on 'Happening Hobart'.
Here is the wrap on Saffire...
85. Most Lavish Way to Get Back to Nature
"Tasmania’s Federal Group has pulled perfection out of the hat with its 20-suite Saffire resort on the Freycinet Peninsula. This timber, stone and glass showpiece occupies a former camp ground, but there’s nothing basic about the accommodation. Sleek pavilions are equipped with marble-lined bathrooms, 1000-thread-count linen and custom furnishings, though such luxuries pale into insignificance against the view. Full-length walls of glass frame idyllic dioramas of Great Oyster Bay and the multihued Hazards Range. Exhilarating activities, from speedboat safaris to Wineglass Bay hiking, work up an appetite ably catered for in Palate restaurant, where chef Hugh Whitehouse prepares feasts showcasing pure Tasmanian produce such as Mount Gnomon Wessex saddlebacks and Birchs Bay Grandvewe cheese".
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Click here for "the list".
Claire McLaren
Membership and Marketing Manager
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