Mushrooms at The Cupping Room

by Veronica on August 29, 2011

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I don’t eat out very often, much to my great sadness. I would love to, but sadly, when you’ve got autistic children and bendy joints, it can make doing things like eating out quite difficult.

In turn, this makes it all the more fun when I do finally get to eat out and last week at The Cupping Room was no exception.

I wasn’t quite sure what to expect actually, I had heard very good reports from my twitter and facebook friends, extolling the virtues of their coffee and food, but at the time I was researching, they didn’t have a website with a menu I could look over.

We arrived, ordered hot drinks and looked over the menu for a bit. I knew I was having mushrooms, but I rather like stickybeaking at menus anyway.

In the end, Mum and I both ordered the mushroom bruschetta (mushrooms on sourdough toast, with wilted baby spinach, feta, caramelised onions, basil and an apple balsamic reduction – $15), along with a coffee for Mum and hot chocolate for me.

The hot drinks arrived before the meal and I loved the novelty of my hot chocolate. I was able to work out how strong I wanted it myself, using hot milk and melted Belgian chocolate. It was absolutely divine and I hear that the coffee was just as good.

Then our mushrooms arrived. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but large mushrooms probably weren’t it. It was a good surprise though and even better when I tasted them. Absolutely flawless, in my opinion.

The balance of flavours was perfect and not only didn’t we speak much while we ate, I didn’t even want to stop eating to tweet about it. That is how good it was. I’m usually a fan of mushrooms anyway, but this dish was beyond what I expected from simple mushrooms.

It does go to show, when you’re using great ingredients, it doesn’t take much to make it spectacular.

I can highly recommend The Cupping Room, to anyone who wants a slightly quirky dining experience, with great coffee, great service and food that is, by all accounts, brilliant.

You can find The Cupping Room on Facebook, but their website is still under construction.

The Cupping Room is located at 105 Murray Street, Hobart.

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Thanks to the Mushroom Growers Association for pushing me out of my comfort zone and asking that I eat mushrooms and review them here – I’ve found this a lot of fun. Even if I am slightly late with the review. This post was meant to be part of Mushroom Mania, but once I’d agreed to participate, we discovered that Tassie didn’t have any participating restaurants. So instead I got to do some food blogging.

Disclaimer: I was paid for this post and all opinions are my own and completely honest.

Christie @ Fig & Cherry August 29, 2011 at 5:55 pm

Great review Veronica! That serve of bruschetta is a good size – and what a great way to make mushrooms the star of the dish.

Fiona August 29, 2011 at 6:38 pm

Wow, that hot chocolate looks awesome 🙂

Gemma @ My Big Nutshell August 29, 2011 at 6:45 pm

What a great experience and a great review of The Cupping Room. I love mushrooms, the meat for vegetarians (although I’m not a vegetarian), and of course because they are the great all rounder (ummm slightly a tune to mushroom advertising much?).

That hot choccie looks sensational too.

river August 29, 2011 at 7:16 pm

That bruschetta does look very yummy!

Wendy August 29, 2011 at 7:18 pm

I love mushrooms and that meal looks devine – it is exactly the sort of thing I would order. I am nowhere near Hobart but if I was I would go and check this out myself. Cheers, Wendy

frogpondsrock August 29, 2011 at 7:51 pm

The meal was divine. The balance of flavours was perfect. The sweetness of the caramelised onions and the balsamic reduction was perfectly counterbalanced by the sharpness of the fetta.
It was a very well balanced dish. simple but oh so good. Thanks for Taking me out V, it was lovely. The coffee was good and I will have no hesitation in recommending the cupping room to anyone.

Jayne August 29, 2011 at 8:05 pm

Looks lovely!

Caroline August 29, 2011 at 11:12 pm

Ohhh that looks so yum. I’m gonna have to check that place out next time I’m down that way.
Great review

Ali August 31, 2011 at 12:47 am

Drool. I am nuts about mushrooms. I have some in the kitchen that I am hoping to have both the energy to prepare and the stomach to eat tomorrow morning for breakfast. It sucks to fantasise about food and then find that you can’t eat it when you finally get it. Nausea is a bitch. Anyway, those mushies looked awesome.

Kristy @PampersandPinot August 31, 2011 at 8:55 am

How lovely to treat yourself! I’m so glad you and your mom had a great time. Looks delicious!

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