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Fine Food Hampers

Fine food picnic basket hamper and blanket on the bank of the Ringaroooma River at Tin Dragon Cottages
Picnic on the Ringaroooma River

The rich deep-red soils of North East Tasmania yield tasty vegetables, fruits and grains bursting with good nutrition. The mild climate ensures abundant green pastures. So the locally grown grass-fed beef and sheep and free-range organic pigs provide the most tender and tasty meats you are ever likely to eat! Of course Tin Dragon food hampers are packed full of this fresh homegrown goodness.

You can place an order on the check-out page when you make your accommodation reservation. Food hampers can also be ordered when you arrive, but please give us at least one day’s notice.

Antipasta Grazing Box and Sparkling wine

An Antipasta grazing box filled with Italian meats, olives, cheeses, bread, dips, fruit and vegetables.
Three bottles of wine sitting on the top of a tractor engine, with country scenery in the background.

Here is a little luxury for you and your partner. It is the perfect accompaniment for a relaxing spa getaway. The box includes a selection of cured Italian meats, pickled and fresh vegetables, trail mix, dips, cheeses, fruits, savoury muffins, bread and house-made lavosh. The antipasta is accompanied with bottle of Swinging Gate Sparkling wine and Tasmanian lavender fudge/chocolate. The price is $90.

Picnic Basket for Two

A boxed lunch with panini bread roll, two small plastic dishes containing coleslaw, and trail mix, brownie and a bottle of sparkling mineral water.

Here is some picnic magic from Casa Pinocchio restaurant to share with the one you love. Lunch includes ham, cheese, mayo, mustard and salad panini or prosciutto crudo, bocconcino cheese, pesto, mayo sun-dried tomato and rocket panini with fresh coleslaw, trail mix, mineral water and home-made brownie.

The Picnic for Two includes a complete picnic setting for two: blanket, basket with plates, cutlery, glasses, mugs, cutting board, thermos and coffee plunger. We can also organise a picnic setting for more than two – but please ask us!

A woman and man sitting on the river bank, with a picnic food hamper.

**All foods and beverages supplied are subject to availability at the time of purchase.

So enjoy a picnic by the river at Tin Dragon Cottages or further afield! Price from $50.

In House Catering for Two – Casa Pinocchio Restaurant

So you don’t want to cook? Then you can choose from four delicious Italian menus to be delivered to your cottage between 6pm and 7pm.

All meals are cooked fresh to order using the freshest local produce, such as Ringarooma meats, Scottsdale (organic) Pork and fresh vegetables direct from local farmer’s gardens. All food is prepared and cooked in Casa Pinocchio’s commercial kitchen.

Each menu includes a bottle of Swinging Gate Pinot Noir. Prices range from $125 to $160.

Menu One

  • Dips (2), olives, bread
  • Polpette al sugo: Tuscan-style meat balls in a tomato sauce
  • Creamy mashed potato
  • Garden salad
  • Brownie and cream
  • $125 (2 people)

Menu Two

  • Beef and pork sliders
  • Chicken alla Pinocchio: pancetta wrapped chicken breast, onion, capsicum, potato and passata casserole
  • Vanilla panacotta with berry reduction
  • $135 (2 people)

Menu Three

  • Prawn and avocado cocktail
  • Grilled pork snitzel with seeded mustard cream
  • Buttered potatoes and broccoli and cauliflower gratin
  • Lemon curd tartlet with cream
  • $145 (2 people)

Menu Four

  • Antipasta selection : prosciutto crude, salami, chicken, ham, bocconcino cheese, pickled vegetables, frittata, olives, carrot chips, asparagus and grissini
  • Beef Bourguignon: slow-cooked beef with onions, bacon, eshallots, mushrooms and red wine served with pasta
  • Tomato and cucumber salad
  • Tiramisu
  • $155 (2 people)