NationalGeographicTravellerAustraliaandNewZealandWinter2018

UK

Pharmacy 2

This collaboration between Damien

Hirst and Mark Hix is a multi-coloured

throwback to the nineties, set within

the artist’s Newport Street Gallery

in the London suburb of Vauxhall.

Sample Hix’s impressive menu

of British and European classics

surrounded by works from Hirst’s

Medicine Cabinets and Kaleidoscope

series. pharmacyrestaurant.com

CHINA

Duddell’s

This beautiful Hong Kong restaurant,

designed by Ilse Crawford, has

a dedicated art manager who

facilitates a program of exhibitions,

talks and workshops. Guest

curators bring the best modern

and contemporary works to a

dining room where guests sup on

upmarket Cantonese cuisine from

chef Fung Man-Ip. duddells.co

USA

The Modern

Its two Michelin stars and long list of

rave reviews are enough to attract

diners, but there’s also the added

bonus of views from the dining room

into MoMA’s Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

Sculpture Garden. It’s a sophisticated

and serene New York venue in

which to savour chef Abram Bissell’s

contemporary, often Asian-tinged

dishes. themodernnyc.com

LOCAL FLAVOUR

ARTY EATERIES

14 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER

MONA/JESSE

HuNNIFORD

Enter a

world of

sensory

delights

Tasmania’s newest tapas spot

comes complete with the work

of a visionary light artist.

ART on

ThE sidE

Three more restaurants that

are a sight for curious eyes.

B

elieve a meal is as much about the

experience as what’s on the plate? Then

you’ll want to book passage to Hobart,

where MONA founder David Walsh has launched

FARo, a tapas restaurant with a difference. It is

set within Pharos, the gallery’s newest space,

which features four recently acquired pieces

by American light artist James Turrell. Pay

a $25 deposit to guarantee a reservation and

entry into two immersive works, Unseen Seen

and Weight of Darkness. The former involves

sitting alone inside a large orb surrounded by

flashing lights and a scratching soundtrack,

and wondering if someone slipped you LSD.

Weight of Darkness, entered immediately after

the 15-minute Unseen Seen experience, is more

like sensory deprivation. After you’ve had your

mind suitably blown, take a seat in the light-

filled restaurant, where chef Vince Trim’s

menu is far less experimental. Share plates like

manchego and leek croquettes and char-grilled

octopus with smoked eggplant offer familiar,

upscale flavours during museum hours and into

the evening. mona.net.au