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I've received some feedback from my lovely readers, hopefully this makes for better reading :)

I'm always happy when restaurants bring out bread, even though I'm not a big fan of bread, its always exciting to try it and maybe stumble upon some really good bread. Plus I really love some good olive oil :)

 They said it came out fresh from the oven. But if felt too hard and not warm enough for us to believe that. The bread was only ok, nothing special.

 

I haven't been to many restaurants that offer complimentary starters, so its a nice surprise when it does happen :)

 Seaweed salad with a mint twist. Nice and refreshing and not as sweet as the ones at sushi sushi

The menu was mouthwatering! Everything sounded so good, especially the entrees :) The menu isn't very long (I think there is 5 mains), which is good, to know they focus on their food and don't just make everything.

We both love calamari and prawns, and when we saw it we figured we'll give it a try. A bit fancier than the normal fried calamari we normally have :p

Calamari ‘Cannelloni’ of Prawns, dolcetto glaze, herb salad and horseradish $19

It had very delicate flavours, and everything on the plate seemed to go well with the dish. The greens made the dish fresh and there just wasn't enough of that tasty sauce :D

Since it this is a seafood restaurant of course we had to try the seafood! The wild barramundi on the menu sounded really good (and I looove barramundi), but they didn't have any fresh so it was replaced with the red emperor. Still good!

Wild Barramundi
with cauliflower purée, anchovy and prosciutto fritter; herb sauce, $42

This dish is to die for!!! The skin was perfectly crisp and not too salty. The flesh just fell off and melted in your mouth. And it was perfectly cooked, rare! YUM. I was in fish heaven.

This was the salmon (can't seem to find it on their online menu...) I didn't have this but I did have a try and it was reallllly good, I love it when they cook salmon and its still pink and not too cooked, actually I like all fish this way. I would loved to be able to say something about the rest of the stuff on the dish, Dylan ate it all before I had the chance :( So it must of been good

For the first time ever... we ordered a cheese platter for dessert!

Surprise! And I don't even like cheese that much! Or maybe I'm getting older as my cheese liking list has grown, from brie to include blue cheese. I normally don't like quince (as its associated with cheese) but it went really well with the almond and fruit slices. That was some nice slices :) The crackers on the side was sooo hard, I couldn't eat them. I had to ask a waiter to bring me some non teeth breaking crackers, and he totally understood me.
Um the cheeses were ok, it was just an interesting experience to have a cheese platter for dessert, never had quince, and the dried fig and the nuts with cheese like that.

Loved the food and I'll definately go back. I had the entertainment booklet which gave me a 2 for 1 main meals, and they didn't scratch it off! Said to come back and use it again :) aww so nice. And I will!

162 Elgin Street Carlton Victoria 3053
Corner Elgin Street & Drummond Street
Phone 03 9347 9838 Fax 03 9347 5615