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    Sea Salt

    3.0 (13 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Irene C.

    My partner and I came here as a last minuet 'hey lets just get some fish and chips' meal. What we didn't expect was what kind of 'fish and chip' store this place turned out to be. For starters, it's not your local deep fry joint where some greasy looking teenager serves you. The fish is fresh and on display in a glass cabinet where you can choose your fillet, they also sell sushi here. The main difference about this place was the price, my god. It was so bloody expensive. My partner bought 1 fillet of fish and some wedges and it cost $27...yup $27. It wasn't big either; I probably could have eaten 2 quite comfortably. Now I don't know if it was that expensive because that was its base price for one, then if you add more fillets the price only goes up by a few dollars...but wow. We were shocked...maybe we bought a really expensive type? In their defense, it tasted amazing, it wasn't just some deep friend piece of something. It really had excellent flavoring and was probably one of the tastiest fish pieces I've ever had to date. The coating was light and crunchy, but hardly oily (despite being fried). Worth the money though? Maybe if I weren't a poor struggling uni student, I wouldn't mind. But for now, maybe not.

    Hope M.

    It's all about the fried food at Sea Salt. I never thought I liked fish burgers until I had theirs - they're light and crispy, nothing like anything I'd had before. For me, The Sea Salt Burger (the original and best because it comes with chips included) is the perfect fast meal if you're in a hurry to get to the cinema. There is sushi available if you're after a lighter option, but I don't rate it (the spicy prawn hand roll is too unnaturally pink for my liking). Instead I'd recommend a grilled piece of the day's special fish and a salad. Unlike most local fish n' chippers, Sea Salt is ultra clean and modern so you don't need to worry about the food 'revisiting' later. They've got a television in the corner so you can watch obnoxious pop music videos from both inside or at the tables on the street, and the indoor tables and stools are almost stylish. It's nothing like the slimy, smelly fish and chip shops of my childhood - but I repeat, avoid the sushi!

    sam m.

    The name pretty much encapsulates this place. It's my favourite pre-movie snack joint in Carlton. The best thing about Sea Salt is that you can be naughty or nice. If you feel like you're about to smash a few beers at the cinema and possibly a few more afterwards, what better opportunity to line your stomach with some greasy F&C's beforehand. That's not to say they're particularly greasy. On the contrary, Sea Salt serve up about the least grease drenched fodder in town. But if you feel like being a bit more healthy, the sushi option is always there. A trick here is the fish-bite snack. For a smidge over a fiver, you can pick up a killer little bowl of crispy chips, tartare sauce, a wee (token) salad and a few bite-size morsels of fish. You can bulk it out with a sushi hand roll or a couple of calamari rings and make a meal of it, or simply whip down a snack on the run to the movies.

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    Akachochin - Flash torched salmon

    Akachochin

    4.0(37 reviews)
    3.3 kmSouth Wharf
    $$

    This place gets 3/5 from me because I had a special -50% discount on TheFork. At full price, it is…read moreprobably a 2/5 for me. Japanese restaurant by the harbour. Most of the dishes were good, except for the sushi. The fish was fresh, but the rice was falling apart, indicating that the kitchen didn't have a good sushi chef. Service was also incredibly slow - took ages for food to arrive. What should have been a fairly quick lunch meal stretched for more than 2 hours. Worth going if there's a good discount available on TheFork, otherwise I think it is slightly pricey for the quality and the service levels.

    Sometimes there's those restaurants that win you over in a quiet, subtle, way. The ones you find…read moreyourself daydreaming about when you're at your desk at the end of the day and thinking ahead to dinner... the ones that have menu items that keep you awake at night wondering how they get the flavour and the texture just so perfectly right. For me, one of those places is Akachochin. I've been here a number of times in the last few of months. Dinners, lunches, a quick snack and glass of sake before heading to other places. Every time I've left feeling happier than when I walked in. Satisfied, but not stuffed. Content. It's open and bright, clean and slick without being too minimalist. The food is presented on beautiful crockery, your chopsticks rest on what looks like a pebble but is actually a beautifully moulded piece of clay. Sake is drunk from pretty glasses that look like something from deep inside the ocean. Before I even eat anything, I already feel better about the world. For the most part the service is unobtrusive, gentle even. I always feel taken care of at Akachochin, which of course is what service is all about but most places don't have the inexplicable magical touch of giving me everything I want and need without making me feel like I've been "worked". Some of the waiters here get it right better than others and I almost feel like I should make my booking especially when I know my favourite, Mason, will be working. (Would that be creepy?) The food? Oh yes, let's get to that shall we? The Hiramasa Namerou (a chopped kingfish tartar) is the stuff that keeps me awake at night. Even after attending a lunch where Chef Kengo Hiromatsu taught me how to make this dish, I still can't quite put my finger on why it tastes so amazing. There's spring onion, wasabi, miso, seasame seeds and other goodness in there... it's such a perfectly balanced dish and texturally rocks my world with the crunch of the accompanying home made rice crackers. This is one of those dishes I could eat multiple times in a week and never tire of, though I suspect the magic ingredient is all about having Kengo prepare it for you. Also on the menu is a very fine selection of sushi and sashimi, and if your'e lucky you can score a seat at the chef's bar and watch the masters at work as they slice your fish, form your nigiri and plate everything in an artful way. It seems a shame to eat the resulting masterpieces. There's grilled items, Udon, slow braised meat dishes and all manner of vegetable items. It's easy to order a few items and then order more as your stomach demands. Come at lunch time and enjoy a $20 bento that is generous and delicious. With multiple choices available, you could be eating Chicken Udon or Grilled Pork or perhaps fried tofu with mountain vegetables. Each bento also comes with some sashimi, rice and pickles. Yes, I have a bit of a soft spot for Akachochin and hope you will too. .

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    Izakaya Den - Comp salad

    Izakaya Den

    4.2(61 reviews)
    1.7 kmMelbourne
    $$$

    Disappointed with this choice. hard to find with just a simple easel sign in an office type…read morebuilding entrance. Absolutely empty on this Tuesday night. Red flag. No one at the sushi bar or anywhere else. Moldy smell throughout which is a problem since this place is below ground. But to save a star, a great selection of sake. Menus are dirty and disorganized. Not easy food selections. Food was just ok. Too many other better options in the areas.

    We were hoping for a meal of Japanese while in Melbourne, took the suggestion of Yelp and…read moreUrbanspoon, and ended up at Izakaya Den. I wouldn't say I regretted my choice, but I probably should have taken the advice of one of my friends for a place with sashimi and substantial food. Hidden down a narrow flight of stairs, Izakaya Den is a bit like a den with its cold, yet cozy interior. We didn't end up drinking anything throughout our meal, which I slightly regretted, since that is precisely what you do at an izakaya place. Either way, it was the middle of the day, so we weren't too keen. What we did get were baked scallops with a ginger garnish of some sort. The scallops were a delicious texture, just how scallops how should be, but the highlight was really the garnish on the side! We also went for the tuna tartare, which was alright in texture. Again, the highlight was the sauce. I should have gone for the tuna tataki, which seems to be the more popular dish. We also had the fish of the day (which I can't remember what), and that was really tender and baked perfectly. It wasn't salmon, though that's what it looks kinda like in the picture. The pickled daikon on the side was my favorite part of the dish - but the fish was also really delicious. It wasn't one bit fishy, and the meat just fell apart perfectly! The lamb skewers were also good, though I don't think I would order this again if I returned. They were slightly dry, and didn't taste much like lamb. At the end of our meal, they gave us complimentary house-made marshmallows! They were fluffy, not overly sweet, and quite yummy! Our next visit was Le Petit Gateau, so we didn't go for dessert... Though the food was just average to above-average, the service was really friendly and attentive, and they even hung our coats on a coat rack for us! Truly Japanese. =)

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    Izakaya Den - Private dining room

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    Izakaya Den - Sliced scallops with a citrus sauce (pretty good)

    Sliced scallops with a citrus sauce (pretty good)

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