Old Salt - Port Melbourne

Old Salt Fish and Chips

On the wishes of my parents in law, we dropped by Port Melbourne to sample the local fish and chips. I picked out Old Salt because of the positive reviews and I wasn’t disappointed.  The service was great, we took about 5 minutes to work out what to order all the while the waiter smiled and said take your time. We ordered an old salt box (1 flake, 2 calamari’s, chips and tartar sauce) and for the lovers box (2 flakes, 2 potato cakes, 2 dim sims, chips and tartar sauce) for $29. Our order came out in 3 plates, 1 flake and chips on each plate with the calamari’s, dim sims and potato cakes divided up. When we finished up, we got a wave goodbye from the staff, a nice send off.

Description of the food

Flake – Fresh, crispy and not to oily

Chips – Crunchy, maybe a little too crunchy on some of the chips

Dim Sims – Standard dim sims not much to say here

Potato cakes – Potato cakes were quite nice, crispy and not to oily.

Parking – Lots of street parking, we ended up parking at coles.

Public transport – Not really sure about public transport here.

Restaurant website - http://www.oldsalt.com.au

Pros

Fresh fish

Crunchy chips

Friendly service

Cons

Taste score

Flake & Chips 8/10

Dim sims 6/10

Potato Cakes 7/10

Service score

9/10

Would I go back? Yes

Nitro Lab - Glen Waverley

Located outside Glen Waverley train station, we were attracted to this shop by the interesting method they use to create their ice creams.

Walking into the shop we saw two "scientists" (actually two girls in white lab coats) procuring an assortment of shakes, waffles and gelato. The setup reminds of high school science lab with beakers and all. Anyway we ordered a milomania gelato, seeing them adding the nitrogen was quite interesting.We got a chocolate filled syringe with our gelato. With an $8 price tag, I don't quite think it's worth it. The chocolate tastes normal, it would of been better if they mixed in the milo into the chocolate as well as sprinkling it on top. But definitely worth a try once, just to see them make it.

Yuzu Cafe & Cuisine - CBD

Yuzu Bar and Café  480 Collins St (enter via Church Lane)

Come to Yuzu on a scoopon deal and was pleasantly surprised, the cafe is quite spacious and looks upper class, the food was quite good for the price. We ordered 4 ramen, okonomiyaki, takoyaki, grilled moreton bay bugs and fried soft shell crab. Altogether this would normally cost $104, only $54 with my scoopon :)

Okonomiyaki – This came out a bit smaller then what I had expected, still not too bad. I’ve yet to find a good authentic okonomiyaki with bonito flakes and pork belly.

Grilled Moreton Bay Bugs – Two bugs fried and the meat grilled with some side salad. We ended with about 4 bite size meat pieces per bug. The taste of the meat and sauce made up for the small serving size.

Takoyaki – 10 pieces of octopus balls, this for me was the second best dish

Fried Soft Shell Crab – One soft shell crab, not as crunchy as I would of liked, a little to soggy once you bite into it.

Wafu beef with miso soup ramen – One of the best ramen I have had. The beef was soft, soup very tasty and the egg was cooked perfectly. The serving was very filling, pretty good for $14. Would definitely come back for the ramen.

Scores

Okonomiyaki – 6.5/10

Grilled Moreton Bay Bugs – 7.5/10

Takoyaki – 7.5/10

Fried Soft Shell Crab – 6/10

Wafu beef with miso soup ramen - 8.5/10

Service score 6.5/10

Parking – CBD parking

Public transport – Any tram that goes pass Collins St

Restaurant website - http://yuzucuisine.com.au/

Pros

Great tasting food, nice atmosphere, reasonable prices

Cons

Can't really think of any

Would I go back? Yes, even without a scoopon.