Date #9 - The Sharing House

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N and I decided to try The Sharing House at South Wharf (35 Dukes Walk, South Wharf) for one of our recent date nights. It is best described as an upmarket Tapas restaurant as most dishes are designed to share. We had the rabbit and cauliflower popcorn, chips, fondue, jamon pizza and the corned beef hash. Everything was absolutely delicious, in particular the fondue which was basically a whole camembert that had been baked in the over and you dipped crusty bread and carrot sticks into. The rabbit and cauliflower popcorn was also amazing both texturely and taste wise.

We shared a bottle of wine and they seated us near the water which was very romantic. The bill coming out is never usually a great experience but it was presented to us inside duplo with a little duplo man on top see picture below:

Cost: 
The Sharing House: $110
Total cost: $110
Night of the week: Thursday

Date rating: 8/10

Verdict: It was a nice date night out, not the cheapest but certainly not the most expensive either. Somewhere we will definitely go back to.

Date #7 - Food crawl

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For our next date I decided to plan a food crawl for N and I, basically going to 3 different restaurants for entree, main and dessert. To start with I took N to The Little Press and Cellar  at 72 Flinders Street which is part of Press Club but is a smaller version of the restaurant. The service and food were impecable but the price was a lot more expensive than I expected it to be. We had an appetiser and 2 entree dishes to shares with a couple of glasses of wine and some mineral water and it ended up being $110. For next time I would probably just get another few dishes and go for a proper dinner than as part of a food crawl.

Next up we went to Izakaya Den, a Japanese style tapas & bar place at 114 Russell Street. After walking around for a whilst trying to find the place, we discovered it was down a discreet set of stairs. We were given a table for 2 at the bar which was good as you can watch them cook your dishes whilst you wait. I really enjoyed this place and it'd be a good place to go back for Friday night work drinks since a lot of the food is smaller snacks. We had 3 dishes and a bottle of sake, all for $60.

For our last place we went to Bar Lourinha a wine and tapas bar at 37 Little Collins Street. We seriously over indulged and had the cheese selection and chocolate and hazelnut mousse. Both were absolutely delicious, although it was so busy that we had to sit around a smaller table for about half the time that we were there, but the waiters were great and as soon as space at the bar opened up they moved us up there.

Cost:
Little Press: $110
Izakaya Den: $60
Bar Lourinha: $60
Total cost: $230

Night of the week: Wednesday

Date rating: 8/10

Verdict: Had I known it would have cost so much I may have just taken N to one fancier restaurant but still nice to try all these places.