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We had the Grilled Fish with Peri Peri Sauce ($15.95), a fresh moist fillet of dory covered with a fiery chunky sambal-ish sauce. This is a much healthier option to the classic of fish and chips with the signature lemon butter sauce,but no less yummy. We switched out the spiced rice for additional veggies for an extra dose of fibre

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Browsing through the menu, I got irritated with all of the fanciful names and lack of proper description of each of the menu items. Plus, the lack of organization of the menu really annoyed the c*** out of me. That's the one thing I never really noticed and took for granted about menus, that there's always some form of categorization of the various dishes so you know where to look for each category and the difference between each of the items in each category. The management really needs a crash course on how to categorize the various items in their menu. I had a very hard time going through the very confusing menu.

We had:

1) Melting Chocolate Truffle Heart Cake & Shake ($16) was served with vanilla bourbon ice-cream, red berries and an iced milk chocolate shot. You couldn't tell from the menu that this was actually a chocolate lava cake, and we had to ask the waitress for the equivalent of a chocolate lava cake because we couldn't seem to find one on the menu despite poring through it several times! That said, this was delicious, but very very VERY rich. Good thing the berries provided a tart contrast to the richness of the warm chocolate cake. Would have preferred a hint of bitterness to the chocolate cake for a nuanced sweetness

2) Hot Chocolate ($7.50) The HugMug is adorable, it doesn't have a handle, you're meant to hold it with both hands, to keep your hands warm. The hot chocolate was a more balanced richness, and creamy and smooth, a comforting delight meant to warm your insides

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I like that their cream puffs are baked, and not fried, which is the hallmark and signature of this particular brand of cream puffs.

The Chocolate Fudge Caramel Milk ($1.50), part of their deluxe range, has that delightful crisp crust, in contrast to its chewy insides. The fresh cream filling is very light and fresh, sweet yet not overwhelmingly so. The rich but semi-sweet chocolate fudge topping is made extra rich with the ultra saccharine caramel swirl. This really is strictly for the sweet-toothed. I need to be in such a mood to eat such stuff.

The Mini Chewy Puff ($4) reminded me of the good ol' days when I used to eat this as a child. Poofy and airy, this was so light in texture that you don't realize you've eaten the whole bunch until it's all gone

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We ate at Fish & Co at Novena Square because of its halal certification, and the restaurant was doing a bustling lunch hour. While service seemed understaffed and a little harassed, the staff were fairly efficient and quick on their feet. Food-wise, I think that apart from their standard fish & chips selections, the rest of the dishes are quite unimpressive.

We had:

1) Baked Pollock ($14.90) with Mediterranean sauce, from off the Set Lunch Menu (set comes with a very boring and limited salad buffet, dessert and soft drink), was a very no-fuss dish. Didn't like the potato mash, it tasted straight out of an instant mix box, and the fish looked awfully tiny. You're better off ordering from the ala carte menu, the portions are more substantive at only a slightly higher pricetag, and extras that come along with the set lunches are so not worth it anyway

2) Grilled White Fish ($15.95) with coriander sauce, which I totally hated. Way too much pounded coriander leaves atop the fish

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While I'm not a fan of any place that doesn't have any air-conditioning, Barossa's location at the Esplanade waterfront ensures a steady breeze through the open-air restaurant. The food is distinctively Australian, hearty, rustic, and humongously portioned, but with many misses amongst the somewhat passable dishes.

We had:

1) Australian Seafood Bouillabaisse ($16), tasted more like lobster bisque than a bouillabaisse, sweet, heady and very very rich. Good thing there was toasted herbed bread to soak up and balance out the sweetness of the soup.

2) Parma Ham Pizza Foccacia ($24) with ricotta and truffle oil, which was more like a flattened and toasted sandwich bread than a pizza. Crispy and flaky, this was light, fragrant and balanced

3) Pan-Roasted "Stockyard" Gold Class Angus Ribeye ($45 for a 250g) was full-bodied and robust, but overdone. The creamed spinach & cheese side was only alright, very creamy and milky, but the potato mash tasted generic and straight out of an instant mix package

4) Sauteed Prawns and Scallops Fettucine ($26) with asparagus was just awful. The sauce was just terrible (methinks they were trying to attempt a tomato-cream sauce but it just fell flat, it was limp and tasteless) and the pasta overcooked.

5) Buffalo Wings ($15), from off the bar bites menu, was possibly the best dish, juicy wings fried to a delectable crisp golden crust were brushed with a piquant spicy sauce for an impactful flavour