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I recently went to Bazaar Meat while in town for a bachelor party and enjoyed it as much past José Andrés experiences. Plenty of people have written up the menu, but particular items of note were:
- All of the cocktails were top notch in taste and presentation, but particularly recommend the Aladdin Manhattan
- The first caviar flight was delicious, and comes out on a custom-designed glass cascade that was pretty incredible.
- Get the classic beef tartare - it's prepared table-side. Goes well with the Iberico Jamon, which I think comes from unicorn meat.
- The A5 Wagyu Ribeye almost caused me to weep with joy
- The suckling pig was a really cool experience and we all loved it, but I personally liked the steak even better
- The butter mashed potatoes are even better than advertised. The asparagus was perfectly cooked but not special, and the cauliflower steak was fairly bland.
Our waiter handled our group wonderfully and really added to the experience. The only blip in the service was our entrees. We got the suckling pig first and then no sides or steak for 10 minutes, and when we asked the waiter and expo, they both said it was about to be brought out, but wasn't. We later learned that this is by design to enjoy things in the order that the chef wants. I am game for that sort of thing, but in this case one member of our party didn't eat pork and so he had nothing to eat for ten minutes. Had the staff explained this to us, we could have cleared it up but it came across like the food was just poorly plated.
After dinner, the GM, Pano Argyriades, gave us a great tour of the whole restaurant and we got to learn a lot about how they run the restaurant.
I highly recommend Bazaar Meat to anyone in town!
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