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| - My neighbour recommended that I should try Bestellen as being of good quality and she was absolutely right.
It has an interesting menu, very flexible and understanding service, good wine list and is a pleasant space.
We started with the octopus which was soft, tasty, spicy and served at about room temperature which was fine, and it had an interesting texture of popcorn crunch to it.
The chicken liver pâté was well executed with plenty of good brioche.
The steak tartar was clearly hand cut and the meat was excellent. It was slightly overpowered by the strong truffle oil and missing a bit of a bite/hot sauce. There was plenty of it and it was soft and mild.
The papadelle with rabbit was delicious, the rabbit very tender which is often hard to achieve, and the rapinni we chose to have with it, deliberately slightly charred, was good.
The Cornish hen was beautifully cooked with crispy skin, and a lovely rice base. We had dark and rich Jerusalem artichokes with it.
Unfortunately at this point one of our party who had not been feeling well had to leave. The restaurant cancelled our steak frites without any hesitation whatsoever.
I will be back to try these! It is just an example of how attentive the service was throughout.
We had brought our own champagne, corkage $30, I tried a glass of a very full and soft sauvignon from the South of France and we drank an excellent Burgundy ($95). All the wines on the list seems reasonably priced.
A very pleasant experience.
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