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| - Jose Andre is my favorite chef. I have been to several of his restaurants. So needless to say, I was VERY excited to go to Bazaar Meat.
Bazaar Meat is Chef Andres' take on a steakhouse. The menu is partly filled with his unique version of tapas. Then also filled with steak, steak and more steak. Everything is designed to be sharable. And it is all delicious.
We started off with one of the finest charcuteries ive ever seen. One mouth watering taste of meat after another. Of course topped off with some mind blowing Jamón ibérico.
As featured in the LA Bazaar, I had to have the foie gras cotton candy. It's seriously the best thing ever. So good, I ordered one for desert as well.
Also tried the Jose's take on a ruben sandwich. And it was magic in my mouth. Soooo good.
Now on to the main event. If you are into high quality steak, they really feature the best of the best. True Japanese Waygu, 5 star American ribeye's, etc. Plus everything else you can ever want. I was there with 2 others. So we got the chateaubriand, the pork loin, and the lamb rack. The chateaubriand was excellent. Pork was served with apples and was over the top delicious. But then came the lamb...
The lamb, which was ordered medium rare, came out nearly raw. Honestly, I was shocked, especially considering the 5 star meals I have gotten from ever Jose Andres venture. But the staff handled it top notch. Every manager came out and apologized. They brought it back cooked properly. Bought us desert and gave us some asparagus on the house. So despite this rather shocking turn of events, it ended up ok.
Also shared a couple sides. The red peppers were some of the best ive ever had. They also featured something called Robuchon potatoes. Ok, please bare with me for a second while I go on a slight completely spoiled foodie rants. So before ordering Robuchon potatoes, I called them out on this. I even told the waiter "you guys must have a serious set of balls to call your mashed potatoes Robuchon potatoes." I say this because I have had the actual Robuchon potatoes and they are simply the most amazing potatoes I have ever had. So good that I refuse to believe anyone else can do them properly. The waiter said that the actual Joel Robuchon even gave his thumbs up after trying them. Jose Andres' "Robuchon" potatoes arrived. They were really good. I am sorry to say, these were not as good as the real deal "Robuchon" potatoes. Don't get me wrong, these were also mind blowing. But they were not as good as the original. I suppose its like me saying I prefer my Lamborghini over my Ferrari. Someone should smack me around for complaining about this. Although I feel if you are going to use the term "Robuchon" you should be held that.
Lastly, the desert plate of a selection of various tarts and treats were al excellent.
One more thing to mention. The service was top notch as expected. Although I do feel that our waiter disappeared at times. When we wanted to complain about the lamb, it took us several minutes to track him down. I had to flag down a busboy from another table to get someone to help.
So there you go. Jose Andres took me on another culinary adventure I will never forget. I wanted to give this place 5 stars, but the lamb mess up and slightly lacking service made me knock off a star. There is no doubt I will go there again and give them another shot. I will probably need to mortgage my house to afford it, but I hope next time they can give me the 5 star experience that I expect.
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