I had read tempting selfpraising report and decided to give a try. Afternoon hunger . Late.lunch. the lady(, owner?) was not particularly friendly...although not hostile. I chose a watermelon carpaccio with goat cheese followed by a young veal tbone steak( or was it a schank?) 🤔. The 1rst question coming to my mind after both tasting was...is there a chef behind the door? Or just an afternoon shift assistant running written routines? The watermelon carpaccio was rather good but was floating in a tasty but highly acid olive oil. A real chef would not serve it this way. The whole idea was excellent but the overwhelming oil acidity covered all other tastes. Then came the veal meat. It was probably cooked hours before and oven reheated in few minutes. If you ever cooked a bony meat in the oven you would know that you can not touch the bone when it is ready. Because you would burn your fingers. And you certainly have seen lamb shanks or tbone steaks served with some aluminium foil protection on the bone. Here...i could hold the bone which was hardly even warm. The meat was tender and delicious as such( which proved loooong oven baking and not few minutes). But it was nearly cold. Only outer layer warm because quick reheating can not impact the heart of any meat. I did not intend to comment but as the lady asked me how was rhe meal i told her it was not warm. She frowned and tried to convince me it just came out of the oven. This was a second crime😁. To try to convince a client that HE is wrong and he does not know what is cold and what is warm. A meat just freshly baked and coming out of an oven exhales its temperature and you can feel it atrongly when you bite. This meat was hardly at 25 degrees at heart. On top of it there were some agglomerated bits of what looked like an idea of sauce gribiche. Proving again the absolute lack of appropriate temperature. There was a "fresh garden salad" served as side. Again..the leaves and carrot bits( which had no special extraordinary taste) were soaked in oil and vinegar. A chef would never balance a salad dressing like this. As for the white wine...i followed the recommendation for the best local one. It was indeed good. BUT...suffered from the same syndrom of the meat. Actually it was close to mate with the meat temperature...
There was definitely no pilot on the plane. Try your luck but not out of the regular meals hours. You may hope for the executive chef...
Read moreIt’s interesting how my friend and I ended up here. We were staying in Dorćol and were really hungry when we set out in search of food. It was a Saturday, and everywhere we stopped along the way was fully booked or crowded. I typed in a popular restaurant’s name in hopes of finding a spot, and then my friend entered a courtyard and said, “let’s try this place.” I was a bit hesitant, but I eventually agreed. Surprisingly, the restaurant was empty, and we chose a table upstairs to see what it was all about.
The menu was filled with intriguing offerings of meat dishes with various fruity sauces. I had the delicious chicken with pomegranate sauce, while my friend enjoyed the beef ribs. Both dishes were prepared and presented in an exceptional manner; I haven’t had chicken prepared like this before. The sauce was sweet and perfectly complemented the flavor palette. The salad was crisp and fresh, and the addition of the pumpkin soup was an outstanding final touch. My friend mentioned that he hadn’t had beef ribs this good in a long time; he was thoroughly impressed.
Our server, Nina, was exceptionally friendly and attentive. A big shoutout to her!
I absolutely recommend this restaurant, and I’ve heard they have an excellent selection of steaks and...
Read moreStumbled across this lovely little places while walking through Dorćol (Old central Belgrade) with a friend. We were greated by enthusiastic and friendly young lady who took us to the upstairs table - one of three. The place is quite petite, with very few tables on two levels, but has great bohemian atmosphere. After getting us the menu young lady strongly recomended stakes, for which are they aparently famous for. As we were both not in a mood for more substantial meal, we went for risitos - me, with seafood and my friend, with veg. What came smelt delicious, proved to be very tasty - but risoto it wasn't. It was rather a very thick soup, with over cooked rice. Not a hint of creaminess and al dente feel of what woul be a risoto. After a few mothfulls everything was swimming in a puddle of liquid. As my friend was in town only for a night, and me being pesketarian, there was no chance to check out those famous stakes, so New Reset will not be pencilled in in our good (food) memoriis journal, 'mfraid. Pitty, because the place is very pleasant and menu looks good. It is a shame that shef(s) do not take pride...
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