We had an anniversary dinner at Buccan last night. I had been trying to get a reservation during this time for a couple years now and finally was able to snag a later time. All my high expectations were met. There's complimentary valet at the front door which was fast and friendly. We arrived about 5 mins early and got seated right away. The ambience is a very casual but energetic feel to the entire room. Some people wearing coats and some dressed more casually. All in all, everyone you could tell was very happy to be eating there. It was VERY loud when we first got there because there was a party in the other room with a lot of people but by the end of our meal it was much quieter and we didn't have to talk very loud to hear each other.

Our waiter Francisco was amazing and had a great personality. He was very attentive and never had to look for him. I had already done my research so I knew what to order but he was great in his suggestions. The food came at a very good pace starting with the short rib enpanadas which we originally just ordered a single one to split but they ended up giving us 2 on accident and said was on the house. The enpanadas were very good. The texture of the meat was more finely chopped than I've ever had before with enpanadas but the crisp and flavors were great.

Next came the crispy duck leg confit. This was wonderful and was the best duck I've had in south Florida. There is an asian flavor to it with the green onion soubise and the sourdough pancake which reminded me of an asian scallion pancake. It was so good I would have ordered a second order if I didn't want to try a lot more stuff from the menu.

The burrata was next with great toast and prosciutto butter. The mint they used really gave this a refreshing and palette cleansing element to it which was nice after the somewhat heavy enpanadas and duck. We ended up packing half of it since we wanted to bring some of the food in general home so the kids could try it.

At that time, Francisco made it known that the next course might be a little later than expected since he didn't ask to fire the next dishes yet because he thought we'd eat all of the burrata. The food came very timely but I'm pointing this out because the food comes out fresh, hot, and just cooked unlike some of the reviews I saw.

The final 2 dishes came out at the same time. We had the Corn Agnolotti and the Hand rolled Busiate w/ lobster. I love all lobster dishes so I really enjoyed the Busiate and the very uniquely rolled pasta but it was probably the least unique dish of the night. But the corn agnolotti lived up to expectations. It was incredibly good and obvious why this is their signature dish. I'm not a fan of tortellini/ravioli/etc pasta normally because of the ricotta but the butter/corn in the agnolotti made the ricotta a little less grainy and a very good texture. I felt like I was eating more of a corn dumpling at times with just a tiny bit of juices which was very pleasing to me.

We took some of this home as well and Francisco packed after each serving for us.

We finished it off with the Butterfinger desert which was their own made peanut/caramel chocolate bar with coconut ice cream. The bar was fantastic with a lot of great peanut, chocolate, and caramel flavor and the ice cream surprisingly was like an icy sorbet and only had a slight hint of coconut flavor. The ice cream was there not for flavor but to create a cool icy texture in tandem with the chocolate bar bit. It lessened the sweetness which was a great balance for the dish overall. Eating the bar by itself was extremely sweet so it was good to have the ice cream in each bite. To do so, we had ordered an extra scoop of coconut ice cream since many people had recommended it in other reviews I saw. Definitely do it.

Overall Buccan might be the best restaurant we've gone to in Palm Beach County. The food was top for sure and we had a good time. The price is at the right level too so highly recommend and we'll definitely be going back many times if I can get the reservations.