A Leederville neighbourhood bar, restaurant and bottleshop plating up imaginative food and good vibes.
A sprawling bar, bottleshop, kitchen and all-round purveyor of good times, Besk caters equally well to those desiring just a drink and snack or hankering for something more substantial. For the former, bites such as prawn rolls made on brioche, a neat salumi plate and crisp, fragrant bang bang fried chicken tucked into little gem lettuce leaves all go well with the 20-plus beers on tap, drawn from near and far and with real scope in style (after a double IPA, a stout flavoured with salted figs or a straight-up lager? They’ve got your back.)
Grab a bottle and pair it with a hulking half cauliflower dripping in hot garlic and honey sauce, with a refreshing fennel and mint side salad.
Pick wine, and the list is forward-thinking, packed with pet-nat and piquette, textural orange and amber wines from France and Italy and an enormous range of reds from trendy producers, all well priced. Grab a bottle and pair it with a hulking half cauliflower dripping in hot garlic and honey sauce, with a refreshing fennel and mint side salad. Then add a char-grilled Dandaragan sirloin with chimichurri for bite, plated with crisp potato cake and seductively smoky cabbage. Once again, Besk proves that, when done right, blurring the lines between bar, pub and restaurant can bring very rewarding results.
