One of Perth CBD’s original enotecas still going strong, driven by a love of oenology, and banging small plates.
When the sprawling Lalla Rookh Bar & Eating House opened its doors on St Georges Terrace back in 2012, it won culinary praise. But the enoteca-style Wine Store, accessed from the back of the dining room or off Sherwood Court, also gained a dedicated following, with sommelier and co-owner Jeremy Prus’ wine choices the hot ticket. Present day, and that wine oasis is still going strong. Prus works the small room, his recommendations (and those of his team) of what to drink now and what to take away from a list of hundreds still sought after. Don’t expect ‘west is best’ rhetoric. Sure, you’ll find the state’s highlights but there’s a wider geographic vision here with a particular focus on Italy and France. By-the-glass aids discovery but if there’s a few of you, seek consensus and go by the bottle – when dining in, it’s retail price plus $25 corkage after all. The full restaurant menu is on offer but it’s perhaps the smaller plates that lend themselves to the environment. Think tender skewered beef tongue, cooked over flame, crisp at the edges, or beef carpaccio laid over oyster sauce with pickled oyster mushrooms and Asiago. Bold, salty; the perfect excuse for another glass.
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