Steak night but take it up a notch, or two.
For years, high-end steak menus were the preserve of Rockpool and the like. Sure, there’s a good price-to-quality ratio at many local pubs, but if you’re talking the highest-quality steak, cooked over coals, at a joint with some vision around the wider menu, your choice used to be quite limited. Until Nextdoor. Named for the fact it’s owned by the neighbouring Olsen Butchers, it’s a contender for the best steak in WA.
Before you get to the main event, the riot of texture and taste that is the hash brown with whipped cod roe is mandatory. Dishes like chargrilled Middle Eastern-tinged octopus served on creamy hummus with the tangy lift of sumac onions and slithered pistachio are proof that, let’s whisper this, you don’t need to order the steak. But that’s why you’re most likely here and the Cape Grim ribeye on the bone is 750g of the best-cooked beef you’ll find. But it must go with something and as if to prove that salad should never be an afterthought, a well-dressed rocket and endive number with fennel, pear and pecorino is the perfect foil to the richness. Toasted hazelnuts push the salad into the realms of a dish that you’ll fondly recall days and even weeks later. While this is a great spot to gather a group, if you dine solo or as a duo, sit at the pass for a more intimate and theatrical experience. And don’t miss dessert – where else will you find an understated (on the plate) chocolate and peanut tart with wagyu caramel?
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