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Yay to Asado Bar and Grill opening on Southbank. It was quite busy for a Tuesday night on its first week of opening. Service was excellent and love…
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7 Reviews on “Asado”
It’s a new restaurant and so we thought we’ll give it a try without making a booking. Luckily it’s a large space and many tables available on a weeknight at 6:30. The place did fill up quickly though. The menu was covered in animal skin, and the place-mats was also leather. So it’s probably not the best place for vegetarians. We didn’t know what to order so asked the waiter for recommendation. He said the flank steak and the skirt steak, which was really tasty. We also had the pork, which came with some crackling. I also enjoyed the sauces/salsa that came with the meal.
We started with bread (pan con tomate) which was nice. The white fish ceviche was not outstanding, but still good. Chorizo was really exceptional – in flavour & in taste. We had a flank steak, a skirt steak & the suckling pig, with roasted brussel sprouts & char-grilled carrots as sides. The meats were all marvellous & cooked nicely. The Sangria was special & worth mentioning.
(Food – 5/5; Service – 4.5/5; Ambience – 4/5)
Visited on 26 September 2018
Yay to Asado Bar and Grill opening on Southbank. It was quite busy for a Tuesday night on its first week of opening. Service was excellent and loved hearing the sounds of the Spanish language/accents from wait staff and background noise.
We decided to try the tapas to sample a variety of dishes. We started with the Empanadas – Beef, green olive & boiled egg and Sweetcorn, manchego, and Spanish peppers. Then onto the salted cod Croquetas, Chorizo, Zanahorias (Chargrilled carrots, pumpkin seeds, goats curd, black cabbage cream), Polpo (octopus with squid ink mayo) and Beef Ribs. Everything was delicious and full of flavour.
Next came dessert and we tried the chocolate mousse with chocolate fondant and raspberry jam and the Fln – Dulce de leche crme caramel and salted peanut praline. The desserts were not the stand out dishes of the evening and dont even bother with the cheese platter. Cheese platter was over priced with not much on it at all. I suggest you stick to the main dishes. We finished off with coffee and this was a great end to the evening. Definitely worth a visit.
I look forward to trying Asado to go takeaway section.
Asado a predominately Argentinean restaurant focusing on just that, asado. It’s got a few Spanish tapas/pintxos as well as other South American influences in their menu, but it’s all about that meat hissing away on that parrilla. Like its counterpart San Telmo and Palermo there are a few popular items that can be found here and they are here for good reason, they’re crowd pleasers.
They’ve got a good selection on Argentinean wines, the price is quite a significant mark up and I’ve had my fair share of Malbec when I was down there. Regardless the atmosphere here is dark with cow hides and wines adorning the walls and the parrilla in full display with an open kitchen. The pork roasting away hanging on some grating, only thing missing is a whole lamb on a cross. You even get to see the dry aging room before you walk into the restaurant, a feast for the eyes.
We start off with a few lengua, beef tongue skewers layered with chimichurri. I didn’t know beef tongue could get so tender, this was really soft and had a nice smokey flavour imparted onto it. The chimichurri was quite herbaceous and gave it some brightness.
They were out of their special lamb empanadas so we stuck with beef which was a sound choice, filled with mince, olives and egg it was a hearty pocket with a few spices to bring some mild heat into play.
The white fish ceviche was lightly cured and did not overpower the fish. You’ve got the corn and pine nuts for crunch and a few slices of tangelo for some citrusy sweetness, nice vibrant dish.
We also got a chorizo which to be honest I thought was going to be larger for the given price point but it was delicious nonetheless. It was gushing with spicy fatty juices and had some nice charring to it.
For mains we went for the 500g O’Connor’s premium dry aged pasture fed rib eye. Perfectly cooked, perfectly pink with all that beautiful fat rippling through the meat which imparted a lot of beefy flavour. It’s one of the best steaks I’ve eaten in Melbourne. They did give us a couple of accompaniments, chimichurri and some type of salsa but really it was perfect in it’s purest form.
We also had some of their roast pork which had been cooked over open fire, juicy white meat with a few shards of crackling thrown in. This benefited more from the sauces. As a side we got asparagus with cheese, almond and bread crumbs. The asparagus was soft and crisp with the almonds, all the ingredients just clung together and worked a treat.
For dessert we got some alfajores which had 2 shortbreads and dulce de leche squeezed in between. It crumbled with eat bite to reveal a sticky sweetness aliken to caramel. We also got the tres leches which translates to 3 milk, in this case 3 milk sponge cake. It had some familiar pairings such as strawberries and cream with some popping from the freeze dried berries. What makes this unique is the red pepper sorbet which on its own is quite confusing and there were some blank stares that night. Combined however it slowly came together, it’s an acquired taste and worthy of trying.
Overall fantastic spot and can be overlooked as it is not directly on the main strip. They didn’t take any shortcuts here and I was pretty happy with the ambience and food. The food had great pacing but there were a couple of times we didn’t get as much attention as you’d expect due to the servers being overloaded, that being said another waiter (possibly manager) saw that we needed our table cleared and rushed over to help out.
I’m glad these guys are around, they’re really making an impact on the South American dining scene in Melbourne which is mostly underrepresented and gives me warm nostalgic vibes.
Had a delicious meal at Asado last week. Massive open space with good atmosphere. Food was top notch. Definitely rivals San Telmo. Between 3, we ordered the salted cod croquettes, the kingfish ceviche, the cuttlefish with romesco, the grilled provolone, the flank steak and the brussel sprouts with manchego cream. Everything was fantastic but for me the Provolone and the brussel sprouts were a major highlight.
My advice is arrive hungry. Seriously the food is rich and punchy. It’s hard not to get carried away and over order. There was not one dish that we didn’t love. Even the side dish of Brussels sprouts was amazing, yes amazing!
I will try to order less less time as we left far too full and couldn’t finish what we we ordered. But boy did we try and had a great time doing so.
Was so excited to try this new restaurant in Melbourne. Definitely did not leave disappointed. To begin, I was greeted by the friendly staff upon arrival. Throughout the dinner they were so lovely and helpful in regards to the menu and in recommending what dishes to order. Every dish we had I devoured and loved. The steak was definitely the highlight matched with the carrots paired with goats cheese and pine nuts. You cannot leave without trying their desserts. My favourite was the flan! Can’t wait to try Asado again.