Como the Treasury is a Perth landmark for many reason - architecture, positioning and being wedding central. All worthy facets, but for us, and many others, its food and wine heaven.
Yes, we can talk about Petition, the Beer Corner, Long Chim et al - all worthy venues at the State Buildings, but today's target was the reopened, and redesigned, Post.
We are in our Italian food phase and this was the perfect way to expand our culinary experience at this chic, vibrant restaurant.
Post has a commanding presence on the ground floor of the Como and spills out into the stunning marble foyer.
And it’s a lovely room or rooms. The main dining room is a bit cafeteria style with the seating but its nicely spaced. There is also an ante dining room before you head out into the foyer dining space.
The acoustics are good for a compressed area and we did not have to raise our voices to be heard. Nice.
As brief as the menu menu is, its replete with all that is high grade Italian fare. More traditional than fine dining, the offerings reflect a stripped back approach in the kitchen. No fancy sauces, simple, flavoursome sides and house made pasta.
The wine list, whilst stunning, needs more by the glass options but its only week two, so hey, they will learn. We started with a Biancavigna Prosecco, a beautiful, hand harvested dry sparkling from the Valdobbiadene region of northern Italy. It’s an edgy choice but superb.
Despite the brevity of the offerings, we still agonised over our choices for ages. In the end we chose the Veal Battuta, anchovy, egg yolk $4 each, crumbed King George Whiting, chilli, lemon $24, Fettuccine, osso buco, gremolata $32($16) but in a half serve and the bitter leaf salad $10.
As we waited, we chatted about the room and the staff. A big, high ceiling place - hence the superb acoustics. The staff are young, vibrant, and chatty, perfect for a resto like this.
The bubbles were gone was out so we opted for Tiefenbrunner Pinot Blanco from Trentino $15.
As it arrived so did the food. Thank god we ordered the reduced serve of pasta - it was still the size of Hill 49!
The Veal Battuta was on point - sweet raw veal with a great anchovy tang, though let down slightly by being served on lavosh. A pissalediere approach would work better for this lovely starter.
My favourite thing in the whole food world was up next - King George Whiting. Though crumbed, the moist fish still sang in your mouth. Brilliant. And perfect against the Pinot Blanc.
Hill 49 was next - the beautiful, glossy osso buco ragu was a perfect match for the house made fettuccine. And even though we were sharing, it was still an effort to leave a clean plate. A superb dish and a credit to the kitchen.
The bitter leaf salad was perfect will all the proteins.
One of the better Italian lunches we have had and another reason to keep going back to the State Building complex.
...and ten steps later were in the gorgeous Wine Merchant, across the foyer, for a roader. A perfect end to a superb lunch.
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