NextDoor is a trendy restaurant and bar in the Angelo Street Market area of Como. It’s right next door to Olsen’s butchers, so they have a good supply of quality meats, and this shows by the superb wagyus, ribeyes, and scotch fillets available on the special meat menu.
As soon as you walk in it is oozing with sophistication, and we were seated around the grill bar so that we could watch the chefs preparing the meat and fish dishes.
The menu is based on share plates – snacks, small plates, larger plates and vegetables. I started proceedings with a Vignarosa prosecco while we perused the options.
Our first choice was a small selection of coldcuts with marinated olives and guindilla (chillies), along with some focaccia. This was a good choice – the coldcuts were such good quality and so incredibly tasty – salami, mortadella, parma ham with succulent olives. It was all quite filling.
Next came our small plates – first hashbrown with cod roe whip, pickle powder, chives and smoked trout roe, then chicken wings stuffed with prawns, topped with pickles and a honey/chilli coating. Both were very satisfying. The soft hashbrown with the smoky rish roe flavours took us to umami central, and the contrast of the chilli and sweetness of the chicken wings was sublime.
The main dish was market fish – crimson snapper, served with the heirloom carrots and kipfler and sweet potatoes. The snapper was served in a tomato butter with roast cherry tomatoes. The carrots on a bed of labne with candied hazelnuts and honeycomb, the potatoes flavoured with garlic and rosemary.
Nextdoor is definitely a quality venue with dishes lovingly prepared by talented chefs. It’s a little expensive, so more of a special occasion restaurant, but an absolute neighbourhood gem in South Perth.
Last visit – August 2023
Truly Scrumptious 
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