P is an Instagram star and her life looks like it came straight from the pages of a heavy-paper magazine called "Travel" or "Jet" or "Style".
Anyway after a long walk around the Yarra at sunset catching up over lost months (like a couple of old people) I asked what she wanted to eat and she said immediately, "MEAT." Australian beef is valued highly in Asia, to the point where it becomes an unaffordable extravagance. P buys kilos of meat to take back every time she comes back - thinly sliced, vacuum sealed, frozen. So we called around and booked our table at San Telmo. Yes, a place that takes bookings in Melbourne, take my heart.
Dark and moody interiors are a great setting for the meaty courses to come.
It's not a Spanish meal without chorizo sausage.
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| Proveleta - fried provolone cheese. |
Who knew fried cheese could taste so good? Definitely going to try this at home.
I love vegetables and I love restaurants that love their vegetables too. There is nothing sadder than a $10 bowl of tiny green salad. ST got their vegetables RIGHT.
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| Zanahorias - burnt carrots with hazelnuts, thyme and garlic goats curd. |
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| Ensalada de farro - farro and coal roasted eggplant with pickled cauliflower, purple kale and almonds. |
I could eat these kinds of vegetables all day, son.
Then, came the beef short ribs which killed us softly. Sooo tender, the meat fell off the bone, full of flavour and moreish without being oily.
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| Tira de asado - O'Conner premium pasture fed beef short ribs |
I teetotalled tonight but P let me know that the wine list was impressive and the waitstaff were more than happy to let her try a few drinks before settling on one.
I will miss P again when she heads off in a few days but in the meantime, we will always have San Telmo. Also, some kickass photos of the sunset and looking thoughtful with the back of our head.
San Telmo
14 Meyers Place
Melbourne
9650 5525
