frank's kitchen

 


Who:     frank's kitchen

What:    continental cuisine

Where:  588 College Street Toronto

When:   May 2012

Why:     birthday celebration

Web:     http://www.frankskitchen.ca





Recently, a founding member of rather peckish celebrated a birthday.  Besides the obligatory house party, a dinner date was absolutely essential.  Despite the seemingly endless restaurant possibilities, we decided on Frank's Kitchen.  We have only ever heard amazing things about Frank's and knew it was time to try it ourselves.  So, off we went for what we hoped would be a spectacular evening.  And a spectacular evening it was!  The service was friendly and appropriately attentive.  The restaurant had a wonderful vibe, gladly lacking in all things stuffy.  Most importantly, the food was totally delicious.  We loved that everything is made in house from the bread, to the charcuterie, to the truffles.  We ate, chatted, ate some more, and of course took a gazillion pictures.  Maybe that is a slight exaggeration (i.e. we could remove many zeros), but we did snap tons of pics and had a great time doing so.  

The beautiful, one-page menu

House-baked rolls served with a fresh tomato bruschetta and olives

The olives were absolutely delightful served in the mini ceramic tagine-like dish

Amuse bouche: fried goat cheese and a wonderfully smooth corn puree

Antipasto plate for one.  It was shared.  And it was amazing.

Lemon sorbet palette cleanser

Grilled striploin entree.  The details are described in the menu.  All we want to say here is that it was absolutely
incredible.  One of the best steaks we have ever had.  Honestly and truly.

Close your eyes vegetarians! An inside shot of the magnificent medium-rare steak.

The side of parmesan frites.

Chosen entree #2: the duck breast.  It, too, was spectacular. 

We were WAY too full to order a proper dessert.  Luckily the wonderful people at Frank's satisfied our sweet tooth
with complimentary house-made truffles.