The deceptively small store front hides a deep room with upstairs party seating as well. Still, definitely make reservations because it was busy when I got there for a 7 PM reservation an it was still packed around 9 PM when we left the restaurant last Friday.
Trust me, you want the lamb ribs--Unless you're vegetarian, in which case there really isn't much reason to go to Tuc Craft Kitchen, which sports just the one veggie starter and one veggie main.
albóndigas ($8) beef & pork meatballs, vodka roma sauce, sheep’s milk pecorino romano
- Three fat meatballs, each slightly bigger than a ping pong ball or golf ball.
- Tasty. Firm and moist. Good but not "wow" -- but that may be in comparison to the wonderful ribs we'd just had.
- In some places "pork crackling" gets you just the super-crunchy fat. Here you get crunchy fat plus a bit of meat.
- Pretty tasty, but seems like a very small amount for your $8 -- about a cupful.
- So popular they ran out shortly after 7 pm, and the next batch wasn't going to be ready for about an hour.
- Just three meaty, fall-off-the-bone ribs per serving. You will probably want two rib per person.
- Make sure you have a spoon at the table. The ribs came without a spoon, which was ridiculous since the super-tasty glaze had melted down to the bottom of the deep-dish cast iron pan. You definitely want that glaze back on the meat.
- Eat it while it's hot. And it comes so hot the honey-like glaze is still bubbling/simmering at the bottom of the pan. If you let it cool the meat gets tougher and drier.
- Fall-off-the-bone chicken as touted by our server, but strangely on the dry side and I think that really ruined the experience.
- Could have been a one-off fluke, though, considering how well everything else had come out.
- Could also be intentional as you are provided with consomme, which they recommend you use as you eat rather than drown the chicken right away.
- Huge amount of kale. If you don't like three cups of kale on your plate, ask for a substitution early. Sure it's a superfood -- but there's a heckuva lot of it so I hope you love it.
- The one veggie main. Sounds more complex than the actual presentation, which was very similar to baked beans except using lentils. Tasted similar too.
- Overall tasty but nothing to write home about except that maybe it was too similar to baked beans that $15 starts to look pricey.
- Portion for price also seemed a bit low, but being heavy on the lentils it was quite filling.
caramel popcorn ice cream ($4) popcorn infused house-made ice cream, caramel sauce, popcorn
- I always complain about restaurant ice cream being a couple of scoops that cost the same as a small tub at Superstore. No different here, except the price point is happily low when restaurant desserts generally run at $8 nowadays.
- Intense caramel popcorn flavour as advertised. Go easy with the sauce provided as it can smother the flavour of the ice cream.
- If you order the chocolate brownie napoleon ($7), the same ice cream is used there so you can taste both in the same order, but you don't get the caramel sauce.
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