Life in the Lower Mainland (BC, Canada)

I was at Tuc Craft Kitchen over a year ago , and the menu has changed a lot. Fortunately still on the menu are the Orange Glazed Lamb Ribs (was $9, now $11), which are still three ribs per order, and still very delicious by all accounts of people who had them. I passed this time and tried curious-sounding things instead. Crispy Bacon and Egg ($4) Pretty much exactly as it sounds: Hard boiled egg wrapped in lightly battered bacon fried to a crisp. This was on the menu way back when and probably kept because it's strangely good in its simple way. Parsnip Fries ($5) Long, noodle-like strings of parsnip, coated in batter and deep fried. The sauce that came with this is really tasty. The fries themselves weren't oily to the touch, but tasted like slightly oily batter. Waste of time and overpriced for the fluffy 2-cup portion you get. Farmer’s Summer ($16) tender squash, assorted beets, vine ripened tomatoes, ricotta cheese, sweet pea sugo Sounded like a salad b...

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. pork belly crackling ($8) gelderman farms, star anise red wine reduction, coarse salt In some places "pork crackling" gets you just the super-crunchy fat. Here you get crunchy fat plus a bit of meat. Pretty tasty, b...