Frankie and Benny’s is definitely an American / Italian 1950’s style chain of restaurants who lately (I’m unsure exactly when) began catering for individuals on the gluten-free diet.
Lots of eateries claim that they can cater gluten-free but don’t possess a printed, obvious gluten-free menu.
Frankie and Benny’s does.
It’s a lot better for individuals on certain diets with an actual menu to check out as opposed to just get it described for them in order to wait with patience because the server flicks with the allergen information folder.
Recption menus was pretty extensive there was quite a bit to select from.
I opted for a few buddies who also made the decision to buy gluten-free to ensure that I will have a try of the couple of dishes.
For that starters we purchased:
- Loaded Potato Skins Crispy Bacon and Cheddar
- Prawn Medley
- Warm Chicken and Jewel Lettuce Wraps
Loaded Potato Skins
&"Mouth-watering and fully loaded. Offered with sour cream quietly. Select from:
- BBQ Chicken, Sweetcorn and Cheddar
- Crispy Bacon and Cheddar
- Melted Cheddar and Homemade Bruschetta Mix.&"
Taters within their jackets with bacon and cheddar? Massive win in my opinion!
I’m all for food presentation and that i really loved the plates they arrived on the scene on, simple in design after some Facebook emblem at one finish. I additionally loved the small pot of sauce that we believe was sour cream.
The potato was warm and toasty although not hot also it didn’t taste dry, which some potato dishes can. Furthermore the amount of cheese and bacon was very generous plus they did smell amazing, would certainly order these again.
&"Large prawns, crisp iceberg lettuce, red pepper, red onion and cucumber thrown within our scrumptious Marie Rose sauce.&"
I pictured a prawn cocktail whenever we purchased, which’s type of what we should got however it was HUGE! Literally primary course size huge as well as between three people we battled to complete it as being we would have liked to make certain we'd room for that mains and desserts.
Again, all for that presentation and quite loved the cool, wonky white-colored bowl it arrived.
Taste wise it had been great but personally I’m not keen on large prawns (I only such as the little weeny ones) and thus didn’t have point about this myself. It’s something concerning the crunch, or texture of huge prawns, I simply don’t enjoy it!
There is a pleasant large amount of sauce though and so i did have several might also I like the sauce using the lettuce.
Again, one other good dish but certainly too big that need considering a starter for me.
Warm Chicken and Jewel Lettuce Wraps
&"Warm tender chicken white meat pieces, button mushrooms and red onion, marinated in balsamic vinegar, offered on fresh baby jewel lettuce leaves along with a pot of ranch dressing quietly.&"
I believe it was the best starter, the chicken was well cooked, by no means dry and also the marinade would be a great flavour without having to be overpowering. I’m all for implementing lettuce as wraps also, in lots of dishes, so found this great.
Presentation seemed to be great, I have to get me a number of individuals shape plates for use at your home!
To ensure that’s the starters completed with, to the primary courses, again, all of us purchased different things to one another but all gluten-free.
Chicken and Mediterranean Vegetable Risotto
Arborio grain cooked inside a wealthy tomato and white-colored wine sauce with tender chicken white meat pieces and an array of roasted Mediterranean vegetables. Capped with fresh watercress and offered with sour cream quietly.
Presentation and portion size both excellent. I truly do think that food looks better when offered on clean, white-colored dishes.
The grain was perfectly cooked, not stodgy and full of flavour and a lot of chicken. Most likely the very best of the 3 primary courses we purchased. The sour cream and watercress were also great additions, the sour cream particularly which just complemented the dish perfectly.
Boston BBQ Chicken
A chicken white meat capped with crispy bacon and cheese smothered within our famous BBQ sauce. Offered with coleslaw, a jacket along with a side salad.
It was most likely the let lower dish from the evening. First of all, home plate&...
I love white-colored dishes, not ones with garish patterns also it just made the dish not look just like it might have. I understand this really is most likely an minor point to numerous people however it’s to not me and that i would be a bit shocked once the plate was put up for grabs because it just didn’t match anything I’d seen earlier, or perhaps opt for the general decor from the restaurant.
But, moving to the actual food!
To begin with it stated around the menu it included a jacket potato however it didn’t, it included mashed potato. Usually this wouldn’t be considered a problem however the mashed potato just sampled processed&... it had been very smooth, almost a paste and merely didn’t opt for all of those other dish.
Although the chicken and BBQ sauce sampled nice the cheese would be a bit plastic-esque and that i wasn’t expecting the chicken to become so flat, again, maybe just a pleasing point however i like the chicken not to happen to be flattened out like this.
The salad seemed to be very sad searching and also the cucumber has certainly passed it’s best, it sampled like it absolutely was excluded from the fridge too lengthy. I wouldn’t order this dish again.
Cousin Mario’s Lamb Shank
A young lamb shank cooked in rosemary oil and mint gravy. Offered with eco-friendly peas and fresh broccoli on the bed of mashed potato.
Beginning with presentation&... again using the horrible dish and also the slopped about gravy didn’t help!
However, putting that aside it had been a really enjoyable dish. The mashed potato sampled much better than using the chicken (maybe since it was drowning in gravy) and also the veggies were nice crunchy.
The gravy were built with a lovely flavour and also the lamb was very tender, practically falling in the bone, perfectly cooked.
When ordering a dish with gravy it’s nice either to obtain the gravy inside a gravy boat or even the vegetables in their own individual dish. Again, just personal preference but maybe something to think about. I love to add my very own volume of gravy to some meal and that i felt it was an excessive amount of, also, I don’t like my vegetables drenched in gravy because they taste far better by themselves.
It didn’t really be an excellent surprise that which was like a gluten-free pudding was frozen treats. I’m type of accustomed to that right now but it might be great to obtain a cake, crumble or cheesecake like a gluten-free choice, they’re very easy to create, there actually is no excuse not to possess a varied gluten-free dessert menu.
Frankie’s Blueberry Split Sundae
Our twist on the classic, slices of fresh blueberry, vanilla and toffee frozen treats, salt caramel and chocolate fudge sauces layered with this red berry sauce, chocolate covered honeycomb pieces and capped with whipped cream.
Lemon Sorbet Sundae
Vanilla frozen treats and lemon sorbet with lashings in our red berry sauce and capped with whipped cream – a real citrus delight!
I'm able to’t fault either of those desserts because they were both amazing! It had been nice there were many different elements for them, ice-cream, sauce, fruit, chocolate honeycomb bits, truly divine along with a great finish to some meal.
Overall I had been pretty impressed using the gluten-free offering from Frankie and Benny’s. The starters and desserts were perfect, I'd absolutely order every one of individuals again.
Using the primary courses, aside from my dependence on white-colored plates just the BBQ chicken dish didn’t really reach componen, it simply appeared to become a lesser quality dish in comparison with anything else we purchased.
However, It’s an excellent restaurant chain while offering gluten-free dishes that you could’t really get elsewhere, it’s not your standard pizza and pasta alternatives which It great, it’s actual, proper food which’s things i miss when eating out. There’s only a lot of pasta dishes I'm able to take!
Great work Facebook, this coeliac will certainly be coming back.