Cyrano- French Food in the Heart of Krakow

We decided to treat ourselves to a nice meal one night (read- fancy).  We had heard good things about Cyrano and headed out there to see for ourselves.  The restaurant is located in the basement of an old building and lends itself to pretending you are back in the Middle Ages.

We were the only ones in there, which didn't concern us since it was 5 PM.  We got seated and allowed our eyes to adjust to the dimness that was our table.  We ordered a bottle of French red that I wasn't able to get a picture of.  But you can trust me when I say it was a good, light red wine.  Not heavy at all.

I started with the French Onion Soup.  I was sad (yes, sad) that it didn't have the bubbly, melted cheese on top, but rather on the side.  There is something that is almost enjoyable when you get the break through bread topped with cheese into your soup so that every bite has it.  The toast on the side meant that if you wanted cheese toast with every bite, you had to be judicious and tear it into the right size and pray you got it right.  That being said, the soup was very good.  Nice, meaty flavor and the onions were done well.  Lynn started with the goat cheese and pear salad.  The goat cheese was placed on top of the toast and the pear was drizzled with balsamic vinegar.  I was told that it was good and that the pear was fresh.  Always a plus.

For our main courses: Lynn got the Chateaubriand with a mushroom sauce on the side.  Beef has been one of those things that is really hard for us to come by here.  If we do see it on a menu in steak form, we always have to ask how thick it is.  They don't really do a lot of beef, and if they do it is usually a thin piece of beef.  It isn't a problem when it comes to the done-ness though.  They are usually spot on.  So that being said, the Chateaubriand was just what Lynn wanted- thick and done right.  I ordered the duck with apples and a black currant sauce.  I know I said a few posts ago that duck can be very difficult to order since it is usually dry.  However, they were spot on here.  It was nice and tender and the sauce that went with it was fantastic.

For dessert we shared the profiteroles.  Warm chocolate sauce covering ice cream and pastry.  Yum.  It was good-not great, but good.

Overall, it was a very good meal.  However, for the price that we paid for it, it just didn't make it a top notch meal for Krakow.  The price that we paid for it, if it had been at a Michelin starred joint, would have been acceptable then.