Fable Kitchen in Kitsilano is shutting their doors tomorrow, and we decided to visit for their penultimate dinner service. We've always wanted to try here, but it's a bit pricey, so trying them once felt like more than enough. We're glad we made the visit.
Fable Kitchen, Kitsilano (Closing)
Location: 1944 W 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC V6J 1M5 (Kitsilano)
Visit: Penultimate dinner service before closure
Featured Items: Duck meatball ($19), canned tuna ($19), chickpea fritter ($15), patatas bravas ($18)
Verdict: A bittersweet final visit. The duck meatball and canned tuna are unforgettable, even if only for one last time.
I checked Google Maps to see which dishes came highly recommended, and we decided to share three starters: chickpea fritters, a duck meatball, and canned tuna. We weren't sure if three would be enough, so we also grabbed one from the share plates section, and since I have a soft spot for potatoes, we ordered their patatas bravas.
Let's talk about each dish. The patatas bravas ($18) is possibly the weakest of the four. It's potatoes, of course, covered generously in oil and aioli. Potatoes are always good, but is there such a thing as too oily fried potato? This might be it. It did help us finish our sweet lemonade though, so there's that.
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| Patatas bravas: delicious but deeply oily. |
Next, we need to talk about the vegan chickpea fritter ($15). It's dry. Genuinely dry. But it's still flavourful with the curry mayo and pickled onions accompanying it, so it's still delicious, just not what you'd hope for in a starter at this price point. I can't get over how dry it is.
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| Chickpea fritter: flavourful but dry. |
Now, onto the excellent stuff. The duck meatball ($19) is a textural masterpiece. Imagine a well-seasoned meatball covered in a thin panko crust and fried, so you get that satisfying crunch before the tender, meaty middle. But the real revelation is the parmesan foam on top. It's creamy, light, and absolutely delicious, adding a luxurious layer that shouldn't work as well as it does. I wish this came as a bigger plate than just a starter.
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| Duck meatball: the real star of the night. |
Last is the unique canned tuna ($19). They give you toasted baguette, which is the perfect vehicle for the premium albacore tuna soaked in fragrant olive oil with herbs, tomato, and potato. It's so unique, so elevated, and so utterly delicious. Each bite feels special.
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| Canned tuna: elegant, elevated, unforgettable. |
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| One more bite of something truly special. |
It's always sad when restaurants close, especially ones you wish you'd discovered earlier. I genuinely wish I could have the duck meatball and canned tuna again, but I'm grateful we made the visit before they shut their doors. Sometimes timing is everything, and at least we got one last chance to experience what made Fable Kitchen special.
Here's a link to when we visited Fable Diner (their sibling restaurant) on its penultimate day as well — seems fitting that we experienced both closures.
Have you had a chance to visit Fable Kitchen or Fable Diner before they closed? I'd love to hear what stuck with you in the comments.
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