Cafe Bakery where sandwiches are popular
FRANK’S, located near Kintetsu Kosaka Station, is a café-bakery that was established in 1980 and is popular for its sandwiches. In the beginning, the bakery purchased its bread, but in 2012, it began baking homemade bread, and just three years later, in 2015, it represented the Kansai region in the “2nd Bakery Japan Cup,” winning third place in the cooking category from among many other bakeries. The menu offered at that time consisted of three types of sandwiches: “hamburger steak cobbler,” “braised pork belly cobbler,” and “roast beef clubhouse cobbler,” all served on homemade cobbler bread. The judges praised the fluffy and crispy coppé bread with fillings prepared for the sandwiches and seasoned with a homemade sauce.
FRANK’S has a showcase of sandwiches, breads, and cakes, as well as a café, but customers are constantly coming and going, and the café is often full, especially in the morning and at lunch time. From “salad sandwiches made with fresh bread,” in which the sweetness and sticky texture of the fresh bread and the taste of the ingredients, such as standard ingredients and vegetables, can be fully appreciated, to “warm filling sandwiches made with thick toast,” which sandwich omelets, thick-sliced beef herre steak, Kurobuta pork loin cutlet, and other items. FRANK’S considers a sandwich to be a “meal,” so not only is it hearty and filling, but it also caters to the gourmet-conscious housewives and college girls. The company also pays more attention to taste than others, since its main target customers are gourmet-conscious housewives and college girls.
Mixed juice unique to Osaka is also available.
When I asked the waitress about recommended sandwiches, she told me that the roasted ham and egg salad and fried prawns were popular. Although these sandwiches are orthodox, the aroma and flavor of the handmade fillings on the homemade bread fills your mouth and makes you feel luxurious. In addition, the set salad is well prepared and has a delicious dressing. In addition to coffee, tea, orange juice, cola, and other beverages, mixed juice is also available, which is typical of Osaka. Incidentally, “mixed juice” in Osaka is a mixture of milk, bananas and other fruits, canned mandarin oranges, sugar, and other ingredients blended together in a blender. The cheeseburger, which was created to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the restaurant’s founding and offers the true flavor of meat, and gratins are also said to be very popular.
In November 2020, FRANK’S sister store “Frank’s Higobashi” will open. Located in the apparel store “VODKA connecting people,” the store has been selling sandwiches in-store since 2019, but has added a kitchen and started operating as a café, offering a selection of the most popular menu items from the main store They are now offering a selection of the most popular menu items from the main store.
