Peek into a restaurant kitchen these days and the tall, snowy toque blanche — long the sign of the room’s culinary kahuna — may be tough to find. It is a vanishing species. Instea… ...

WBFEAST23B-C-13JUN00-SF-JC-- Michael Cho waits as Einstein Cafe employee Mark Housel prepares his sandwich late Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco. Photo by Jeff Chiu / The Chronicle.

La Toque has never been on that list. He reviewed chef Frank in November of 2008, and enjoyed his experience enough to give them a three-star rating.

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