Montrealxxxtase
Montreal Escorts

New Montreal Restaurant Thread

ck_nj

Wine, women, & song ...
Jul 6, 2004
542
0
16
55
Banlieues de Métropolis
Chef and Touch,
I thank you very much for your suggestions.
I do appreciate them.

Clark
 

MontrealAsian

Member
Jul 26, 2006
129
1
16
Mikasa on Peel

Went to Mikasa last week with 4 other friends and one of their kids. Originally wanted to go to Kaizen... but it was a Friday and I decided to call at 7h00pm to get a reservation for 7h30... yeah right. All reservered till 8h45pm.

The place itself, it looks okay. Really nothing special. Looks a little small for a fancy sushi restaurant... I think there were roughly.... 30 tables? Give or take, thats just a rough estimate, and the seats were all kinda tight. My side was okay cause it was facing outside but my other friends with their back to another table, well their chais were pretty much touching... not so great.

Service was okay... not so great in fact... a little on the slow side. The waiter was friendly, nice guy. But either he works slow, or maybe there was a lack of waiter to table ratio... Ordered our drinks and a bunch of sushi and other stuff... The drinks took almost forever to come.. i'd say at least a good 10min wait or so... appetizer decided to finally come after about 25mins. Rather slow considering when we showed up, there were really only about 14 tables or so that were occupied and these ARE appetizers....

Appetizer was okay... nothing special again. The sushi came another 15mins after. Nice presentation, but the only thing... for the "specialty sushi" we ordered. They each came with their own huge ass plate... so that was kinda hard trying to play tetris with my plates so that all the food could go on the small table... sushi was good. New tastes and flavours. Intersting.

Got sick half way... don't know why.. I'm KIND OF allergic to shell fish.. but I get this feeling every now and then, I really don't know why. This is going off topic. Will inquire more about it after i'm done this. Food passed by quickly... time for the free B-day cake for my gf... but the only thing... the cake they gave her... a tiramisu... no complaints... BUT... it was dry and hard like a mofo? I don't know if they gave the bad or leftover cake because it was a freebie or what the deal was... but my gf took one bite, and didn't touch it after wards. We all ordered dessert, including my GF. Dessert itself took another 15mins or so to arrive... dessert was good.

Paid the bill for all of us. A whopping $480.00 + $90 tips...

Would I go there again? Probably not... the price was okay compared to other restaurants.. but man... the slow service really killed me. The whole dinner took about 2 hours and some... what the hell... Might worth a try, but personally, I wouldn't recommend it.


Now quick question... would ANYONE know what i'm talking about or ever experienced this themselves. Everything is fine and dandy... eat, eat, eat... then all of a sudden, you eat into something... it doesn't taste bad... its not rotten, others are eating it without a problem... but a taste bud somewhere in my mouth, and a smell in my nose, and a memory somehow triggers somewhere... and i just feel VERY VERY sick... almost disgustingly sick like i want to spit it out and completely stop eating.... I really don't know what it is.. but that happens to me once in a blue moon... like I mentioned earlier, i'm kinda allergic to shell fish... but a lot of times I can eat it with no problem... I usually just get a bitch itchy and lips get big...

But this smell thing is really boggling my mind... it was my first time EVER spitting sushi back out.. I was really trying to chew and swallow, but I couldn't make myself do it or else i'd barf on the spot... so yeah... does this ever happen to anyone else, or is it probably just my food allergies?
 

chef

Foodie
Nov 15, 2005
889
0
0
MontrealAsian said:
...................Paid the bill for all of us. A whopping $480.00 + $90 tips...........

Now quick question... would ANYONE know what i'm talking about or ever experienced this themselves. Everything is fine and dandy... eat, eat, eat... then all of a sudden, you eat into something... it doesn't taste bad... its not rotten, others are eating it without a problem... ..............
If service was that bad why on earth did you leave a tip that amounted to about 20% of the bill (before taxes) ? I would have tipped $50.

Sometimes someone I am eating with finds something that tastes really bad, but tastes okay to me, or vice versa....usually at dim sum.
 

nacho

New Member
Dec 12, 2005
157
0
0
73
Two nice places for smoked meat

On this trip, I discovered smoked meat! WHOO HOOO!! First at the Ace Bar and Deli on Rue Sherbrooke at the Base of the Holiday Inn and right next door to the Courtyard by Marriott. I had the X-rated platter, which is a delicious smoked meat sandwich, fries, three kinds of pickeled peppers on a bed of cole slaw. $7.95. excellent value. $5.00 draft rickards red, 12 oz. crappy value. Next day lunch I found myself at Famous Dunns on Ste Catherines. I liked their version of smoked meat even more than ace bar/deli. It was as good in flavor and texture as the best corned beef or pastrami I've had at the Stage Deli and Carnagie Deli in NYC. By the way Tim Hortons is way over rated.
 

eastender

New Member
Jun 6, 2005
1,911
0
0
Next Time

nacho said:
On this trip, I discovered smoked meat! WHOO HOOO!! First at the Ace Bar and Deli on Rue Sherbrooke at the Base of the Holiday Inn and right next door to the Courtyard by Marriott. I had the X-rated platter, which is a delicious smoked meat sandwich, fries, three kinds of pickeled peppers on a bed of cole slaw. $7.95. excellent value. $5.00 draft rickards red, 12 oz. crappy value. Next day lunch I found myself at Famous Dunns on Ste Catherines. I liked their version of smoked meat even more than ace bar/deli. It was as good in flavor and texture as the best corned beef or pastrami I've had at the Stage Deli and Carnagie Deli in NYC. By the way Tim Hortons is way over rated.

Nacho,
Next time try the smoked meat at Schwartz' or the Main Deli,opposite each other on St.Laurent.
 

MontrealAsian

Member
Jul 26, 2006
129
1
16
chef said:
If service was that bad why on earth did you leave a tip that amounted to about 20% of the bill (before taxes) ? I would have tipped $50.

Sometimes someone I am eating with finds something that tastes really bad, but tastes okay to me, or vice versa....usually at dim sum.


Because the hostess was hot.... and also.. I hate being a bad tipper... though i know, i know... tip depends on the quality of the service, and i clearly didn't get outstanding service... 15% would have been more than suffice... but yeah... i'm a sucker like that.... -_-....

BTW... don't knock dim sum... its da shitz. hehe.
 

chef

Foodie
Nov 15, 2005
889
0
0
MontrealAsian said:
............BTW... don't knock dim sum... its da shitz. hehe.
I was not knocking dim sum, only stating a fact. I eat dim sum at least once every two weeks .
 

EagerBeaver

Veteran of Misadventures
Jul 11, 2003
20,370
3,268
113
U.S.A.
Visit site
Speaking of Schwartz's, I gotta share a funny story. I have a business colleague who is a truly wonderful guy, but something of a bumbling knucklehead. He is sort of the Barney Fife of my profession: a loveable knucklehead, prone to saying and doing things like Barney. For purposes of this story I will call him Barney, though that is not his real name.

Anyway, Barney has a real passion for food and restaurants. I told him about Montreal smoked meat, and he mentioned he had never been to Montreal nor had he ever tried smoked meat. Because Barney is originally from New York City, he is somewhat passionate about New York pastrami and corned beef as served in NYC's fine delis. So he was very curious about smoked meat.

When I was in Montreal last week, I checked my cellphone and noticed there was a message. I played the message. It was Barney. He says, "Hey! How ya doin! Could you do me a favor and bring me back like a pound of that smoked meat from Schwartz's? I would really like to try it!"

I had to chuckle.:D There was no refrigerator in my hotel room, the line in Schwartz's was around the block, I was planning on making a stop in the USA on my way back, and even assuming all of those issues were not issues, I was wondering what the reaction would be by the US customs officials at the border when I tell them I am bringing back a pound of smoked meat into the USA.

So I did not get Barney his smoked meat. But Barney still wants his smoked meat, so don't be surprised if you see this character in line at Schwartz's in the very near future.
 
Last edited:

MontrealAsian

Member
Jul 26, 2006
129
1
16
EagerBeaver said:
Speaking of Schwartz's, I gotta share a funny story. I have a business colleague who is a truly wonderful guy, but something of a bumbling knucklehead. He is sort of the Barney Fife of my profession: a loveable knucklehead, prone to saying and doing things like Barney. For purposes of this story I will call him Barney, though that is not his real name.

Anyway, Barney has a real passion for food and restaurants. I told him about Montreal smoked meat, and he mentioned he had never been to Montreal nor had he ever tried smoked meat. Because Barney is originally from New York City, he is somewhat passionate about New York pastrami and corned beef as served in NYC's fine delis. So he was very curious about smoked meat.

When I was in Montreal last week, I checked my cellphone and noticed there was a message. I played the message. It was Barney. He says, "Hey! How ya doin! Could you do me a favor and bring me back like a pound of that smoked meat from Schwartz's? I would really like to try it!"

I had to chuckle.:D There was no refrigerator in my hotel room, the line in Schwartz's was around the block, I was planning on making a stop in the USA on my way back, and even assuming all of those issues were not issues, I was wondering what the reaction would be by the US customs officials at the border when I tell them I am bringing back a pound of smoked meat into the USA.

So I did not get Barney his smoked meat. But Barney still wants his smoked meat, so don't be surprised if you see this character in line at Schwartz's in the very near future.


LOLLLL.... too funny... send me his address. I think mailing 1 pound of smoked meat over to the borders is a lot easier than trying to bring it in urself... ever since the U.S. airlines considered nail clippers to be a weapon of mass destruction.... you'll never know what they'll come up with for a pound of smoked meat... :rolleyes:
 

ck_nj

Wine, women, & song ...
Jul 6, 2004
542
0
16
55
Banlieues de Métropolis
Tokyo Sushi
185 Saint-Paul Street West (corner of St-Francois-Xavier), Old Montreal
514 844-6695

Little sushi house in Old Montreal.
We walked in, and there are about 7 or 8 tables. We ordered various sushi off the menu that you put an 'X' next to. We had salmon, tuna, shrimp, baby crab. Everything was excellent, and the prices were very reasonable.
Bill was less than $40 before tip.
 

ck_nj

Wine, women, & song ...
Jul 6, 2004
542
0
16
55
Banlieues de Métropolis
Bonaparte
http://www.bonaparte.ca/en/index.html
447, rue Saint-François-Xavier (near Notre Dame Basilica), Old Montreal
514-844-4368

I was in town to see one of my friends, and I really wanted to try French cuisine, but not an an insane price. So I had heard about Bonaparte, and said we should try it.
Decor is beautiful inside. We sat in the back, and the roof was opaque plastic, like what you would see in a greenhouse. It was raining hard, and the noise from the rain created a nice ambience.
We both had the lobster bisque flavored with anise to start.
We then shared the fresh scallops and mushrooms aromated with truffle oil, and the escargot, with oyster-mushrooms in fyllo dough with Périgourdine style sauce. Both were very nice.
For dinner, we both had the venison, flavored with bordelaise sauce and mushroom raviolis. It was not gamey or tough, and you could tell that the venison may have been farm-raised.
With the 3 glasses of wine between us, the bill was less than $140 before tip. Not bad. And the food was excellent! I would definintely go back.
Best mean I had eaten in quite a while.

Clark
 
Last edited:

Uncle Kracker

Fuck Models Love Stripper
May 30, 2003
526
1
0
Boston
myspace.com
Read the review below on BU on the Mirror's website. Sounded pretty good (thinking about swinging by in Nov.), just wondering if anyone's been there and if so how accurate the review is?

Thanks

REVIEW
What is it about BU, the bar à vin that sits on St-Laurent in the heart of Mile End? Is it that sleek, minimalist, award-winning interior? Is it its location on a stretch of the Main that has a little more bounce to it than it once did, but can still be eerily quiet on most nights of the week? Is it its primary identity as a wine bar in a city that’s still a bit skeptical of the term? Is it its curt, minimalist name (and its proximity to the similarly ultra-monosyllabic Bô)? Whatever it is, there’s something about BU that has kept it an enigma for some of us who have lived in the area in the three years since it opened.

Set foot inside, though, and your impressions of the place change rapidly. For one thing, the menu unexpectedly features a whole host of Italian specialties, running the gamut from dishes typical of Sicily to antipasti native to Northern Italy. I remember being shocked when I found out that BU’s cuisine was inspired by Italy’s regional cuisines and especially by the mammas who are some of its greatest chefs. The outward appearance had always suggested “foie gras this” and “confit de that” to me.

Since making this discovery, I’ve been to BU a number of times, but always just for a late-night snack and a glass of wine or two. There was still plenty on the menu I was unfamiliar with, so I decided to return with a party of four and together we made quite a night of it.

BU’s menu is divided into three sections: pronto, which amounts to tapas-like snacks and small dishes, freddo, their cold antipasti side, and caldo, their hot main dishes.

We started with three selections from the pronto section and made the first of our wine selections. BU’s caponata ($6), the classic Sicilian spread, was particularly good, with plenty of sweet peppers rounding out the flavours of the eggplant and olives that are its foundation. Their olives ascolane ($6), deep-fried olive croquettes stuffed with minced veal, made for the ultimate bar snack: warm, crispy, a bit briny and absolutely delicious. And, finally, their polipo e patate ($9), delicately marinated octopus with potatoes and lemon, closed out the set on yet another high note.

We then had the two dishes we’d ordered from the freddo section: a subtle but wonderfully seasoned beef carpaccio ($12), served with Parmesan cheese over arugula, and the beautiful and generous selection of antipasti they called their “assiette BU” ($15), which comes complete with everything from grilled eggplant, zucchini and sweet peppers, to a wide selection of cured meats, including prosciutto, speck, salami and an incomparable venison bresaola served with a ribbon of fine olive oil.

We finished off the meal with just two dishes from the caldo section. The first was their pizza del giorno ($12), a dish they offer only after 10 p.m., mysteriously, and for which we’d expressly delayed our dinner. On this occasion the pizza was a caprese, with fresh tomatoes, bufala mozzarella and fresh basil, that showed off the excellence of their crust. BU’s pizza may not be ready for international competition yet, but in a city like Montreal, where pizzas living up to the standards of Naples, Nice or New York are hard to come by, their pizza del giorno ranks in the upper echelon. And last, but not least, we opted for one of their standards, a light and truly exceptional veal scallopine sautéed in Marsala wine and served with saffron tagliatelle ($16).

If all of the above isn’t impressive enough, BU has not one but two more trump cards at its disposal: The service is warm, attentive and, best of all, knowledgeable—able to discuss their impressive (and oftentimes surprisingly affordable) assortment of wines and their weekly by-the-glass specials in terms that are informative, inviting and not the least bit pretentious. We savoured our glasses of excellent Italian and French wines (their specialties) as we ate our meal and wondered why BU was so quiet on that particular night. Anywhere else BU would be much less of an enigma. In fact, it’d be hard to get a table.

BU
ADDRESS: 5245 St-Laurent
PHONE: 276-0249
HOURS: Mon–Sat, 5 p.m.–1 a.m.
BEST FEATURES: Brilliant antipasti, superb wine, great service
ALCOHOL: Yes
WHEELCHAIR ACCESS: Yes
VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY: Yes
CREDIT CARDS: Yes
PRICE: $15–$30 per person, before taxes and wine
RATING: *** and 3/4 out of ****
 

Uncle Kracker

Fuck Models Love Stripper
May 30, 2003
526
1
0
Boston
myspace.com
Elizabeth said:
Uncle, I never went there but I'm dying to!

I only heard good things about this place.
same here... i'm pretty sure i'll check it out in nov.

if you, or anyone else, go there before then drop a line and let me know how it is....
 

chef

Foodie
Nov 15, 2005
889
0
0
Port-like Wine at Chez L'Epicier

The port-like wine I had at Chez L'Epicier a few weeks ago is a dessert wine from France. The label is, "Mas Amiel Prestige. 15 ans d'age. Vin doux naturel". It is available at SAQ for $39.50. There are more expensive versions also available.
 

chef

Foodie
Nov 15, 2005
889
0
0
Elizabeth said:
I love L'Épicier!!

Did you taste their flavoured crème brûlée ? You have about six small portions of crème brûlée with different flavours like strawberry, hazelnut, maple sirup, etc...

Hmmm... Heavenly.
I liked everything but the desserts at L'Epicier; selected by them for their tasting menu. If you like creme brulee you should taste the best I have had so far - a thin layer of chocolate cream on the bottom, topped by vanilla cream, then the crust. The restaurant ? - Chez Moi ;)
 

chef

Foodie
Nov 15, 2005
889
0
0
Elizabeth said:
.........I agree with you about wine. I used to only drink red but I'm discovering that white has his own charm. It's just a totally different experience. Red is sensual, white is refreshing.
I suggest that you try Sancerre from Henri Bourgeois. A cheaper recommendation - Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc, from New Zealand. White can be sensual too - try a full, fat Chablis. The Petit Chablis from Bouchard (Pere et Fils) reminds me of foie gras - and you cannot get more sensual than foie gras !
 
Last edited:

HonestAbe

New Member
Oct 3, 2004
662
0
0
Visit site
Milos

Chef,

Have you eaten at Milos? What are some of the highlights of their menu. I am no expert on Greek food. I like Spanikopita and Baklava but can't think of too much else that I have tried although I might be forgetting something. I prefer beef although lamb is quite nice, fish is ok with me as long as its a hearty portion with a nice flavor, I don't care for bland seafood. What should I try if I go there that will fill me up, I have a heatlhy appetite, and bring a smile to my face while dining. Thanks.
 

chef

Foodie
Nov 15, 2005
889
0
0
HonestAbe said:
Chef,

Have you eaten at Milos? What are some of the highlights of their menu. I am no expert on Greek food. I like Spanikopita and Baklava but can't think of too much else that I have tried although I might be forgetting something. I prefer beef although lamb is quite nice, fish is ok with me as long as its a hearty portion with a nice flavor, I don't care for bland seafood. What should I try if I go there that will fill me up, I have a heatlhy appetite, and bring a smile to my face while dining. Thanks.
I have not eaten at Milos, and I'm not by any means an expert on Greek food, but here are some dishes I like:

Dolmades - stuffed grape leaves
Spanakopita - spinach pie
Moussaka - beef with eggplant
Pastitso - Greek lasagne
They make some nice stuff with lamb as well
Offal is an acquired taste; the Greeks do some great stuff with grilled livers and kidneys etc.

Don't forget the Ouzo!!!
 

gremlin

New Member
Aug 2, 2003
18
0
1
Visit site
Milos is most known for it's very fresh Med. fish, simply grilled with local herbs. Milos is also one of the most expensive in the city.

Also of note in that neighborhood is Faros, a smaller, less pretentious Greek fish place on Fairmount just west of Parc.
 
Toronto Escorts