My Recent Restaurant Reviews
I am disappointed to see there have been no reviews posted here recently.
I was in Montreal last week and had a chance to again sample some good food. On this trip, I did not get to every place I wanted to go, but nevertheless had some decent meals at the following establishments:
La Grand Mere Poule (Ave. Du Mont Royal): I had breakfast here with Stripper Lover and regnaD. This is a breakfast joint located somewhere in a French neighborhood. Menu is in French only, which meant SL had to order for me. I was served a nice basic breakfast of bacon, eggs, coffee and juice which was served with banana bread and fresh fruit.
Chez Nick: (somewhere in Westmount, SL drove there): Another fairly good basic breakfast place. They make a nice cappucino, in a smaller mug.
Chez Cora: (Avenue du Parc): Breakfast not as good as the two places mentioned above. I noticed that 3 Francophones who sat down after me and ordered after me were served before I was. Don't know if this was a coincidence or not. Eggs were greasy.
Reubens (St. Catherine Street): I usually end up here at least once per trip. This time I had the smoked salmon on the Monreal bagel, which is growing on me, even though it is a bagel that is not really suitable for sandwiches.
Jardin de Orient (on St. Catherine near the Hyatt/Place de Arts): This is a combination Japanese/Thai/Vietnamese restaurant. I ate here for dinner and opted for the Thai cuisine. It was pretty good, but I found that my entree, which was the beef with crispy spinach and mixed vegetables in peanut sauce, had an insufficient amount of meat. The vegetables were all fresh and perfectly cooked and the sauce was good, I just felt a little bit cheated on the amount of meat.
Toyo (rue de la Montagne): Ate at this Japanes hibachi steakhouse after seeing "Flightplan" at the Paramount. Food is good, but a bit pricy for what they are serving. I had the filet mignon full course dinner. Would recommend for hibachi fans, but I doubt I would repeat any time soon as there are many other good choices in that neighborhood.
Casa Tapas (Rachel): I ate here with Stripper Lover back in September, on my prior trip. Very good tapas concept food. For those unfamiliar with the tapas concept, they serve smaller entree dishes, so if you are two people, you order 6-7 different dishes. SL and I ordered a bunch of things, the most memorable of which were mussels with a spicy marinara sauce, some kind of lamb medallions with a brown gravy, and pork medallions also served in a different kind of brown gravy. Please note that with the shrimp dishes, the shrimps are served with head and legs still on, so it is a lot of work to clean and eat them. Serving seafood whole is very common in Spanish and Portuguese cuisine.
