New Montreal Restaurant Thread
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juzt_a_girl said:
JAG, thanks for this tip on l'Express - do they serve pancakes there? I would like to note, with regard to Cafe Cherrier, I showed up there with a friend at 11:30 a.m. and I was handed one menu, and that menu had exclusively breakfast dishes: eggs, omelettes, a few bagel choices. If there is a lunch menu I was not made aware of it. So I assumed it was a breakfast place, especially when the waiter hands me one menu and all it has on it is breakfast dishes. If in fact they have lunch and dinner menus, which I was not made aware of, this is a further indication of how bad the service really was.
Eastender, Nana's in St. Albans, VT was a stunning find and I completely lucked into the restaurant. What's funny is that I did not even notice it at first - I was driving south on North Main Street, and looking to the left, and a restaurant across the street from Nana's had caught my attention. I don't recall the name of the resto, but I saw cars parked in front, so I stopped in there. I quickly glanced at their menu and they seemed to be mainly a burger joint. It was then that I looked across the street and saw Nana's. Nana's looks like a large, country diner and the parking lot there was also full. I saw a sign out in front advertising a breakfast buffet and I decided to check it out. The breakfast buffet at Nana's is all you can eat for $5.99 - and it looked good! But I decided to order off the menu because I only wanted pancakes and bacon. The pancakes were served in a good portion with a side order of home fries (served with or without onions, I got them with) that was fresh tasting and delicious. The total damage for pancakes, bacon, home fries, a large orange juice and coffee was $8.70. I suspect most people would opt for the all-you-can-eat buffet for $5.99 which looked fresh and delicious.
For the group of posters who travel back to the USA on I-89 I highly recommend Nana's. Take exit 20 on I-89S, take a right at the ramp and then a left at the first light, and I believe it is about 2 miles down the road (approximately) on the right hand side (North Main Street), just north of the center of St. Albans.
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I'm not much of a pancake person either; I do, however, like crepes, especially if they are nice and thin (I usually make them myself). My preferred breakfast probably sounds strange to most people - I like croissants or brioche, liver paté, and Boursin cheese. I find bacon and eggs too heavy, but they are okay on occasion.juzt_a_girl said:
chef said:
Analytically you are correct because it is starch on starch, but it is an American institution in the "country style" diners. They serve home fries with eggs, pancakes and french toast. Normally, I would only order bacon with my pancakes, but at Nana's the pancakes come with a side of home fries, and I was also eager to sample them. They were quite good! Some times in these places you get home fries that taste like they have been sitting on the grill for 4 hours and are dry and hard, but Nanas' were moist and fresh. They were extremely busy so the food is turning over at a high rate, thereby insuring freshness.
JAG, thank you very much for the tip on Beauty's, I will definitely check it out next trip.
Beijing is my favorite Chinese restaurant in Chinatown and in Montreal, and I have reviewed it multiple times in this thread. Their shrimp with lobster sauce, made with a hint of black bean sauce, is to die for!
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I love potatoes too, and butter (unsalted, please), but I really dislike bagels. I know bagels are a Montreal "institution" but I really don't get what there is to like about something so dense and chewy. I have never met a bagel I have liked. Same with sourdough bread; life is too short to seek out sour stuff; besides, I hate to pucker up unless I am going to kiss someone.juzt_a_girl said:
The Big Orange
You can't beat the Big Orange for hot dogs, greasy fries and delicious, creamy orange julep.
I just got hungry again.
GG
You can't beat the Big Orange for hot dogs, greasy fries and delicious, creamy orange julep.
I just got hungry again.
GG
Le Nantua, Notre Dame (Vieux Montreal)
I went dinning at Le Nantua last night (this Monday).
First, they serve clawed lobsters from New Brunswick. Not bad, but not as great as the awesome clawed Lobsters from Main! Needless to say that they are real jokes compared to the caribbean spiny lobsters ...but that's another story (we are
in Montreal after all, so I was ready to lower my expectations with regards to lobsters). I generally have hard time appreciating lobsters that are not freshly brought to you right from the sea..but again, this is Montreal so let's just enjoy what they can make out from block-of-ice lobsters ;p
With that said, here are my after-thoughts:
-I took oysters (yeah, it's the season ;p) from New Brunswick. Yummy! Fresh, tasty and well presented.
$24 for 9 big and fresh lovely oysters
-I took one big New Brunswick's clawed lobster: the chef of le Nantua has cooked it brillantly.
$49 for a nice big fresh clawed lobster from New Brunswick
I sometimes went to some famous and pricey sea food restaurants here in North America where you would really feel that the lobster
was a block-of-ice lobster right before they cooked it for you. That's not the case here at Le Nantua: I am not a big fan of clawed lobsters as I previously prefaced, but GOD it was deliciously well cooked. You could
feel the freshness of that lobster right off the bat. Everything in that lobster was oozing of perfection:
perfect cooking, perfect taste (nothing altering the taste like you sometimes see at some restaurants who badly
kill the real taste of sea food by adding extra stuffings on top of them), perfect tenderness (well, of course it's not the
tenderness of caribean spiny lobsters but that clawed lobster was definitely fresh and tasty).
Service was perfect: I had Roberto at my table and what a classy gentleman who takes perfect care of his customers from A
to Z with courtesy and great professionalism. The Restaurant itself has a nice european classy and cozy touch with it's high ceilings,
contemporary decor and furnitures. Only thing I would change in the decoration would be the very huge lengthy paintings
(very nice ones, but they seem to be a tad agressive to the eyes and tend to bring a museum feel to the restaurant). I would replace those paintings by ones that are half as big. So 2 paintings, rectangularly-framed, well spaced between each other..would largely do the trick. What an amazing restaurant that I can wait to regularly visit!
I went dinning at Le Nantua last night (this Monday).
First, they serve clawed lobsters from New Brunswick. Not bad, but not as great as the awesome clawed Lobsters from Main! Needless to say that they are real jokes compared to the caribbean spiny lobsters ...but that's another story (we are
in Montreal after all, so I was ready to lower my expectations with regards to lobsters). I generally have hard time appreciating lobsters that are not freshly brought to you right from the sea..but again, this is Montreal so let's just enjoy what they can make out from block-of-ice lobsters ;p
With that said, here are my after-thoughts:
-I took oysters (yeah, it's the season ;p) from New Brunswick. Yummy! Fresh, tasty and well presented.
$24 for 9 big and fresh lovely oysters
-I took one big New Brunswick's clawed lobster: the chef of le Nantua has cooked it brillantly.
$49 for a nice big fresh clawed lobster from New Brunswick
I sometimes went to some famous and pricey sea food restaurants here in North America where you would really feel that the lobster
was a block-of-ice lobster right before they cooked it for you. That's not the case here at Le Nantua: I am not a big fan of clawed lobsters as I previously prefaced, but GOD it was deliciously well cooked. You could
feel the freshness of that lobster right off the bat. Everything in that lobster was oozing of perfection:
perfect cooking, perfect taste (nothing altering the taste like you sometimes see at some restaurants who badly
kill the real taste of sea food by adding extra stuffings on top of them), perfect tenderness (well, of course it's not the
tenderness of caribean spiny lobsters but that clawed lobster was definitely fresh and tasty).
Service was perfect: I had Roberto at my table and what a classy gentleman who takes perfect care of his customers from A
to Z with courtesy and great professionalism. The Restaurant itself has a nice european classy and cozy touch with it's high ceilings,
contemporary decor and furnitures. Only thing I would change in the decoration would be the very huge lengthy paintings
(very nice ones, but they seem to be a tad agressive to the eyes and tend to bring a museum feel to the restaurant). I would replace those paintings by ones that are half as big. So 2 paintings, rectangularly-framed, well spaced between each other..would largely do the trick. What an amazing restaurant that I can wait to regularly visit!
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The Old Chez Delmo?
Monk,
Thank you for the informative review. Is this the same place that years ago used to be known as "Chez Delmo", also a seafood restaurant? I ate there about 5 years ago and then they went out of business, but I had heard another seafood resto opened up there.
Also, one other question:
Is this a typo? I never heard of 9 large lobsters going for $24.............if so, sounds like the deal of the century!
Monk,
Thank you for the informative review. Is this the same place that years ago used to be known as "Chez Delmo", also a seafood restaurant? I ate there about 5 years ago and then they went out of business, but I had heard another seafood resto opened up there.
Also, one other question:
montreal_monk01 said:
Is this a typo? I never heard of 9 large lobsters going for $24.............if so, sounds like the deal of the century!
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EagerBeaver said:
EB,
Yes it's the old "Chez Delmo".
Sorry and thanks for the correction: 9 oysters and not lobsters (a bit pricey I believe, but they were big, fresh and tasty.
You think you are adventuresome ?
How about this
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1815988.ece
My first date where I took somone to dinner was at the restaurant at the top of Place Ville Marie. I think it was called 727 at the time. I was 23 years old and my date was a lovely French Canadian girl and yes, she ordered frogs legs. I politely refused a bite when she offered a taste after noticing me eyeing her plate with horrified curiousity.
How about this
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1815988.ece
My first date where I took somone to dinner was at the restaurant at the top of Place Ville Marie. I think it was called 727 at the time. I was 23 years old and my date was a lovely French Canadian girl and yes, she ordered frogs legs. I politely refused a bite when she offered a taste after noticing me eyeing her plate with horrified curiousity.
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the travel channel last night did one hour on quebec travel/food. the show began in the montreal plateau district. showed a place specializing in forced fed duck. host (tony somethiong?) said it was one of his most favorite restaurants in the entire world. anyone know this place?
voyageur11 said:
Foie gras is forced or gavage fed duck liver to be more specific.
To get back to Chez Delmo/Le Nantua - Have they kept that wonderful wooden bar area in the front section ?
MG_mtl said:Actually, I believe real foie gras is from the goose, not the duck.
Quite right. Although I think sometimes duck liver is sometimes used too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_liver
I think it usually comes with a side of Lipitor
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