Cuisine from the Antilles Islands in the Caribbean could mean anything from Jamaican jerk chicken to Cubano roasted pork and swiss cheese sandwiches, but French-Caribbean means something a little different, so when a new restaurant with a gorgeous terrasse opened on Parc just … [Read more...] about La Fourchette d’Or et la Cie: Cuisine Antillo-Francaise in Montreal
Montreal Restaurants
BU and DNA: Molecular Gastronomy and the Price of Fine Dining at Montreal’s Highlights Festival en Lumiere
This morning on CKUT 90.3FM radio I spoke about two dinners I experienced at the Festival en Lumiere this past week. Both were presented by internationally-respected female chefs. Click here to download the audio segment. At DNA Restaurant: Elizabeth Falkner of San Francisco's … [Read more...] about BU and DNA: Molecular Gastronomy and the Price of Fine Dining at Montreal’s Highlights Festival en Lumiere
Le Restaurant de L’Institut: Montreal Highlights Festival Lunch
Le Restaurant de L'Institut 3535 St-Denis Montreal, Quebec ●●●●●○○○○○ 5 out of 10 French/Mediterranean I recommended this place for lunch for the Festival en Lumiere, but I wish I hadn't. Nobody goes to a restaurant hoping for a less-than good experience; I went to the … [Read more...] about Le Restaurant de L’Institut: Montreal Highlights Festival Lunch
La Chronique at the Festival en Lumiere
La Chronique 99 Laurier West ●●●●●●●☺○○ 7 1/2 out of 10 Contemporary/Mediterranean The Festival en Lumiere makes me feel a little like a kid in a candy shop...well, a Westmount candy shop where a lollipop costs $5. Sometimes that lollipop is worth it, like when it's a gift for … [Read more...] about La Chronique at the Festival en Lumiere
Ferreira Cafe
Café Ferreira 1446 rue Peel Montreal, QC ●●●●●●●●○○ 8 out of 10 Portuguese Again, I didn't go here to review it, but I wanted to talk about it. This is what I do, talk about food. Periodically I do and talk about other things. Anyway, we show up a tiny, tiny bit late for a … [Read more...] about Ferreira Cafe
MAS Cuisine
Mas Cuisine 3779 Wellington Verdun, Montreal, QC ●●●●●●●●●○ 9 out of 10 French/Local This is not a normal restaurant review. I did not come to this restaurant to review it, but I loved it so much that I just wanted to write about it. These guys are good... First came out a … [Read more...] about MAS Cuisine
Jolee
5495 Avenue Victoria Montreal, QC ●●●●●●○○○○ 6 out of 10 Sri Lankan/South Indian/South Asian Kind of fuzzy on the type of food, I know, but International boundaries don't really bind culinary traditions in places whose interconnected histories go back thousands of years. For … [Read more...] about Jolee
Kitchen Galerie
Kitchen Galerie 60 Jean-Talon East Montreal, QC ●●●●●●●☺○○○ 7 1/2 out of 10 Glorified fruit salad. I liked you until you gave me glorified fruit salad. If that's as creative as you can be, oh great chefs, well, you need to try a little harder. I was warned not to get my hopes … [Read more...] about Kitchen Galerie
La Maison du Nord and the Secret of Magic Noodles
La Maison du Nord 2130 St-Mathieu (look for the number on the door, not the name) ●●●●●●☺○○○○ 6 1/2 out of 10 I walked up St-Mathieu from Maisonneuve, then turned right on Lincoln, right again back onto Maisonneuve, over to St-Marc...where is this place? It was 11:30am and I was … [Read more...] about La Maison du Nord and the Secret of Magic Noodles
Cafe Harvard Gourmet
Café Harvard Gourmet 5688 avenue Monkland Montreal, QC ●●●●●●●☺○○○ 7 1/2 out of 10 This neighbourhood is picking up. What used to be a strip of quaint but over-priced, mediocre restaurants now has at least 3 gourmet chocolate shops, 2 vegetarian joints, a mikado sushi restaurant, … [Read more...] about Cafe Harvard Gourmet