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
Montreal Patio Guide
Walls of vines, fountains, fish ponds and wonderfully oppressive sunshine combined with blissful shade. When Montreal decides it's finally warm enough to not need a toque, it becomes warm weather paradise. Brunches, long afternoons, and evenings spent with friends, drink, and … [Read more...] about Montreal Patio Guide
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
Banana Flambé With Watermelon and Dates
Okay, so this is kind of far out there, but it was one of the best things I've ever accidentally made. It didn't actually look like the picture above, but fire is a hard thing to catch in a photo. I took a banana flambé recipe that called for rum, brown sugar and pineapple … [Read more...] about Banana Flambé With Watermelon and Dates
Seasonal Cooking: Spring Spot Prawns with Fiddleheads and Peas
The Atwater Market and Jean Talon have exploded. That means it's Spring. When the flower vendors come in and the fresh fruit and vegetable sections expand to four times their normal size I get really excited. The downside of the new consumer obsession with eating locally and … [Read more...] about Seasonal Cooking: Spring Spot Prawns with Fiddleheads and Peas
Pickled Red Chiles: “Beyond the Great Wall”
Feeding my addiction has never been so good for me. Some people say chocolate is better than sex. I say chiles are better than chocolate, and I've had good chocolate.I ran out of Guizhou Chile Paste. You have to understand, that stuff is meant to last a long time. It's not like … [Read more...] about Pickled Red Chiles: “Beyond the Great Wall”
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
3 Banana Cream Pies
This wasn't a traditional recipe from a book. Like my buttered rum-raisin cream pie with partridgeberry glaze, it was kind of a mash-up of a few different recipes. I used a basic pie crust, a vanilla custard with a mix of milk, almond breeze and yogurt, and a maringue topping. … [Read more...] about 3 Banana Cream Pies
Takara Restaurant Japonais
Takara Restaurant Japonais 4th floor of the Cour Mont-Royal Shopping Centre 1455 rue Peel, Montréal, QC ●●●●●●●○○○ 7 out of 10 I'm always really nervous going to Japanese restaurants in Montreal. Well, nervous and excited, because the Japanese in Montreal is not known to be … [Read more...] about Takara Restaurant Japonais
Banana Cream Pie for the Japanese Cultural Centre?
Every year the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre has a bazaar. They sell all sorts of Japanese foods...and then they sell pies. People who volunteer at the centre were asked to bake for the event, so I baked. I even asked what they would like me to bake. The answer was a little … [Read more...] about Banana Cream Pie for the Japanese Cultural Centre?