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Ever been to south-east Asia? No? Now you don’t have to anymore! – Satay Brothers

by Jason July 18, 2011
written by Jason

In recent years I have been fortunate enough to visit and travel through Asia; the heat, the humidity, sights and smells are comparable to nothing and is something I think about often. The one thing I miss the most is obviously the food; the meals I shared with friends under a smiling moon, on the side of a bustling street, being lit by tubes of halogen lights and propane flames. Not knowing exactly what it was we were ordering but it looked good, it was cooked fresh and more often than not, by a chef with a cigarette in his mouth and flip-flops on his feet.

It’s been a while since I’ve had quality dirty hawker street food. As ePetitions are signed and public opinions reformed, the realization of Montreal street food is elusive as driving on a street without orange street cones. So can you guess how happy I was to come across the closest thing Montreal will ever come to as a Hawker stand at the Atwater market? Happy like a pig in shit or like a fat kid at Tim Hortons with a pocket full of allowance money. So I hit up Satay Brothers with one of my twitter followers Nic.

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July 18, 2011 8 comments
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FoodMile-end/Plateau Mont-RoyalReviews

Heating up at the Icehouse – Restaurant Icehouse

by Jason July 11, 2011
written by Jason

Thanks and welcome to all my new Twitter followers and new “likers” on Facebook. A big shout out to all of you I’ve been talking to this past week. You all are awesome and I’m sure, sexy as hell.

Having been opened for a few months so far, if you’ve read my ramblings long enough, you’d know that I like to let new restaurants have a chance to get the pots and pans a little dirty before checking it out. Little did I know that holding to this philosophy would take a completely different meaning when we visited Ice House. Not to say that Icehouse is “dirty” dirty, but the kind of dirty that’s dirty in all the good dirty ways, if you know what I mean.

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July 11, 2011 2 comments
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One or the other, you can’t like both – Bagel faceoff: Fairmount vs. St. Viateur

by Jason July 4, 2011
written by Jason

For this week’s post, we’re going to do something a little bit different. If you follow me on Twitter, you might have answered me when I asked everyone where their favorite Montreal bagel comes from. As far as I can remember my family has been team Fairmount – my grand parents lived right around the corner – and a visit to “ah poa’s” (my grandmother) would never be complete without a dozen black and white to take home. It’s always nice to get your hands on fresh baked goods n’est-ce pas? But what if the bakery is opened 24 hours… When is it “fresh” o’clock? This is what I set out to find. Not only pitting these two renown bagels head to head, but to up the ante, the stakes were raised as to who has the better bagel under a veil of night… Who’s bagel is better at MIDNIGHT… dun dun DUNNN…

Since the days of riding dirty in the car seat in the back of my dad’s Buick, I’ve now found that my bagel preference has blurred, not that I’ve become indifferent, just that I’ve considered a Montreal bagel, a Montreal bagel (don’t judge me!). Maybe it’s a question of having been stuffed with them when I was younger or I’ve become jaded, but this should be a perfect premise to base a bagel showdown… a Bageloff, if you will.

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July 4, 2011 11 comments
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Shabu shabu? Screen Golf? Why not BOTH?! – Restaurant Shabu shabu Korean BBQ

by Jason May 30, 2011
written by Jason

When was the last time you were having shabu shabu and said to yourself, “you know what would be sooo good right now? GOLF!” You’d be surprised at how often that thought would go through my head… that’s if I played golf. And now all of our golf/hot pot gang bang fantasies have been answered. I recently hit up this place in NDG aptly called “Shabu Shabu – Screen golf” on St. Jacques. Hold up, hear me out. I know what you’re thinking, because I was thinking the exact same thing, “How is it possible that one place is able to defy all laws of physics and everything that we have come to know as science, to be able to contain so much awesome without being blown up to bits, or at least hover two-feet off the ground like Sigourney Weaver from Ghostbusters when she was possessed by Zuul, The Gatekeeper?!”

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May 30, 2011 3 comments
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FoodMile-end/Plateau Mont-RoyalReviews

When eating tacos, please remember to eat more than four but less than fifteen. – Restaurant La Matraca

by Jason May 2, 2011
written by Jason

Have you ever NOT known what you wanted until you saw it? I’m guilty of this every time I see a Ferarri rolling past, or a really cute girl. Usually when going to a restaurant that I’ve never been to before, I like to research a bit; so I have an idea of what I’m going into. On this night, we didn’t know where we were going until this brightly colored place caught our eyes, and the random notes of mariachi music slipped out of the door as someone walked out.

We “accidentally” hit up La Matraca, on St. Denis – we were actually on our way back from another restaurant up the street where we were told to get lost because we didn’t have reservations. We didn’t know what kind of place it was, but as we sat down, looked around at what the other patrons were eating, it dawned on us. The realization hit us with much excitement and celebration, kind of like when you’re studying some old guy’s funny looking hair at the bus stop and realize that he’s wearing a toupee… We were sitting in a taqueria!

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May 2, 2011 0 comments
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FoodReviewsVilleray

They’ve got it going ngon – Restaurant Pho Ngon

by Jason April 25, 2011
written by Jason

If you’ve been following me on Twitter lately, you were witness to my weather commentary and how it’s been forcing me against my will to remedy my aversion to the grey skies and soggy ground with pho. Sweet, delicious, steamy bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup. My girlfriend (although she doesn’t know we’re actually dating, or know that I exist) Lori Graham, has stated that the weather we’ve been experiencing is not normal for this time of year. So I took that as a cue to get in as much pho as I can while it still tastes good, before the weather warms up – as we all know pho’s deliciousness quotient is as its optimal when the outdoor temperature is below 0 degrees.


I hit up Pho Ngon in St. Michel for some phosome goodness (I’m so punny). On the corner of Cremazie and St. Michel boulevard, this place is one of a handful of Vietnamese restaurants in the area, however, for the record, we went at 2:00pm on a Saturday afternoon and the place was packed and people were queuing at the door. I started off with the spring roll (remember, Imperial rolls are the fried ones in Vietamese restaurants). Nothing much to say about them. They were as exciting as watching “Meet the Press” in the Spanish alternate audio feed… on mute; but I wasn’t bothered by it, I wasn’t here for this anyways… Points for a really tasty peanut sauce though.


As stated before, when going for pho, this plate is the accoutrement to your bowl of noodle soup, NOT a complementary appetizer of bean sprouts and limes.


I noticed an herb that I was not accustomed to seeing in my bean sprout plate when pho-ing. This discovery only solidified my stand on pho being good only because it is based on personal taste. Let me explain. Regular beef pho is ultimately based on the soup; hours simmering with the right herbs and spices and carefully tended to is what produces this bowl with its pungent and unmistakable aroma. There is no definitive formula or recipe, only a guideline. Ingredients are the same, possible different techniques to all yield similar final products but in the end, very different.


This herb called, thorny coriander… why you ask? Because it tastes like basil, obviously. The addition to this unique herb (in my opinion) is attributed to the chef’s personal taste, training or quite possible family recipe. Different places do it differently, and that’s why certain locations for pho are so fickle and can be loved by some and disliked by others; which is subjective to anything else we eat. So this Ngo Gai is an indication of where this recipe comes from.


I ordered the house special, which is the special in most houses as the name, “Dac Biet”, means “special”. Raw beef, with tendon, brisket, flank, tripe, and fatty flank; topped with thinly shaved onions (which cook practically instantly when you flip the noodles and mix the bowl up) and scallions. The soup was incredibly clear but deep in flavor; beefy but not murky. The more I ate, the more I could literally feel the threads on my shirt tightening up to resist the role as host to the smell molecules from attaching themselves.


My friend have the chicken pho. Same idea, different animal. Chicken soup made with the same principle as the beef counterpart; herbs and spices and lots of love. The soup was chickeny and rich in flavor, the kind that you know only comes with hours of boiling. Toped with onions, scallions and in this case fried shallots and garlic; fried shallots and garlic to draw out the ginger taste in the soup to balance the clucking poultry flavor.


Take a second and admire that slice of glorious gelatinous piece of tendon floating in the soup like a beautiful spotted koi in a pond swimming noble and proud. But in this case, that fish’s fat and lazy video gaming cousin who lives in the basement of the parent’s place who’s gone way over his internet bandwidth limit.

Restaurant Pho Ngon is situated in one of the most culturally diverse areas in Montreal, and understandably, it would be easy to get lost if you’re not situating and creating an appropriate identity for yourself. These guys have a thing going on and they’re doing it right. Simple and honest, you know a good bowl of pho when you eat it, and this one you just have to try.

Restaurant Pho Ngon
3205 Crémazie E
(514) 723-6466

It’s to be noted that Pho Ngon offers bun bo heu (spicy pig and beef knuckle noodle soup) only on weekends.
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April 25, 2011 4 comments
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DowntownFoodMile-end/Plateau Mont-RoyalReviews

No relation to Cruella, because it would be wrong – Restaurant Burger de Ville.

by Jason April 18, 2011
written by Jason

For you loyal readers, if you haven’t already liked my Facebook fan page, or are following me on Twitter, there is one question for you… What the heck are you waiting for? Geez, my friend’s cat has a friggin Facebook profile, there’s no reason for you not to be following me… unless you’re not down with social media, or networking socially, then in that case… no biggie, that’s cool too yo.

I was having a conversation with my dad the other day about burgers and what makes a burger “a burger”. After this lengthy conversation, it planted the burger seed in my head. I haven’t had a really good burger in the longest time and I was fiending for one. Something came over me, a feeling of desperation; almost to a level where I was self-diagnosing a burger deficiency. I heard a while back that Burger de Ville had opened up a second location on St. Laurent and I decided to go check it out.


If you’re unfamiliar with Burger de Ville, they pride themselves on using fresh, never frozen, “100% Canadian beef”, which coincidently is my middle name. You pick up an order sheet and check off the kind of burger you want along with the fixings and sides. I ordered the cheese burger, with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, ketchup and mayo from the list of 16 different complimentary toppings – which includes three different types of mayonnaise and mustard.


As you can see, the burger is as honest and simple as it gets. Great beefy flavor cooked to a kind of perfection little red riding hood would approve of – in the updated version of the story – as we all know, bears don’t eat bowlfuls of porridge anymore. Unlike most places who like to cook their burgers to resemble a scouring-iron wool pad, Burger de Ville cooks them juuuuust under, leaving them with a touch of pink in the middle.


My friend was feeling adventurous that day and decided to go all out, ordering the bacon burger. It was topped with lettuce, tomatoes, onion, ketchup, old fashion-grainy mustard, and jalepeno hot peppers. You can’t really sugar coat it and there’s no mount of flowery writing that can explain this, but let’s face it; bacon always makes everything taste better. Not that the burger needs help in the taste department but there’s just something about bacon.


Of all the sides there are to choose from, we chose a side from the poutine menu. We chose the straight up, classic poutine from the choice of their house specialty poutine as well as w tex-mex option. Like I’ve said before, the key to a successful poutine is that the sauce MUST be hot enough to melt the cheese, and there must be a congruent harmony between cheese and gravy and when there is… this is what happens.


You throw some ketchup and pepper on those home-cut fries and you kill it like a boss. A.BAWSS. Chewy and squeeky, the cheese curds were nicely melted and the fries, crisp; simple.


The only discrepancy I had with the burger was with the “lettuce” – they use mesclun – little dainty baby salad leaves nestled atop a big fat burger is totally wrong. Albeit, it’s not a big deal, when you’re grunting and eating meat cooked over fire, the only kind of vegetables that should be involved is scenario is ketchup and bacon. Burger deVille is a palce for solid burgers, the kind your fat uncle makes for the family barbeque in the summer. Nothing fancy, you go here cos you want a burger, a good burger, a good burger made the way you like it.

Burger deVille
5282, boul Saint-Laurent
(514) 507-5050

I should also mention that they serve steak as well. I saw a few people eating it that afternoon, so it’s probably something worth checking out too.

April 18, 2011 8 comments
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FoodReviewsRosemont

Why are kids in school? It’s National Poutine day! – Restaurant Poutineville

by Jason April 12, 2011
written by Jason

If you didn’t know, today, Monday, April 11th is National Poutine Day! I kid you not. So on this day, I mad a conscious effort to celebrate appropriately by seeking out our Nationale export – I’m not talking about Celine Dion, but funny I should say that because I’ve been calling her “Celine Poutine” for the longest time now – POUTINE!. Sinfully delicious French fries topped with cheese curds and doused in hot gravy, it’s practically art. I hit up Poutineville this afternoon in search of squeaky and stretchy cheese.


We were handed both a menu as well as a Harry Potter like sorcery checklist to concoct a custom poutine to our own likes and specifications. The menu consists of classic burgers and hotdogs, but that’s not what we were in for today. We were out for poutine blood, and Poutineville was to quench our thirst. I had the poutine tasting choice and my friend decided to test what would be as close as she’ll ever come to her cooking skills, by choosing the toppings to her poutine.


I had the three poutine sampler plate. Explained to me by our waitress, it was a chance to taste Poutineville’s namesakes stripped down to its bare essentials. Three different preparations of potatoes as well as three different sauces.


Smashed potatoes with red wine sauce. Potatoes roasted whole with the skin on, then smashed and beaten like it stole something. What’s best about roasting potatoes with the skin on is that the skin crisps up and the edges of the potato gets hard and crusty, leaving the innards soft and fluffy. I was told that this is a nine-hour-sauce, meaning, this bad boy sat on top of the stove all morning in a saucepan spa slowly simmering away. The taste is really rich and deep, almost murky and mysterious, definitely the Keyser Söze of the poutine gravy world.


I spun my plate around to experience the next level of poutination. Sweet potato French fries with a three-pepper gravy. The potatoes lend a mild fruitiness to the poutine which is completely balanced out by the pepper sauce. Genius. I’ve always found that the only problem with sweet potato fries is that they don’t stay crispy long enough – this is attributed to the higher starch content of the potato. But when I was close to waving the white flag in defeat and was picking away at what was left of these fries… they were still crispy. I don’t know how they do it or what technique is used, but Poutineville managed to discover some sort of secret sweet potato viagra.


Straight up fries, cheese curds and original brown gravy. This option doesn’t mess around. Having Poutineville’s straight up original poutine (even if you’ve never had a poutine in your life before), tasting it for the first time, you will know right away that this is what a poutine should taste like.


My friend went with combination # 43,542,245 (explained later), which comprised of sautéed mushrooms, caramelized onions, Italian sausage and bacon. Mushrooms and onions go together regardless of the context, and let’s face it, you would probably eat a door-knob if it was wrapped in bacon… ok, maybe that’s just me.


We ordered the large size like we suffered from poutine deficiencies. Poutineville scored MAJOR points, because before we even started, I dug right to the middle of the pile and discovered that the middle was filled with cheese as well. How many times have you eaten off the cheesey yamaka of a poutine to be left with just a pitiful bowlful of fries? ALWAYS right? They knew this was a concern to addressed it accordingly… by stuffing the middle of this SOB with more cheese.


It’s easy to say that a poutine is a poutine, WRONG. All elements play important roles in this gastronomic symphony of Quebecois culinary heritage. Cheese curds, must be the highlight; it must squeak to the bite, and also be able to be pulled like hot glue or sweet maple taffy. This would only be possible if the gravy is thick but viscous enough to maintain and retain a level of adequate cheese melting temperature. Gravy must also compliment both fries and contrast the cheese to provide a sharp tang to the creamy cheese.

Mathematical breakdown of Poutineville; by chosing one of three types of potatoes, one of three types of sauces and a mix and match of 33 toppings.

3 * 3 * (2^33) or N[3 3 2^33] = 77,309,411,328

That’s 77,309,411,328 different combination possibilities (did anyone else get a little turned on?), and even if you had a poutine three times a day, it would still take you 70,602,202 – 70-friggin-million years to eat through Poutineville’s menu (I believe this calculation to be correct, but if any of you math geeks out there think otherwise, let me know). What are you waiting for? You have to start somewhere, get crackalackin’.

Poutineville
‎1348 Beaubien
514-544-8800
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April 12, 2011 22 comments
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Irasshaimase! – Imadake izakaya

by Jason April 4, 2011
written by Jason

I make an effort to try new restaurants, and by “new restaurant”, I mean a place that has been opened at least a few months. Not to question it’s success, but to give it chance to get a little “dirty”; in the figurative sense, to give the place time to get their gears oiled up and to encrust the pots and pans with a little bit of love. That’s why when I first heard of Imadake, I put my enthusiasm in check and waited for the smell of paint to subside before I checked it out.

We decided to check out Imadake. Upon entering, don’t be alarmed when the chefs in the back and the wait-staff yell out at you. Customary in Japanese restaurants, they are welcoming you in as a guest, as opposed to when I walk in the door at home, I’m yelled at to shut the door because it’s cold. Izakayas are traditionally bars that serve small snacks – tapas of sorts – Japanese tapas… Japas (not a real term, but something I made up just now).


Imadake has a pretty extensive alcohol list comprising of various sake and beer – major points for having Sapporo on tap – When was the last time you were able to order a pitcher of Japan’s finest, and by that I mean Sapporo beer, not Mutsumi Takehashi.


A moment please. This dish, the taco wassabi, is hands down one of my most favorite dishes period. I’ve eaten most of my way through a lot of Japanese restaurants around Montreal both past and present and was never able to find this dish until now. I saw it listed on their specials board and knew I had to order it. What I went through can only be paralleled as the episode on any reality tv show where people are united with a family member – the ugly cry is broken out and it boarders on a religious experience. Raw octopus is mixed with a mirepoix and marinated with wassabi and the octopus’ own natural salty brine and in this case a little bit of chili. I’m petitioning to have this transfered on their regular menu.

beef tataki
Beef tataki. Flash grilled tenderloin dressed with a citrus ponzu sauce. Really bright flavors – ginger and citrus with green onion muted the raw beefy flavor just enough. Almost comparable to a beef carpaccio… a la Japanese… a “Beef Japaccio” (again, not an official term).

beef tongue
Miso marinaded beef tongue. This was the first menu indication to me that Imadake subscribed to the philosophy and overall spirit of a true izakaya – taking random and often lesser cuts of meat, making them awesome and serving them, and nothing is more awesome than cooking it over an open fire. Sliced thinly, marinaded in miso and mirin, the tongue was tender and smokey. If you’ve never had tongue before, this is a great ideal introduction.

pork stomach
POW! Grilled pork belly! Encrusted with seasoned salt and grilled, you would think you’re eating a juicy piece of pork chop. I applaud Imadake for challenging and pushing people’s comfort zones in an attempt to win them over… #WINNING.

taco yaki
Taco yaki – fried octopus balls – When I first had this dish in Japan, I was hesitant because I was put aback with the idea of little octopus swimming around without balls. A battered mold-fried ball stuffed with octopus and scallions and topped with tonkatsu sauce and mayo, these fritters provide a chewy bite with a crunchy octopus centre. One of the only few places in Montreal you can order these. P.s. No balls were harmed in the making of this dish.

karagge
There are a few things in the culinary world that parallel a perfect pairing and match like a fine red wine and steak, lobster and butter or Betty White and Snickers more than CHICKEN and FRY. Chicken karagge is marinated chicken dredged in a seasoned flour and fried. The most important part of something fried is its staying power, will it stay as crunchy when you get to the bottom of your beer as it was when it was first placed on the table, the answer at Imadake is, “pffft DUH”. To top it off the fried chicken is served with wassabi mayo, like the cherry on top of a sundae, but in this case, the wassabi mayo next to the chicken karagge.

okonomiyaki
We had the seafood okonomiyaki. An omelette/pancake topped with animated bonito flakes – that waves at you as you eat it, pickled ginger, aonori (seaweed powder), drizzled with tonkatsu sauce and mayo – really moist and fluffy. It’s quite substantial as a dish though, definitely something you’d want to share, as having one to yourself will probably wreck any chance of eating anything else on the menu, unless you’re really hungry or a big eater. There is also a pork option.

Ramen
If that wasn’t enough food already, we also ordered and split a ramen. Imadake offers a vast ramen menu, to which they proudly boast that they make the noodles themselves. We ordered the Imadake special, which had slices of Japanese cha sui (braised pork rib) – not to be confused with the Chinese version of char siu which is roasted – seasoned soft boiled egg, nori (seaweed), bean sprouts, green onions and Japanese menma (fermented pickled bamboo shoots) and spinach. Seven distinct flavors which comprise their signature bowl and classic preparation of Japanese ramen. What makes the bowl is the miso-based soup which you can taste the hours invested.

greeen tea cheesecake
We split the green tea cheesecake. On a graham cracker crust, the green tea was surprisingly fragrant considering the density of the cheese, and it was drizzled with a raspberry coulis. Really tasty, I can see how someone who suffered from a cheesecake deficiency would be able to inhale at least one of two orders of it.

black sesame
I had the black sesame ice cream. My favorite kind of ice cream, it’s smokey and nutty and sesame-y. I don’t know how else to explain it but I just love black sesame ice cream. HARD.

Imadake
The presence of Imadake is their own testament to the trust they instill in the adventurous foodies in Montreal who crave authentic Japanese food that isn’t raw, that their introduction will be well received. They are bold to plant a foot down as a freshman with a young concept in a rapidly growing food scene with confidence of being embraced. Thank you Imadake for bringing me a few of my most favorite dishes to Montreal and saving me gas money and 5 hour drive. This place is going to go viral, mark my words.

Imadake is selling fund raising wristbands, 100% of the proceeds will be given to the Japanese earthquake relief efforts, please help if you can.

Imadake Izakaya
4006 St. Catherine W (corner Atwater)
514.931.8833
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April 4, 2011 12 comments
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Par fois… foie gras – Au Pied de Cochon

by Jason March 17, 2011
written by Jason

On an early episode once upon a time on a show called Cribs – an over the top look into celebrity homes; Jermain Dupri said you’re not a big dog until you have one of these *unveils a Bentley Continental GT convertible*. This suggest that you haven’t made it into the industry until you had one of those. Not that it’s a bench mark, but it’s a given that if you’re a Montreal food blogger, having a review or at least a mention of a burly Chef Martin Picard’s foie gras poutine is accreditation of your place in the bloggosphere. I’m hesitant to say I subscribe to this agenda, but his genius deserves to be mentioned.


I went with a friend to celebrate a belated birthday for her and an early birthday for me. We had be discussing it for a while that we hadn’t been there for a long time and decided to revisit in the name of celebrating the day of our births. We looked over the menu and after a lengthy description of the specials of the day and cooking and preparation procedures, looked at the menu again and made our choices and nomed on some of the fresh in-house made sourdough bread.


We started off with pickled tarragon braised bison tongue. Extremely tender, it was served with dijon in the braising jus. The gaminess of the tongue was taken out by the pickling process, but it still had a lot a great beefy flavor to it. My friend and I were both really impressed and knew this dish was setting the tone for the rest of our mean.


We split the PDC melting pot, which is a cast iron pot of the Pied de Cochon party pack of pork and piggy goodness. Such wonders included braised pork belly, half a chop, their homemade boudin noir (blood sausage), knockwurst, roasted onions and creminis in the braising liquid and a heaping slop of their famous garlic and cheese whipped mashed potatoes. All the flavors were robust and distinct – what else can you expect from a place whose pan seasoning is exclusively rendered butter and duck fat?


And there it is… one of the things you order when dining at Au Pied de Cochon. The anticipation of this particular dish is what I can only imagine what it’s like for parents awaiting the birth of their first born. We knew this was going to be ordered and I walked in partially giddy. Fries – fried in duck fat – cheese curds, brown gravy and the piece de resistance; the middle finger and a big F-you in the face of health conscious vegan nuts… foie gras, doused in a foie gras-ie sauce. The liver cooked to masterfully, a perfect pairing and contrast to the crisp fries and chewy cheese.


For dessert – if the rich opulant meal wasn’t enough, we split the dark chocolate “pot de creme”. A dark chocolate custard, toped with cream and a graham cracker and brown sugar crumble; humble and simple. We also had a creme caramel (my favorite) – no picture however… because I kind of inhaled it before I remembered I write a food blog. Ha!

The sinister mind that has the evilness to encompass the creativity of such a menu has the capacity of making the sun itself burn with envy. Chef Martin Picard brings classic Quebecois country style cooking to the city; not reinventing but more reintroducing urbanites to the wonders of pudding chomeur and Jesus ears. I suggest eating salad for breakfast and lunch on the day of your reservation… caloric intake will be equal to at least two days.

Au Pied de Cochon
536 Avenue Duluth Est
(514) 281-1114
http://www.restaurantaupieddecochon.ca/
Reservations highly suggested.
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March 17, 2011 9 comments
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