A couple of pretty good restaurants I'd say are worth trying from recent visits: Gibbys in St .Saveur and The Keg in the west island, the townships needs to up it's game however.
I'm no wine aficionado but am curious as to why there are so few rosé wines available. I prefer it yet many establishments have so few, often a choice of only 2 maybe 3,odd. I know I've heard experts claim it's inferior and yadayadayada, don't believe it though. Have had my share of unpalatable reds and whites but don't recall have a terrible rosé. I think I got habituated with rosé after decades of drinking it from my friends that make it.
Got disappointed as it seems the best Indonesian restaurant in Montreal (Nonyas) looks like it's permanently closed. Surprising that a city as large as Montreal has next to none now and is missing out on one of the most flavorful and tasty cuisines. Fortunately my fav in Ottawa is still going strong and it was still super, located on Montreal street of all things. Another great meal in Ottawa worth mentioning was some exquisitely prepared chateaubriand. Have never been disappointed with a chateaubriand and the restaurant had an impressive extensive wine list with perhaps around 10 choices of rosé.
Whatever happened to the Biftheque? it was a huge place and those croutons and buns were a meal before the meal. It was pretty good many moons ago and very reasonably priced. The only place I knew of that got it's lobster tails from Cuba, best lobster tails imho.
A bunch of the gang was over at my friends and one is a French chef and he made some superb beef bourguignon with caribou meat that I brought. We all, well some gave a hand getting everything together and I made a chocolate mouse for dessert. Everything was really good and went smoothly considering some special mushrooms were also on the menu.
Chocolate Mousse - the ultimate chocolate fix. It's rich yet light and fluffy, and you're just five ingredients away from these little pots of heaven!
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Sneaking this in here as no where else would be applicable. Saw some friends that live in Oka, things have changed! They have outlets that would rival the SQDC. Went with one of the guys and was surprised by the variety of hashish and its quality. Not that I'm interested in opening up similar type establishments like the Coffeeshops in the Netherlands but curious why there are none.
A bunch of us went to one of our friends Sugar-shack for a party. The place was reserved exclusively for the event and there was live music, obviously, and it got crazy! Zero restrictions on smoking and can say I drank dinner more than ate it! That maple syrup went down without a hitch. Another great thing about Quebec is that no matter what time of year it is, you can always find snow.
