Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Fried Green Tomato and Bacon Grilled Cheese Who can resist a grilled cheese sandwich oozing with rich luscious melted cheese, a true childhood memory. This one has been elevated to new levels of excess with the addition of that southern favorite, thick slices of green tomatoes dipped in buttermilk and coated in cornmeal and fried […]
It is real treat to find a restaurant that is unabashedly without pretension, small and without fancy designer flourishes. A restaurant where the focus is solely on the food and the service. Such a restaurant is La Recolte, neatly tucked away on a non descript block of Belanger St in the La Petite-Patrie neighborhood, just […]
Thai Peanut-Tamarind Grilled Chicken Grilled food in Thailand is a staple of their amazing street food found in every village and town throughout the country. Peanut sauces and marinades are found in cuisines all over South East Asia. They are nowhere near sauces made here using peanut butter. It is a much more complex sauce […]
Mercuri is the latest project of talented Montreal chef Joe Mercuri who first burst on to the Montreal culinary scene as chef/owner of Bronte on downtown Sherbrooke St . Mercuri, located in Old Montreal on Wellington Street is by any measure sleek, bold, inviting and theatrical. There is even a house DJ spinning the music […]
CHICKEN TACOS WITH BLACK BEANS, AVOCADO AND FETA CHEESE Tacos are a great addition to a summer BBQ. Fill them with whatever you wish. Be creative, the choice of fillings is endless. Traditional Mexican tacos were filled with small fish. The culinary meaning of tacos could have an explosive origin deriving from the Mexican silver […]
Like most of us living on a monthly budget the doling out of our hard earned dollars always comes under heavy scrutiny. Yet, despite these restrictions, every now and then we yearn to let loose, throw caution to the wind and perhaps for a day or maybe just a couple of hours, and live the […]
In Montreal the best Greek cuisine is in Park Extension or on Park Avenue, the best Italian is of course in St. Leonard or Little Italy, the best Southern Asian is located on Jean-Talon (also in Park Ex), the best delis are on The Main, and the best East Asian food can be found in […]
It is very comforting and very reassuring that, in a city renowned for its first class cuisine where a tremendous amount of time is spent on the presentation of food, one is still able to find and celebrate a local restaurant that eschews fancy presentations and sticks religiously to the food itself unpretentiously presented and […]
It would seem, at least from somet of my previous reviews, that I have totally succumbed to the allure of Griffintown when selecting a place to eat. Perhaps I have. It is unquestionably the area of town where some of the most exciting and talented young chefs have decided to hang their shingles. The other […]
SPRING MINESTRONE Minestrone is one of the world’s iconic vegetable soups with its origin goes all the way back to the Roman Empire in pre 2nd century BC where Romans recognized the health benefits of a vegetarian diet (1). There are a few regional variations of this soup throughout Italy and this week’s recipe is […]