Dining

What’s in s name? This may be a somewhat unconventional way to start a restaurant review, but I was intrigued from the outset with the choice of ‘Le Filet’ as the name. Having owned a few restaurants in my career I know the importance of selecting a name for your restaurant. It has to be […]

Thai Chili Lemongrass Grilled Shrimp with Sweet Basil & Lime Fried Rice Lemongrass is a widely used herb in South East Asian cuisine. It has a wonderful fresh citrus flavor and is used extensively to flavor teas, soups and curries. It is also used to attract and lure swarms of bees to hives and as […]

“If you build it, they will come” Those Iconic words were whispered to Ray Kinsella in Field Of Dreams as he contemplated building a baseball field in his farm’s cornfield. It was a dream he pursued despite all the naysayers around him telling him that no one would ever come to a corn field, but […]

Trinidad Fish Stew Trinidad cuisine is one of the most diverse in the Caribbean with the following gastronomic influences  India, Africa, Creole, European, Chinese and Lebanese. Trinidad probably has more national dishes than any other country in the word. (1) A fish curry stew could definitely be placed in this category .  Seafood is found […]

THAI SCENTED SPRING ASPARAGUS SOUP Spring is here…..or it should be! What better way to celebrate its arrival than with the pan ultimate of spring vegetables, asparagus. Asparagus is probably one of the oldest known vegetables ever enjoyed by man with records of its use as an offering to the pharaohs dating as far back […]

Where do I start?  The dictionary defines ‘Foxy’ as being ‘sexually attractive’. While this relatively new addition to trendy restaurant row in Griffintown may not be strictly defined in this way it definitely does a very good job of seducimg us with its food and ambiance. Foxy, a new venture from the owners of the […]

SHRIMP AND GRITS WITH CHORIZO CREAM SAUCE A traditional dish from the Low Country of South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. (1) Although it is usually served at breakfast it can be found throughout the South at every meal. Packed full of flavor, an awesome dish…….Enjoy!

THAI CORN AND SQUASH CHOWDER Thai cooking places emphasis on lightly prepared dishes with strong aromatic components and a spicy edge. It is known for its complex interplay of at least three and up to four or five fundamental taste senses in each dish or the overall meal: sour, sweet, salty, bitter, and spicy. Australian […]

BEER MAC N’ CHEESE Mac N’ Cheese is the ultimate in comfort food. Pasta and cheese casseroles have been recorded as far back as the 14th century both in Italian and Medieval English cookbooks. Even Thomas Jefferson was a fan, he encountered it both in Paris and Northern Italy and became so enamored with it […]