jesseps
11/07/2010, 11h42
At #10 its La Salle à Manger
http://enroute.aircanada.com/files/images/200911/canada's-best-new-restaurants-2009-la-salle-a-manger.jpg
Can a bistro be a bistro and still feel exciting? At Montreal’s La Salle à manger, the answer is an emphatic yes. The maître d’ wears a beard and trucker hat, the floor is hexagonal tile and the wall behind the bar is pressed tin. The feel is young and fresh and casual without being pretentiously so; how totally Montreal. The star is chef Samuel Pinard’s superb market-driven cooking: expertly seasoned duck tartare or gorgeous seared gnocchi with pickled Jerusalem artichokes, tart green apple, whipped potatoes and heady Comté cheese. A buttery, nutty, crunchy and addictive farotto is served in a thick broth made with mimolette cheese and salty-crunchy sea asparagus – try finding that at your usual resto. They’ll also happily roast a suckling pig for 12 if the need arises. Whereupon they will parade it, Lord of the Flies-style, around the room.
1302, av. du Mont-Royal E., Montréal, 514-522-0777, lasalleamanger.ca
(Courtesy of Enroute)
For all other restaurants click on the Link (http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/canada-best-new-restaurants-2009/page:3)
I know the article from 2009. I do hope Enroute updates it soon.
http://enroute.aircanada.com/files/images/200911/canada's-best-new-restaurants-2009-la-salle-a-manger.jpg
Can a bistro be a bistro and still feel exciting? At Montreal’s La Salle à manger, the answer is an emphatic yes. The maître d’ wears a beard and trucker hat, the floor is hexagonal tile and the wall behind the bar is pressed tin. The feel is young and fresh and casual without being pretentiously so; how totally Montreal. The star is chef Samuel Pinard’s superb market-driven cooking: expertly seasoned duck tartare or gorgeous seared gnocchi with pickled Jerusalem artichokes, tart green apple, whipped potatoes and heady Comté cheese. A buttery, nutty, crunchy and addictive farotto is served in a thick broth made with mimolette cheese and salty-crunchy sea asparagus – try finding that at your usual resto. They’ll also happily roast a suckling pig for 12 if the need arises. Whereupon they will parade it, Lord of the Flies-style, around the room.
1302, av. du Mont-Royal E., Montréal, 514-522-0777, lasalleamanger.ca
(Courtesy of Enroute)
For all other restaurants click on the Link (http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/canada-best-new-restaurants-2009/page:3)
I know the article from 2009. I do hope Enroute updates it soon.