Tonight was the opening of Birks Café – the lovely new venture by Europea chef Jérôme Ferrer – on the top floor of the Birks jewelery store. It is a gorgeous place to have lunch or a traditional afternoon tea. In keeping with the theme, the sweet treats are displayed like jewels around the beautiful …
The second edition of dishcrawl in Montreal happened on September 28. If you don’t know what a dishcrawl is yet, you may want my post on the first Montreal dishcrawl here. This second one was a downtown crawl involving 3 restaurants this time: m:brgr, Troïka and Plaisirs Coupables. Here’s a quick account of it in …
It all started with one innocent tweet from yours truly stating that Mamie Clafoutis’s canelés were the best in the city. That got a response from Christelle stating that hers were the best and that a post on her canelés was coming soon (she has since then published it). I sensed a certain defiance …
I had been hearing about Bistro Bienville for a few months now. It’s one of my friend Line‘s favourite restaurants and to tell you the truth, I had been feeling a little bit out of the loop for not having been there yet! After all, it has been open for almost 4 years now! That …
I first found out about Dishcrawl on twitter. I had recently started following Marcella (@EatalianGirl) when she tweeted something about a first ever dishcrawl in Montreal soon. I spontaneously bought a ticket to what seemed to me like a very fun evening. The idea is similar to bar hopping only with restaurants: one evening, 4 …
