Does having breakfast in a jewelry store that sells jewels in little blue boxes ring any bells? Well, let’s just say that I’m no Audrey Hepburn but the ambiance at Birks does make you feel like a princess, if only for a few hours… And for me, it was all about the ambiance and the …

This past Sunday evening, after a long day of eating my way through downtown Montreal with Marcella, we ended up at Kazu‘s door at around 5pm for some more eating! I had been wanting to try out this tiny Japanese izakaya retaurant for a while now and had been disappointed to find it closed the …

Wednesday night was the 3rd Alsace au menu evening. I hadn’t been to any of them yet and it was time to fix that, especially that this evening was going to be a Latino one, and I absolutely love Spanish and Latino food! The evening took place at Pica Pica, a fusion Spanish and Latino …

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 …