March 2011
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My blog has a new home!
Hello,
I’m so happy to announce that my blog now has a new home! Please check out:
www.willtravelforfood.com
I’ll be waiting for you on the other side!
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Japanese brunch at Café Falco
Last Saturday I discovered the amazing universe of Café Falco. I had heard about this place from David Nathan, a journalist friend of mine and have been wanting to visit but they only serve their Japanese brunch on Saturdays. I finally had the chance to visit this week-end and I absolutely loved it! The food is simple yet good but it was the atmosphere I fell in love with. It reminded me a...
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La Cabane (Old Montreal sugar shack)
When I heard that the team from Les 400 coups, one of my favourite restaurants in town was behind the menu of La Cabane this year, I couldn’t contain my excitement! La Cabane is an urban sugar shack set up in Old Montreal for the second year now. I was looking forward to going since I hadn’t had the chance to go last year. I was also looking forward to trying the menu created by...
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Les Carnivores Infidèles (The Unfaithful...
Photo by Albert Elbilia © Éditions Cardinal
Look mom, I’ve been published! Well not exactly but I do have one recipe published in this great new book coming out on March 14! It’s called Les Carnivores Infidèles (The Unfaithful Carnivores) and contains 60 vegetarian recipes designed for carnivores who would like to lower their meat consumption. The recipes are beautiful, delicious...
February 2011
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Offal Good: Chef Chris Cosentino at DNA
“Did you prefer the brain or the testicle?”
“I like the texture of the lung better than that of the liver.”
“The recipe has the word “blood” in it and they just gave us a spoon… I’m scared!”
These are the sorts of conversation overheard at the Chris Cosentino dinner at DNA this past Friday night. I admit that I had been (very)...
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Le Filet: a new fish restaurant in Montreal
I have a confession to make: I’ve never been to Club Chasse et Pêche! Yes, I know, it’s one of the best restaurants in the city and I still haven’t been, shame on me! It’s on my list though and I will hopefully get there soon but in the meantime, when I heard that Le Filet - CCP’s little brother - was opening soon, I got there asap, on the 4th day after they...
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Truffles and chocolate
Truffle dinner at Restaurant Julien
This past Tuesday, I was invited to Restaurant Julien for a dinner that centered around the Perigord truffle. It was a media dinner and I was invited because I am now writing for zurbaines, in case you didn’t know that already :) The dinner was fabulous, a preview to what is to come at the Julien as part of the Montreal Highlights Festival. The invited...
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Fine pastry shop De farine & d’eau fraîche
It was about a week ago that I discovered the magical universe that is De farine & d’eau fraîche and fell in love with it. I went in to take a look and ended up spending a couple of hours there chatting with the owner while munching on the very tasty pastries.
Marilu Gunji, owner and pastry maker extraordinaire, in her ultra modern kitchen
The first thing you notice when you walk...
January 2011
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Telegraphe Taste Test: Financiers edition
Last Thursday was the 2nd edition of the Telegraphe Taste Tests. We had done our first taste test back in September where we voted for the best canelés in the city. This time the challenge was to vote for the best financiers. Financiers are small French cakes traditionally made in rectangular molds resembling gold bars and contain (among other things) brown butter, almond flour and egg whites....
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Inside executive chef Michele Forgione's new menu...
I’m sure your mom has told you at one point or another in your life that it is not polite to eavesdrop or interrupt a conversation that doesn’t include you. I am here to tell you that it sometimes pays to stick your nose where it doesn’t belong. It’s very hard not to eavesdrop when you’re unwillingly following everyone else’s conversation on Twitter. I was...
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La Pineta
What is your favourite restaurant in the whole wide world? Let me rephrase that, what’s the best dining experience you’ve ever had? I have a few on that list, among them are Eleven Madison Park and Le Bernardin in New York City and The Paul in beautiful Copenhagen. However, one of my absolute favourite dining experiences in the whole world is this little place on the beach in a small...
December 2010
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2010 dessert roundup: my favourites
It seems only fitting that my last post of 2010 should be about my favourite desserts this year. I have had an amazing year of good eats all over the world, from London to Copenhagen and from Beirut to New York and of course my hometown of Montreal, where we are spoiled when it comes to amazing restaurants. In case you didn’t know by now, I have a very sweet tooth and I always leave room for...
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My 3rd annual dessert party, or how to bake 11...
Kreavie chestnut bites, mini canellés and lavender/pear mini financiers
This past Sunday was my 3rd annual dessert party. It all started 3 years ago when I decided to throw a party sometime between my birthday in November and the Christmas holidays. It has since become a tradition… I ended up making so many desserts that first year that everyone took a tupperware home. So the year after, I...
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Nuevo Latino brunch at Madre
Last night I was supposed to spend the evening at Raza, one of Mario Navarrete Jr’s restaurants, to taste and to learn how to make some of his delicate Nuevo Latino dishes. The event was canceled due to the many inches of snow we got for the last couple of days so instead, I decided to share my brunch experience at Madre, one of his other restaurants.
It is no secret that Nuevo Latino...
November 2010
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Eleven Madison Park, now officially my favorite...
The grandiose Art Deco space
Although I spent my birthday at Le Bernardin, one of the most acclaimed restaurants in New York City (and maybe the world), that wasn’t my favorite dining experience on my trip to NYC. This was. I had been to Eleven Madison Park once before, a couple of years ago and had been wanting to go back ever since. Danny Meyer, the great New York City restaurateur,...
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A birthday celebration at Le Bernardin
Women in business suits and running shoes, school kids in uniforms wheeling around heavy school bags, doormen in uniforms opening doors, nannies pushing fancy strollers… this is my New York, the upper east side of Manhattan that was my home for 3 years when I was 17 and the place I go back to every 6 months. I love waking up to the view towards downtown from the 29th floor apartment that...
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Best dessert in Montreal at Les 400 Coups...
To do the 400 “coups” - to get into all kinds of mischief
I had been anticipating the opening of Les 400 coups for a few weeks now. I was especially anticipating tasting some of pastry chef Patrice Demers’s desserts. I couldn’t get there soon enough so I made reservations for their second day of opening this past Tuesday night.
The restaurant is located on Notre-Dame...
October 2010
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Brunch at Birks Café: All about the details
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 attention to detail because honestly, even though the food was good, it was not...
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Kazu, a traditional Japanese izakaya in the heart...
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 last two times I tried to go… This time around, we were the first ones in an increasingly...
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Alsace au menu: latino edition
Alsace au menu host Philippe Fehmiu
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 tapas restaurant, and started off with a glass of Crémant: we were...
September 2010
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Birks Café by Europea
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 space. Here are a few pictures of the evening. I will certainly be going back for lunch or...
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Second edition of dischcrawl in Montreal: m:brgr,...
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 pictures. Enjoy!
3 different kinds of sliders at m:brgr
Poutine...
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Telegraphe Taste Test: Canelés edition
The canelés buffet {Photo: Isabelle Charette}
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 in her tweet-tone :) so I challenged her to a...
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Bistro Bienville, convivial haven in the heart of...
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 was remedied to a couple of weeks ago when I finally made it out to the heart of the Plateau, to a quiet...
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Dishcrawling in Montreal
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 different restaurants, 4 services (one at each restaurant). I am a...
August 2010
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The best hamburger in Montreal at Tagada Bistro
I am feeling very lucky today because I have had an excellent few days of eating. In the past four days I have eaten at Bistro Bienville (post coming soon!), had dinner at Bistro Isakaya (and fell in love with the food there!) and today I had the pleasure of lunching in the sun at Tagada Bistro. It’s a new little place that just opened not far from where I work, with a cute and sunny...
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Tout le monde À Table!
When I heard that Chef Mario Navarrete Jr. had opened a third restaurant, I was giddy with anticipation. You see chef Navarrete is one of my favourites in Montreal. I have had some of the best meals at his 2 other restaurants Raza and Madre. I have said again and again that I could probably survive for the rest of my days on his ceviche and sweet potato bread pudding alone. All that being...
July 2010
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Bironnerie: A chef for one night
I got the call when I was in Copenhagen a few weeks ago that I had “won” a seat to participate in the next Bironnerie at Restaurant Biron. I didn’t think much about it until I got back to Montreal and then panic struck! I thought of backing out, canceling, what was I thinking when I answered the call to participate? I mean this was serious, every food blogger in town was going...
June 2010
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Restaurant Biron's 5 à 7
I just got back from Restaurant Biron’s 5 à 7 to introduce their new summer menu. It was a great evening filled with a lot of food bloggers and delicious bites. I’ll let you savor the pictures below.
Tomato, parmesan and truffle brochettes
Refreshing iceberg and panko salads
Kobe beef tongue and calamari (yes, I ate tongue!)
Gorgeous mackerel and cucumber maki rolls
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Food and design in Copenhagen... or is it design...
If you’re a foodie who loves design or if you’re a designer who loves food then Copenhagen is the city for you. It is immediately obvious the minute you land and are welcomed by the teak floor throughout the airport that this is the country where design comes to thrive. Everywhere you look, the architecture of every building, whether old or new, is there to remind you that nothing...
Food Bloggers Connect 10 - Day 2
Day 2 of FBC10 just ended for me. I am dead tired so this will be a short post but I will leave you with lots of pics. There were so many great talks by famous and well experienced bloggers. Everything was live tweeted so just search for #FBC10 in Twitter and you will certainly pick up some very useful information from the live tweets. I will be live tweeting again tomorrow so stay tuned. I now...
Food Blogger Connect 10 - Day 1
Amazing start to FBC10 this evening! It is all happening at the gorgeous Hempel Hotel. It started with a meet & greet; so nice to meet so many people who are passionate about the same thing as me! Lots of talk about food in that room and on that terrace. And did I mention the weather? It was gorgeous! The gods must be happy with food bloggers because it rarely ever gets this nice in London...
Beautiful Brighton
Just a short post today as I am exhausted from the jet lag and my overnight flight. I wanted to post a few pics of beautiful Brighton. This is where Beth (from Dirty Kitchen Secrets) and her husband Chris live. I love this little beach side town! And today was such a gorgeous day so it makes all even nicer.
FBC starts tomorrow night with a meet and greet and I for one, am looking forward to...
Since I don't have a blog yet...
… (yes, yes it’s in the works!) but for now, I will be using this platform to share this trip (and maybe some more) with whoever wants to read about it. I am leaving tomorrow for London where I will be attending Food Blogger Connect! Can you feel my excitement?? I am very much looking forward to it and to meeting all the wonderful bloggers I have come to know through Twitter! So...