mastermatt78

hello all in montreal,i am living in vancouver now,bought a nice 100 seater on the ocean in WEST vancouver,i left montral a year and a half ago and woundering what is going on in the food biz over there,how is dave mc and fred and norman and stielio and is there is any new resto on the main strip....also is madam l chesterman web site up yet...i appriciate u all ......matteo www.matteoskitchen.com

tre shop is very close from my home,it is simply awasome,i entertain a lot and he is a life saver when you are not in the mood for cooking,i often wonder what the hell is he doing there ,such a talent.....................

she did have a cup of illy---personal fave that i keep in my office all the time,she did ask me for home made hot sauce not TABASCO as it was reported in my interview with LE PRESS marie.claude lortie on juine 30.......................... i did offer her a remikin of an egyptian HARRISSA and she buried her salmon in it...

i served MADONNA 2 nights in the row and she was a very classy lady,she had some organic baby arugla with papaya and guava ving,lime picorina risotto and seared wild salmon with plantine crust,2 full bags of sauted spinach with roasted garlic that i bought from QUATRE FRERE on st laurant cause i was out,so as you can see nothing really special but she loved every thing and to my shock her P R people called me and ask to cook the same meal on the 2 nd night at 1 30 am i waited on her ,cooked her meal with pleasure,got whole punch of VIP passes,didn t go but my lovley daughter mathlide went and it was a great 10 th birthday present for her....... lesley,this woman know her food and ingredines very well,somthing that i appreciate....................................

a very good quality FRESH YEAST is avaliabe at bakery on the corner of mont royal and laval.......

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hello lesley,i am taking a little time off after 3 amazing month at TIME,it just was too much..the unbearable loud music,the 7 am to 2 30 am kitchen hours,the overwhelming wellcome i recived from the loyal clientes and above all that i have a 10 years daughter that i am raising almost alone and she happened to be my true fathfull customer on daily bases. i am also looking for a resto above pine ave on st laurant since i sold EPICENTRE and CRU on montroyal after 14 month of a struggle in that area.... matteo

Don't think so. Had his own resto on the Main years ago. Surfaced recently on Monkland. Lastly at Time also on the Main. Great cook and quite a character. ← Monkland resto has disparu (actually when last seen it was under new management serving oriental food of some sort) Close to Java U as I recall. Apparently he left Time Cafe on St Laurent several weeks ago. Clearly he had designed the menu. ← hello all this is MATTEO himself what would you like to know... this is my fierst time back on EGULLET in 27 month...........................matteo

Don't think so. Had his own resto on the Main years ago. Surfaced recently on Monkland. Lastly at Time also on the Main. Great cook and quite a character. ← Monkland resto has disparu (actually when last seen it was under new management serving oriental food of some sort) Close to Java U as I recall. Apparently he left Time Cafe on St Laurent several weeks ago. Clearly he had designed the menu. ←

and morel yes there is 3 classical pizza on the menu.....matteo

the food is actualy a mix from the south and the north region of italy,i tried to go on my TABLE D"HOTE with roman style food like tribe,stuffed birds and other unike dishes of that sort but it didn"t fly very much in laval so i am making a daily adjustment.and iam also all over the place in case any one desire any dishes that are not on the menu....we are a very reasonable when it comes to pricing,we make less than 10 $ on each bottle of wine,the home made desserts are 6$ and there is pasta from 10 to 22$ remember that we serve avg 600 customers a day,in fact last friday---oct 10 we had more than a 1000 guest since the second floor was open for the fierst time......matteo

i saw the plan for the location on st laurant,it is going to be a QUITE A PLACE ,it will be designed by a good friend ANDRE ESCOBAR,as far as SOTO i know that they are opening a huge trendy sort of cuisine de marche in the SQUARE VICTORIA area....i was approached for a partnership but had the GLADIATORE in mind at the time.........................matteo

this was the opening day at THE GLADIATORE......MON SEPT 29 2003.....thanks to everybody that made it possible....we couldn"t have ask of a better day than that.so to all the 500 plus people that made it to our humble place in laval.............THANK YOU........steve,john,trifon and matteo....

to all the good and loyal people that i know,OPENING DAY has been moved from thrusday SEPT 25 to the middle of next week.. thanks to all....THE GLADIATORE GANG......matteo.....

i never know how laval looked like till i came to see the place a few month back even though i lived most of my life in montreal,we are just 4 passionate guys that want to make the difference..there are 2 chefs...and 2 dining room guys and there is about 80 years of exp between the 4 of us..yes you will see a lot of paesant food,you can eat TRIPPA at bocca d"ora on guy st or at CASA CACCIATORE in the jean talon market and i will be making it here...