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My brother in Toronto contacted me yesterday. He's looking for a place that sells US Prime beef at a good price. I told them the ones that sell US Prime in Toronto are all charging pretty hefty prices(I think the US beef ban in Canada is pretty much over). My suggestion for him, was to maybe consider Canada Prime grade beef, which is a little less expensive(Bruno's & Grace Meats both sell Canada Prime grade beef, at last notice). He's looking for a 32oz cut of either striploin or rib-eye. He needs to get the beef by the weekend. Any suggestions?
-Steve
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Where is Trico(it's a big chore, finding any restaurant listed in the Montreal phone pages)? Doing a quick check, I couldn't find it in the Montreal Yellow Pages.
-Steve
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For non-Chinese food in Hong Kong, anyone here with an opinion on M At The Fringe restaurant?
-Steve
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Fook Lam Moon - high quality, expensive w/attitude
I absolutely agree. I should of mentioned it previously when discussing FLM. Although I didn't know they had 'attitude.' Do you mean they're 'elitist' with customers?
-Steve
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They opened their doors for the first time last night(been following their progress the last few weeks). Didn't go but I'll check them out very soon. Their meats(pork, brisket, ribs(pork) & chicken) are slow cooked(up to about 8 hours) in their big smoker. This is Southern slow cook BBQ. Only the second restaurant in Montreal, of this type.
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Their briskets I've been told now, are smoked for up to 12 hours. The deep fried pickles that mcmillan mentioned, are not available just yet.
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New trends for 2005: designer meats including Kurobuta pork, Wagyu and Kobe beef, "open meadow" lamb.
Any place in Montreal currently that has Kurobuta pork?
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The other one is Karl le Gros in Pointe-Claire on Donegani. However, I was just made aware tonight, that Karl le Gros is now apparently closed(shut down sometime earlier this year). I ate there about 2-3 years ago.
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When did this happen? The LC article(the big group picture of the 'hot new chefs' that the Gazette photographer shot, included Darren in the mix) came out Sat September 18. The other chefs in the piece were Michel Ross(chef and co-owner, Brunoise), Patrice Demers(head pastry chef and co-owner, Les Chevres), Chloe Gervais-Fredette(chocolatier and owner, Les Chocolats de Chloe), Frank Gioffe(co-chef, Cavalli), Steve Lemieux(chef and co-owner, Le Bouchon de Liege), Alexandre Loiseau(chef & partner Cocagne), Joe Mercuri(chef & owner, Bronte), Frederic Morin(chef, Globe), Jean-Francois Vachon(chef, La Baside(just closed)),
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Which sous-chef left? LC in her feature story last month in the Gazette on 'hot new chefs,' had Le 357c sous-chef Darren Bergeron among the hot chefs. Is Darren the new sous-chef at Le 357c? Were there a number of chef changes at Le 357c recently?
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Does anybody have a phone number for reservations?
(514) 487-5066
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They opened their doors for the first time last night(been following their progress the last few weeks). Didn't go but I'll check them out very soon. Their meats(pork, brisket, ribs(pork) & chicken) are slow cooked(up to about 8 hours) in their big smoker. This is Southern slow cook BBQ. Only the second restaurant in Montreal, of this type.
-Steve
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Fook Lam Moon just opened a Shanghai branch last week, & offering the same dishes as their other locations. So you might want to check FLM in Shanghai, instead of Hong Kong.
-Steve
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I haven't tried Hairy Crab. It's next to impossible to find live Hairy Crab in North America. Although I think the Japanese restaurant in NYC called Masa has it on their menu in some form, and I've heard reports of it being available in Vancouver. You eat the roe & meat. As already mentioned on this thread, there's not much meat, & it's hard to extract(can get very messy eating Hairy Crab).
-Steve
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I think most hotels in Shanghai have Hairy Crabs on their buffets during the short season. Last night I had the buffet in the Westin hotel and they had whole crabs and two other preparations. They are very good, but a lot of work for little meat.
It's the hairy crab roe that's main attraction for these creatures.
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BASED?? His dad IS Montreal (WAS, rather) Lesley, I'm surprised at the pooh-pooh myself, and thanks for directing me to it. We mustn't take his dietary dislikes as an insult to Montreal, however. Anyone who grew up here knows that this city stays in your heart even after migrating to Toronto the bland.
Like I said I haven't read the story yet. However, Jacob doesn't have to like the 3 Montreal restaurants that he reviewed. And I'm pretty sure, it wasn't he who came up with the title '3 reasons I Love Montreal.'
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Jacob Richler is a ex-Montrealer, but comes back to Montreal often. He's the son of writer Mordecai Richler. Jacob is restaurant critic for the National Post covering Toronto, but occasionally reviews Montreal restaurants(on average maybe once a month). I did see his story early Saturday morning, but haven't read it yet.
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Upon further checking, it seems the better Italian white truffles are later in the year. So you might want to wait until November & beyond.
-Steve
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According to a very small item in the NY Times today, the season for Italian white truffles is starting. So Maeve, you might want to start looking for the fresh Italian white truffles now. It's probably very expensive however.
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For a long time now, I've been watching "A la di Stasio", the cooking show on channel 17 on sunday nights at 17h. (i'm pretty sure it's also on friday nights at 21h.)
Yes, its main airing is Friday nights at 9pm(or 21h). Then the episode is repeated several times(secondary main airing is Sundays at 5pm(or 17h)).
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Thanks Russ, just gone back & read your truffles article.
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i did a piece on them last year. if you get a good one, i think it's a decent value. there will be people who will insist that they are not as good as the french-grown t. magnatum. they are right, of course. and if you're one of those people who insist that only the very best will do and damn the price, then you should certainly avoid them. for the rest of us, i find they give a decent flavor for a relatively little amount of money. -
Only in recent years, I've heard about Chinese truffles. Are they worth getting for the price(much much cheaper than Italian or French truffles)? What should I use it for?
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Just had a extended talk with Ron Botosan of Fresh Cutz. He's still in business, but he doesn't have a storefront anymore. People can order his Canadian Kobe beef over the phone(use the phone# that Hellcook just supplied).
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They're definitely closed at its original location(I checked it for myself). There's a chance they might of moved(I'd asked around, & was told they went out of business). I'll contact Ron later today.
-Steve
Looking to buy US Prime beef in Toronto
in Ontario: Cooking & Baking
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He's looking to get very good beef, a good price if possible. I suggested to him, get Canada Prime beef. It's just about as good as US Prime, & it's cheaper. Today, I suggested as a cheaper option, go to Royal Beef on Danforth(heard some great things about them). My brother lives in the suburbs around Richmond Hill, but he works in downtown Toronto.
-Steve