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    Cheese Boutique

    in Ontario: Dining

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    Cheese Boutique is the really good european shop you wished you could bring home and pusateri is the expensive commercial one back home.

    The vibe is better at Cheese Boutique but I find the oils, preserves are more abundant at Pusateri's.

    Burgundy/Rhone/Chablis adventure

    in France: Dining

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    I have no basis on which to recommend any really expensive lodgings and so forth, so I'll just give a general suggestion about food: When you're in Burgundy, don't neglect the little boulangeries. I had the best pate de fruit ever in a little shop on a quiet crossroads off N6 in a small town (Vermenton seems likely). It beat the pants off the pate de fruit we were given at Grand Vefour, and it was a whole lot cheaper! And the other thing to get everywhere is gougeres, which we really loved. You can get good gougeres in New York, but the ones we got in Burgundy were so much bigger, and again, these are to be found at most any boulangerie in the region and are great as part of your breakfast (even lunch, if you like). Get some gougeres and some pate de fruit at a boulangerie and something meaty at a charcuterie, supplement that with whatever else strikes your fancy (croissants, pains au chocolat, etc.), and you have some tasty, inexpensive food to get you on the road in the morning! For us, that really was one of the pleasures of our wonderful trip through Burgundy (and on to the Loire Valley). Another pleasure was the architecture and art, which were actually our main reasons for visiting those areas.

    Hi,

    I am so hungry right now. I agree that the really good food is the home tested and mother approved type of homestyle food you suggested such as croissants, etc. I am striving to have meals that are truly authentic from the region where mama is cooking in the back. Thanks for the suggestions.

    jkl

    Burgundy/Rhone/Chablis adventure

    in France: Dining

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    A wine adventure sounds like really a lot of fun! Starting in Dijon. Where is your final stop?  Do you already have a list of Chateaux you'd like to visit for tastings?  If not restaurants, are there towns where particularly interesting wines or special vinyards are located that would be a worth a stop?  Another idea would be to think about where you have good regional cavistes and make those towns destinations on the itineraries.  Do you plan to buy and have wine shipped home?

    Hello,

    We are staying in paris the first night and the last two nights. Just started looking at the map and different areas to visit. I really don't know whether it is better to stay in the city such as Dijon, Beane, or stay in smaller places along the wine routes.

    I know I want to hit Vosne Romanee, Nuit St. George, puligny Montrachet, Savigny de Beane in Burgundy. The trip seems alot more difficult to plan since there are SO MANY places to go.

    I also plan to buy and ship back to Canada although I know it is a pain in the ass to ship back to Canada. So overwhelming!

    jkl

    Thuet cuisine

    in Ontario: Dining

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    I had a fabulous experience at Thuet on Friday August 12. Maybe it depends on the night. I went with my father and his girlfriend and had the 5 course taster. The flavours were very interesting and delicate. Last month the three of us went to splendido and had the meal off the regular menu which I found was better than off the taster (and more expensive). Our family just returned from Portugal and believe that the fish was cooked better at Splendido than in Lisbon.

    With regard to Thuet, all three of us agreed that Thuet is a better restaurant and the chef has a better understanding of sauces and the base of flavours than other chefs in the city.

    My favourite restaurant for years was Susur but lately the fusion asian trend is getting boring and I have turned to more traditional based preparations in cooking.

    The place was very empty which is sorta sad. I have heard in the past that service was horrible, but our experience was not excellent but nothing to complain about.

    The only drawback from the restuarant I found was that the taster was dishes right off the regular menu which was kinda strange but the food was nevertheless excellent.

    :cool:

    See, its not even that the food was just mediocre, which it was...but I had one dish, I cannot remember exactly what it was, but on the menu, it said 'Wild Forest Mushrooms' - - The mushrooms that came on it were anything but wild, more like some plain old grocery store mushrooms.  I commented on this to the server, to ask the kitchen what they consider wild forest mushrooms, and I didnt even get a RESPONSE.  When I am paying $30+ for a dish, and I make a comment showing some displeasure, I expect to get a response.

    Sorry, but I dont care how good the food may get, or what people may say, I will not be back to thuet, and will urge people who ask to chose something else, such as a Splendido, or a Scaramouche.

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