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Hi, I'm crazy about figs, any idea of other places where I could find a fig tree in Montreal? I'll look it up next saturday when I'm at MJT, I'm there every weekend anyway.

Thanks much, we'll make sure not to miss it next june.

Thanks mkjr. We'll probably give Casa Mia a shot. We need to book one more dinner and we'll play it by ear there I guess. We'll have a lunch at some winery restaurant, probably Hillebrand since I've heard good things and the wine is equally good. Just didn't want to end up at Hard Rock Café or Kelsey's like last time.

Thanks for the help. I know that most places are terrible. Inn on the 20 seems nice but we don't want to drive out of town at night. We'd rather stick around and enjoy a bottle of wine.

Hi, my girlfriend and I will be back in NF in june for the annual wine country pilgrimmage. While most lunches will be taken in NOTL, we're hoping to find some good restaurants in NF for dinner. I know the city is dominated by chains of saturated fat and huge portions but is there such a thing as a good restaurant. I've heard good things about Casa Mia and 21 Noir. How about Wolfgang Puck? Any good idea will be appreciated.

Avoid Pizza Regina at any cost. Went there last summer based on the reputation of the place and was disappointed. First we had to wait on the street but that's all right, it's lunchtime after all. When we got seated, the waitress came to our table asking "What do you want?". How 'bout a menu to start? The pizza came quick but the pops were terrible and flat. The restrooms are dirty and stinky. Also, they state in the menu that their sauce is made only with fresh California tomatoes. Then why did I see a delivery truck loaded with cans of tomatoes dropping boxes in the warehouse part of the restaurant? I've had pizza in a lot of places and this was one of the worst. Sorry to say but Pizza Hut is better.

I really enjoy Byblos on Laurier two blocks west of Papineau. Iranian restaurant with nice atmosphere, great hot chocolate and home preserves as well as a feta omelette to die for. Prices are cheap but go early as it gets pretty crowded after 10. Open for breakfast sat. and sun. only.

Institut du tourisme et de l'hôtellerie du Québec on St-Denis just north of Sherbrooke. it's a collegial level program meaning that it's not that expansive and you can do an internship in France.

I feel your pain, I walk by the place every day on my way back from work. I have to fight the tiny voice every time I walk by the place. Each pastry is amazing and the cakes are to die for. I've tried the macaroons and man, oh man!!!

Jean-Talon all hands down although it is better in the summer. Don't eat too much and get an ice cream from Hâvre-aux-glaces whicch is the best in town. There are some cafes with food as well as some Arab places with great kabobs. If you towards Jean-Talon st., you'll find Alep and Petit Alep, iranian inspired cooking, very tasty and not too expansive. You're also in the Little Italy so you might want to look for some italian.

Unfortunately, we didnt'n try it as my mother-in-law found a source for fruitcake and couldn't wait to have some. Next year maybe. As for the peanuts, I'll try to go to the market.

I've been in the web business for over six years now and sometimes no site is better than a site that doesn't give you anything to chew on which is exactly what this one is. Besides, however daring it is, I just can't get used to that horizontal scrolling and I'm always on the Web, I mean always (more than 40/h a week). If a restaurant is to have a site, the least they can do is post the menu. The same problem can be stated about Le Jolifou's site unless they fixed that problem recently. Note: Edited for spelling

Thanks a bunch toto, I'll grab some nuts while I'm there, they're amazing.

Thanks for the recco but the thing is this is the Montreal board and I'm looking to find it here in Montreal.

Hi, Christmas is fast coming and my girlfriend, ever so nostalgic, is looking to find a good or even great fruit cake, not those carboard boxes tasting things that we too often find on the market. Anybody knows where to find a good yet affordable fruit cake? Merci mille fois!!!

For those of you who are planning to get their hands on good sippers for the holidays, the SAQ is offering 10% off every $100 or more purchase in store and on the website this friday and saturday. Strangely enough, it doesn't carry over to sunday.

Actually, the gift card promotion ended last week. But what I heard is coming up is 10% discount for a purchase over $100 next weekend (dec. 9-11). I just finished my classes at SAQ Connaisseurs and the teacher told us that there won't be any bocing day promotion because it gets too crazy. They'll have 2-3 different promotions instead from now to the new year. He didn't go into details.

We usally call these people colon if you get my french.

I've tried them last saturday and had to really fight myself hard to save some for my girlfriend. They're delicious especially when they're hot out of the wok. Will come back for some more this coming weekend.

We also went on sunday. Two long lines were formed outside but the wait wasn't too bad. I also think that the value wasn't that great for the 10 dollars we forked out. Some were unimpressive and others were nice. I liked the 80% that the guy from Dorval does. It's smooth and rich without being too "roasted". Good chocolate. The funny story now. We're at the kiosk of the store that's on Laurier neart St-Hubert (forgot the name) and there's this older lady who sees the tasting bowl of Valrhona. She grabs a handful and says: "My hubby loves this one". She comes back seconds later for a bigger helping stating: "This one's good for your health. I looked at the girl who tended the kiosk and we burst out laughing. Some people just don't know how to behave I guess...

Le Fromentier all hands down. sf&m, you have to visit the Laurier Street location as they have a wider selection of bread and pastries for breakfast. The Empereur croissant, which is an almond croissant mixed with chocolatine, is to die for. They also have really good pizzas. And as if that weren't enough, they share the location with La Queue de cochon that carries a lot of saugages and one of the best home smoked bacon I've ever tried. There's also a cheese store in the same building.

Funny thing is they give you the card when you come in the store and you get to sracth it right away so if you don't get the ellusive 20%, you can visit another store and try your luck again. Each store will had you one card a day.

Thanks for letting us know, I've already emailed my girlfriend about it so that she can add it to my wish list. I really what I saw of him on À la di Stasio last year.

My girlfriend and I went last friday based mostly on this post. We were not disappointed. We got there at 8:30 and it was packed. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable, the room is softly lit and I kinda like the toys on the tables. I played with our robot for a while waiting for the apps. My girlfriend had the quail with this delicious sauce made of fresh cream, roasted garlic, lemon and cumin, amazing with the quail. I had the portabello salad with cheese. The grilled portabellos were tasty, well roasted and still juicy. A good start. For mains, I had the Côte de veau, what an amazing piece of meat perfectly cooked with it's juice running in the bottom of the plate and a side a corn salsa of some sort, it was really good. The girlfriend had the duck with a balsamic reduction which was a little too tart to her licking. The duck was excellent though. As for dessert, I went for the panna cotta with the cider caramel. Velvety, vanilla heaven. I love this stuff. My gf had the 3 spices crème brûlée which was good but a little too sweet for me. The wine list is short, but concise and the prices are reasonable. We will definitely return as it's a 10 minutes walk from home and a lovely place to eat. Can't wait to try the cornish game hen.

Actually, you got 2 promotions mixed up. The first one is $10 off on 6 bottles of over $10 in value. The second is 10% of for a $100-plus purchase on the website.