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nanbanane

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  1. These days it's hard to believe such policies actually exist! I will be sure to contact them directly and get our orange pot restored in lime green to match our grilling pan! So excited! Must stop using exclamation marks!
  2. To answer my own request... Les touilleurs on Laurier recommended "Clinique de la Casserole" on Jean-Talon and Pie-IX. We called and they will re-enamel the entire casserole dish and lid, plus fix the handle for 80$. We won't have a wide choice of colours, but that doesn't bother us. Figure for a casserole that sells new for 250$, it's worth it... Will look into contacting Le Creuset directly.
  3. The enamel is chipped and cracked. The handle has a screw but it seems the enamel around the screw has worn and makes for a loose fitting.
  4. We received an old Le Creuset as a hand-me down. The enamel needs to be redone and the handle on the lid is loose. Does anyone know of a place in Montreal that could restore it to its former glory? How much does it cost approx? Does it last? We love the small size of it and it would be just perfect for small braises in the fall...
  5. I go to an excellent "fruiterie" on the corner of St-Joseph and St-Denis. The owners will often special order items for me. Last year I asked them to stock Chanterelles and they had beautiful ones from Quebec and BC and were so glad to see how fast people were scooping them up. They always offer fruit at a nice ripeness (not the hard bland stuff you often find at the grocery stores) and their prices are hard to beat. They also have a great selection of exotic fare and bio products, vegetables, fruits and a wall filled with ethnic products. If they sold meat and fish I would do all my grocery shopping there. It's nice to find businesses in MTL, and they are rare, that care so much about what they offer and what their customers want.
  6. Masai lounge on parc avenue, new? review? how is it?
  7. Merci for all your input! We are so looking forward to discovering Paris. I'll look into Liza.
  8. Sorry about that. I guess we lucked out the night we went and ordered the two toppings that were best. I personaly don't like pepperoni on my pizza. As for the crust I liked it over pizzaiole and mine wasn't burnt or big and fluffy like dominos. Just goes to prove that all tastes are in nature! As for the pasta I'll steer clear of it, rotten is not what I look for in tortellini!
  9. Firstly: We are going to Paris end of September til mid-October. I read in a guide that there was a "vendanges" celebration the first Saturday in October in Monmartre. What is it exactly? Is it fun? Is it touristy or local? Secondly: We are renting an apartment on rue Coquilliere in the 1er (near Forum Les Halles) if you have any suggestions on interesting markets, patisseries, boulangers etc. in the area as well as affordable bistros and not to be missed restaurants. We would like to stay in a reasonable budget (under 50 euros) but can afford to splurge for two or three meals. Thirdly, I've read a lot about Transversal, went to their website, is it better to try it at lunch or dinner? Fourthly: I am a designer and saw photos of the interior of Maxan restaurant. I definetely want to go see it closer, is it very expensive to eat there? and are there any other modern restaurants that are worth checking out on a design standpoint? Je vous remercie d'avance.
  10. It will run you about $30-$40 per person for food. But you could do it for less if you chose amonst the bigger portioned dishes as oppposed to the "dégustation" sized plates.
  11. Sometimes we forget to talk wbout the simpler pleasures of eating. Like a really good pizza with fresh toppings. Thursday night I went to TOMATO with a friend to chat and share pizzas. It was a great discover for both of us. I had seen this little IKEA designed pizzeria for the past few months and was hoping it wouldn't be all show and no go. The staff is helpful and fast on their toes, the pizzas have a great crispy crust. We shared a Parma ham, arugula pizza and a chévre, sun-dried tomatoe, red onion. I was most impressed by the prosciutto one as they did not make the error of sticking the ham under the oven's heat rendering it to leather-like quality (which I've exprienced in pizzas and other dishes elsewhere) The hot pizza was topped with a generous amount of crispy arugula and 3 or 4 slices of paper thin, melt in your mouth prosciutto, a filet of olive oil... mmmm. We sat at one of two communal tables and they brought us olives and celery sticks while we waited for our pizzas, nice touch. They also deliver. So no more donini! They have one pasta dish on the menu, strangely. Meat tortellini and pesto. And one desert: Chocolate-orange cake. In the end, what more does one need? My friend told me she had tried a similar place on Bernard at about the same distance from St-Laurent and that, even though the Bernard place was good, this one topped it. Or maybe it was just that she was in my presence TOMATO 15 rue St-Viateur 514 678-4430
  12. We went last Sunday (yes finally a good restaurant near home that is opened on Sundays!) and loved it also. The place was half full and other dinners seemed to be getting a kick out of the place too. Out of all the new eateries on St-Laurent north of Fairmount this one is the only one that I felt like trying out. The others seem a little stiff to me. I agree with you about the staff and we let the chef choose what we would eat. I love doing this the first time I go somewhere, you are sure to see how the kitchen performs and if the chef knows how to wow us! And he did: We had the fish of the day, whole fish grilled with fennel bulb and onions, perfect (sorry I can't remember what the fish was...) before that we had two smaller dishes both exquisite: the tartar of magret de canard with red rice (which I'm predicting will become the new fetish staple ingredient in restaurants) walnut oil, walnut shavings and oyster mushrooms, and the asparagus with rabble (simple and perfectly prepared) I found the wine list a little steap, maybe only 2 or 3 wines in the $30 price range. As for the heat, we were fine and is was much colder last Sunday night than this past week, so there must have been something wrong the night you went... The waiter told us they got a 4 star rating in the Gazette! And have been invaded by the westend crowd ever since.
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