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    Visit to St. John's NFLD

    in Eastern Canada: Dining

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    Not a meal, but I always make it to MooMoo's to get the Turtle Cheesecake Ice Cream.

    And the chili at Zapata's is a good memory for me, too. Not exactly authentic Newfoundland food, but still I remember it very fondly.

    I heard Atlantica out in Portugal Cove is good, but I doubt you can get there without a car.

    l'Original

    in Eastern Canada: Dining

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    is a visit to the underground city in order?  and if so, any nice cafés underground?

    I don't get why the tourist guides hype up the underground city so much. All it is is a bunch of malls interconnected through their basements. It's not like it's some bunker where albino people have developed night vision in order to navigate their way around the below-sea-level caverns of Montreal's "underground city".

    Don't expect much from the "underground city". It's really not that big a deal.

    Montreal Restaurant Recommendations

    in Eastern Canada: Dining

    Posted · Edited by riboflavinjoe (log)

    If you want real good ice cream though, you'd be better off with Havre aux glaces at Jean-Talon market.

    But Bilboquet will have the TIRE A LERABLE ice cream. violetfox, I recommend the tire a l'erable ice cream at Bilboquet, it's got delicious chunks of maple taffy in it, and it's only on sale for maple season, which may include the time you are here in April.

    Chris Leahy from BLT Prime @ Rosalie

    in Eastern Canada: Dining

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    Luc has been our chef for the past 2 years. In reference to the new chef, Gabriele, has joined our team this past month...

    The present perfect "Luc has been..." grammatically implies that he was and still is up to the present, while simple past "Luc was" or past perfect "Luc had been" would mean that he was and at present is not. If you have a new chef, Gabriele, does this mean that Luc is no longer your chef, or do they both share the duties of being chef? In this case, there would be no confusion surrounding your use of the present perfect.

    m:brgr

    in Eastern Canada: Dining

    Posted · Edited by riboflavinjoe (log)

    (OK, I'm on my second wind so here goes...)

    Look, say what you want about the burgers BUT don't make like the charity aspect of this business is no big deal. It is a big deal. And if you do the math, you'll see that 5% of their sales (not profits, SALES) adds up to a heck of a lot of money that will go towards the Children's Hospital Foundation.

    I never called it no big deal. There is nothing anyone can say bad about them for their contributions to charity. I'm not arguing with you there. Point is, I'd rather not eat the burger, that's all.

    And I'm with Latelier on this one. Easy on the angst. We're talking about a burger bar here not the Bouchard-Taylor Commission.

    Sheesh...

    Well, I was just talking with a friend about this yesterday, and our conversation really heated up, it was a fun conversation. So I get worked up about food, probably no different than the rest of you on this board. Every now and again I say what's on my mind, I don't see what the problem is with that.

    Now if you'll excuse me, my evening reading is The Way of the Peaceful Warrior. Goodnight!

    m:brgr

    in Eastern Canada: Dining

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    I far prefer m:brgr's burger and approach to toppings, though that mayo price does seem steep. I actually ate alot of my m:brgr Kobe burger without the bun. Don't know if I'd do that at La Paryse.

    No way, I wouldn't do that at La Paryse either. But that`s not the point, is it? I don`t often judge a burger by whether I`d eat it without the bun or not. To me a burger is a self-contained whole, so it seems silly to me to consider eating a burer without the bun.

    It seems that the approach to toppings is a personal preference, I guess. If you want to spend an extra 5 dollars to make your burger what you want it to be, go ahead!

    I don't go to La Paryse for anything fancy, and I couldn't care less about a burger being Kobe or not. A burger is a burger, and La Paryse makes a very good one with generous toppings (and a slice of orange!). The service is much better, the place has way more character, and it costs a fraction of the robbery that is m:brgr. I find it funny how people are gushing about a kobe burger, and are willing to pay a million bucks for one. It seems to be more an ostentatious display of pseudo-gourmet luxury. Give me a break. But hey, kudos to them for making a buck off it, I guess.

    Not saying that Kobe ain`t good, I remember I made some for a staff meal once with left over trimmings, and it was really good stuff, and I agree that you don`t need a bun with it, but I`m not going to pay 20 bucks for a hamburger when I can get a very good one for a fraction of the price elsewhere.

    You can go on about how they are donating a %age to charity, but if La Paryse were to add on a surcharge of 5% or even 5$ for every bill I would go out of my way to make it to La Paryse even if I was standing on the corner of Maisonneuve and Drummond.

    Sorry you can`t get in with your kids, but if you go at odd hours, it`s usually not hard to have some space...

    Wow, it`ll be fun to read the replies to this one.

    m:brgr

    in Eastern Canada: Dining

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    Went to this "burger bar" for lunch yesterday. I had the Kobe burger with truffle aioli + apple wood smoked bacon and a glass of Shiraz. It was fantastic, the burger was juicy and tender, in another league. This was my first experience with Kobe beef, I need to score some of that stuff to cook at home... I wonder where I can find Wagyu in MTL?

    On the negative side, I must say the service was quite goofy and overly attentive, to the point of being annoying (waiter asked me 4 separate times if everything was "to my satisfaction" while my mouth was full, etc.).

    That being said, I will go back...

    I'll second the strange service, I had a waitress who stood right over me taking my order, and was indeed overly attentive, and tried to push every item on the menu on me. I ordered a normal burger, and she said "It only comes with a tomato, a pickle, and some onion, do you want some mayonnaise or anything else with it?" Which is fine, but she said it in such a way as to lead me to believe that a simple burger is NOT GOOD ENOUGH, and I pretty well NEED to order more to make it any good.

    The burger was good, and the fries were some of the better ones I have eaten in Montreal, but the 2$ price tag on the 10 grams of Chipotle Mayo was far too steep, and for this price... well... I could eat at La Paryse twice!

    Lesley is right, the floats are good.

    m:brgr

    in Eastern Canada: Dining

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    Anyone been to m:brgr yet? It's in the space formerly occupied by EDEN, the 100% Kosher restaurant that was there before.

    Who owns this place, who runs it?

    I don't know if it can match La Paryse, especially in terms of prices...

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