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sorry, don't know the names or addresses, but there's a few indian grocery stores on the south side of j-t, a few blocks east of acadie. and while you're there, go to indian curry house on j-t, one block east of acadie to eat the thali plate. you'll be happy, and it may even be the best 6 dollars you've ever spent.

they should open an SAQ in kuujjuaq.

you might try Decca77. 934-1077. http://www.decca77.com/

can we start a petition to get decca77's website up, too?

i had a wonderful meal there less than a week ago. i was blown away by the professional service of our waiter, who i believe is also the owner, the rest of the wait staff, and besides that, the food was outstanding. the wine was superb, i never had to wait for anything, in fact, there was a point where our little table had something like 8 glasses of wine on it! we were served abundantly, and with a smile! the only thing is: when the front door opens, the cold air comes in pretty quickly. i second "iamdubious" in saying that they should figure out a way to fix that problem.

that's 25 cents per 15 seconds!

can you edit that for clarity?

yep, it was kind of a let down, esp. with the ten dollars entrance fee. it was like spending 10 dollars to pay to get into a chocolate shopping mall. my sugar-pie bought some chocolates from various kiosques, and for the most part, i wasn't overly impressed. she did, however, get a taste of patrice's demo choco-buiscuit cranberry item, after which she told me "you HAVE to make this." patrice is sure to please! but apart from that, too crowded, and not enough samples.

for how long is the 10% promo, vin?

im headed to quebec soon. overnighting at manoir victoria and eating at l'initiale. what else should i include in my plans? I didn't see the article, so could you let me know what was said (in brief)? make it cheap, since manoir victoria and l'initiale should set me back a hefty chunk.

raza and ccep we have heard about on egullet. has anyone actually ever eaten at garcon?

carswell, norten did a good job. it cost me 7 dollars for my two knives (boning knife and fish knife). i think i can also save money on my mach3 razors now, since i can shave with these mofo's. i recommend the guys at norten, no problem. thanks suckles! are there any other places that people would highly recommend? i heard that the guy on bluery just south of ste cahterine was great, but apparently the older dude who did the knives either passed away or isn't there anymore. anyway, i brought my knives to that place last year (after the older gentleman stopped his work there) and the younger guy kind of butchered my poor little globals. my gsf15 was toast! anyway, NORTEN: wins the war on drugs.

i found kitchen confidential too cynical for my liking. i guess it was written to play up how coarse a kitchen can be, but it was like reading a celebration of mediocrity and depravity...

jokes are funny. maybe i take things too seriously.

I don't think that a dude who's suggesting magnan and banquise take him to be a michelin inspector, either, vin.

thanks, suckles. i'll get them done very soon, on your recommendation, at norten. thanks again!

okay, thanks, carswell!

...but they used romuald coladon in the video-tour. he's at decca77 now!

when does beaujolais 2005 happen?

hey suckles, do you have a more precise description of the location? is it milano? how much did it cost? thanks, i have to get my knives done very soon.

leslie, the absence of mentioning lumière was indeed a curiosity, and one that was noticed by more than just you. i am aware that mr. beauchemin used to post on egullet. perhaps he can check in to answer these questions himself! c'est à ton tour! ...btw, the fazzoletti this evening had nineteen varieties of vegetable: grilled red pepper grilled eggplant artichoke pattypan green zucchini brussels sprouts spinach lettuce tangella tomato blue-foot mushroom radish marinated pearl onions mini leeks green peas yellow carrot fennel red onion cucumber (you'll forgive me if i forget the other one)

Mr. Beauchemin's review misleads the reader in several ways. 1. he mentions the vegetarian plate at $30. this is wrong. the vegetarian plate is priced at a very reasonable $26. It is fazzoletti (a large sheet of pasta, homemade of course) plate piled high with seasonal vegetables (as many as 15 to 20 varieties are in the plate), and laguiole cheese. and that's not the only plate available below $30... 2. he mentions that there exists a decca77 in toronto. after doing searches in several places on the internet (google, canada411.com, restaurant guides), and searching all incarnations of the name, (deca77, deca 77, decca77, decca 77, deca, decca, 77), I found no mention anywhere of any Decca77 in Toronto. the only thing I can think of that would lead him to say this is a quick search he did on google, and found this website. the title of this page is toronto restaurants, DECCA77, but if you read for two seconds, you realise the restaurant you are reading about is indeed the one in montreal. 3. he makes no mention of a lunch prix fixe menu that the restaurant offers for $25. chèr, très chèr? I find it quite reasonable to spend a good 25 dollars on a three course menu for lunch, and eat something of great quality with fresh and interesting ingredients where the staff are clearly professionally trained, in a clean and open kitchen, rather than go across the street to bâton rouge or st. hubert and take their table d'hôte menu just to save a few dollars. not long ago, i had a lunch at europea and spent about the same as you would at decca77, and was very happy. i think it is perfectly reasonable to sit down and eat such a menu at such a price in a space as impressive as decca. i find it misleading to the reader to avoid mentioning this, as it is a very significant part of what the restaurant has to offer. 4. he leads the reader to believe that Mr. Bergeron has worked at keller, ramsay, trotter. I won't speak for Mr. B himself, but I can assure you, to conclude that Mr. B worked at these places would be a mistake. we can get into the semantics of what Mr. beauchemin menat by "passé par les cuisines", but let's be reasonable here. (edit grammar) yes, i work at decca77.

i have had a few lattes at caffe art java in the past few weeks, and i have to say it is the best i have had in town, hands down. the breakfast special is 6.95, and comes with your standard bacon-eggs-potatoes-fruit-bread thing, but you get the latte with it. when you consider that the latte is at least 3 (can't remember exactly how much), it's quite a steal. BUT! I dropped by this evening for a cafe mocha, and while flavourwise, i was very happy, the service was much more snobby, and the care and execution of the coffee was definitely lacking. the frothed milk that the guy went to put on top of the coffee was not as stiff, and didn't hold the sugar on top like the latte does. also, the guy didn't put the cute design on the top. the morning shift seem to have their stuff together and take pride in serving, but the night people didn't do it for me. did anyone else have similar experiences at Caffe Art Java?

I'm glad to see Dave finally doing what he wanted to do all along. I remember him telling me it was his dream one day to open up his little place and cook whatever he felt like cooking, small and simple, fun and good. Congrats, Dave, all the best!

it's not about doubling the c to ensure k-ness. it's about the lax e, and its need for a coda, so the doubled c shows that it is ambisyllabic, and thus the e is lax, otherwise it would be a tense e, and it would be pronounced Dee'ka. we don't need to get into the etymology of the root of decca/deca/deka since i'm just justifying the use of a double c. In reality, I think the name comes from a special pack of cards that the Greeks use, and it has 25 more cards than the regular 52 pack. it's a decca77. besides that, this one goes up to eleven. anyway, sorry to stray from the topic, it's about the food...