For starters, The FMW received a shipment of fresh Razor shell.

Steamed with garlic and green onions. It was amazing, Sweet, buttery, fresh razor shell, a real treat.

The soup of the day was Tofu, and watercress in a fish stock. Light, with no fishiness at all. While subtle in flavor, it had great taste. Note that it was boiled in a way it was almost white in color.

We ordered one of the combos that were on the Chinese menus. cost:80$

We received a dish composed of fish, 2 type of mushrooms, lotus root and snow pea. While the dish soups bland, it had the correct amount of wok hei to make it stand out. It was great.

Long Bean, Sichuan style, was in my opinion, the best dish of the night. It was a tasty, a little bit spicy, a full of Umami flavour. (Side order, totally worth it)

Snow Pea and Pork Neck, XO sauce. The pork neck was the best meat dish of the night, the snow pea allowed the dish to be not as salty as it could have been.

Free-range Chicken and jelly fish. While this dish is usually prepared in advance and chop on order. The chicken was just out of the boiling pot, and passed in an ice bath for a really short time. We know this because when it arrived at the table, the chicken was still warm. It was a solid dish, while not spectacular.

salt and pepper Tofu and Fried fish: Tofu was silky, and crispy, and spicy and delicious. The fish was fried to perfection. Great dish.

Preserved green and Pork Belly: (side order) Not my favourite dish, but technically speaking, it was flawless and the greens were of good quality. My dining companions seems to have appreciated this dish more than I did.

Tofu dessert: while I'm not a fan of those, my friends told me it was quite good.

It was a great deal if food for 6 person, I don't remember what we payed, but it was dirt cheap.

Went there a few weeks ago, it was good but not great, and it was full.

Thank you!

Pork belly with preserved veggies is a must for my grampa, so I don't think I have a choice in that matter=).

Thank you! XLB is definitely a must.

Thank you!

Mmmmmmmmmm Pig knuckles and a cold 1.

tahnk you!

Especially the Hakka place.

Burmese cuisine?

Sounds really interesting, family will check it out for sure.

Thank you!

any good eats during the day?

Anything Asian, especially top Chinese and Vietnamese, will be preferable, although they do like Mexican and euro-centric cuisine (although we are from Montreal, so they probably won't be eating French in SF). Any great recommendation? Especially any late night eatery.

That will be highly appreciated!

Thank you!

Westmount is far for me, but I will make sure to buy some the next time i'm in the neighborhood.

Tell this to my aunt and you will receive an hour long answer on why it isn't the same thing. HP is a bit more vinegary if I'm correct, or it is the other way around.

I also prefer A1 over HP, although we mostly use it for cooking.

All the place that does roast pork can roast you an entire one.

You will have to ask at least a week in advance to be safe though.

Yeah, I know. Seems like I have to go to Toronto to grab a few bottles.

thank you!

My aunt loves this stuff, sadly, our metro, maxi and IGA stop carrying it. Asking chowhound for help!

Nice! thank you guys!

that will almost surely be our meeting spot! We are all born and raised montrealer, except for my wife, she's from the suburb, its our little dirty secret, and we love our town.

thank you to both of you guys!

EDIT: where in laval?

Germany vs greece, this friday. Preferably a Greek place that serve food, with good coffee and beer. Do you guys know of a place like this?

Jing Hua is pretty good in my memories.

sushi 5 saison does takeout if i'm correct.

Hopefully soon>: D

Reddit asked question to Bourdain, and he answered. It's a few month old, but it used to be a private video.

reddit tread: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/iaimh/ask_anthony_bourdain_anything_video_ama/

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0bND8u6OsY

EDIT: easter egg video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftseut...

Lemeac will probably in the low 30s without desert, but it is really good. Forget Boustan if you don't want fast food, since you are already going at petit Alep, which is amazing.

I prefer fairmount to st-viateur, and the ice cream shop next 2 fairmount is really, really good.

Have an amazing trip!

Someone tried the sushi at yang's in chinatown?

I second les Brasseurs du Temps, they serve the best homebrews I had in the Ottawa-Gatineau Metropolitan area.

If you are in Ottawa, you may try le Chateau Laurier? Even if it's a posh Hotel, Iv'e heard from my supervisor that they have interesting cocktails.

EDIT: note that this will probably cost you an arm to get a drink there.

From what I understood, it had a staff change during the period of the last year. I had their dimsum once or twice at the hours prescribed by wattacetti, quite decent by montreal standard, but I also went to a dinner on a weeknight, it was quite average at best. So you 2 are probably right.

I do think that croissanterie figaro serves eggs.

I may be wrong, but it was showcasted on Canal evasion during night time, and they had breakfeast there.