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Map of Great CHICKEN joints in Montreal
lol. Ramsay didn't change the chicken. That's been the same since ... 1936!
Indian in Montreal.
Don't know if anyone replied to you, but Curry House downtwn is newly owned since Ben retired. Not as good by any reports. Ben can be found helping (not cooking) at Ganges on Sherbrooke in NDG. Good food if u choose carefully
Where can I buy reasonably priced, delicious Portugese custard tarts
Coco Rico has the real thing too. St Laurent & Napoleon
Restricted diet - something within 10-15mins walk of the OSM
Ate at F bar last week. Excellent service. Better than Okay food. lack of fibre specialty might be the portugese cod pot. Very tasty. Mind the Tanin-ny portugese red wines... not too good for your colitis.
Map of Great CHICKEN joints in Montreal
Still Laurier BBQ... best in city. Now carries the Gordon Ramsay association.
Where can I find the best sushi in San Francisco?
Visiting San Francisco, wife and I ate at Ryoko just minutes from Union Square. Excellent place and food with hip atmosphere. Couple of local afficianados next to us said it was a keeper. But Better could be found apparently out of the city center
Looking for a quiet restaurant in Ol Montreal
Hotel Nelligan resto has a quiet-ish and romantic-ish environment
Where can I find non-Spanish Mackerel?
There are a couple of small fish stores near Victoria - Van Horne intersection, south of, (Plamondon metro?) Used to carry Kingfish.
Sick of oversweet Indian restaurants
Montreal must have over a hundred Indian restaurants by now. Problem is consistency. Finding a place that has curry "to your taste" is not easy. When you do, if the chef changes everything does. So when Ben sold out at the Maison Curry on Mackay Street (ex of Bishop St) we were lost. The curry there was all about complex flavours and textures, not blender-creamed, almost dessert-sweet dishes of the type we ate last night at Bienvenue a l'inde (Welcome to India) on Gilford corner St Denis.
Our challenge now is to find a replacement for that dearly beloved Maison Curry (we've been there since new owners took over and it just is not our kind of curry any more) but nothing less than spicy, real Indian without the sugar rush we are now told "suits more peoples tastes" will do. Perhaps some old Maison Curry customers might have found the ideal substitute, and if so, please do tell. We do know that Ben is now at the Ganges on Sherbrooke St West, but he neither cooks nor seems to have been able to tone the sugar down in that establishment, which he is the first to admit is over the top.
Helpful suggestions are welcome.
Maison Cari (Curry House) on Bishop is moving
Marvellous place! Simply marvellous food.
Maison Cari / Curry House is back - oh joy!
Praise be to Ben! After much tribulation, the Curry House is open for business at 1236 Mackay St in the downtown area just below St Catherine. The food is as good, fresh and authentic as ever. In fact, I know of nothing that comes close to it in Montreal. Everything I have ever tried there has been marvellous (when Ben is cooking) or at least very good (when Sous-Chef is up to bat). Tried a prawn dhansak last week. Unbelievable! No holds barred on spiciness (unless you ask). The menu is quite extensive, from kormas and butter chicken to pathias, madras, and vindaloos you can actually still taste and enjoy the quality ingredients in. if you ask for something "off the charts", they'll accomodate you willingly. Breads, samosas, bhindi, all great. Smithwicks and Newcastle beers on tap... an ex-pat's delight.
The environment is a step up. The upper floor of an old greystone townhouse is not your usual curry quarters, but a welcome change from the basement haunts we're more accustomed to.
I recommend this restaurant to anyone and everyone who loves curry, or is trying it for the first time. You won't be disappointed.
Maison Cari (Curry House) on Bishop is moving
Bishop Street, Curry House (Maison de Cari) closed up. Ben said they were moving to St Catherine/Fort St area. $ months later.. nothing! Anyone know what happened... where Ben popped off to? Etc... any news welcome.
I'll probably never eat curry that well-prepared again in this town :(
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chilipepper Jun 27, 2009
A regular customer tells me he is having problems with the city getting permits and such, so much so that he may pull up stakes from the Ste Catherine local and try to find another spot.
Where did "Curry House" Ben go?
Thanks for this Chili. I'd love it if you kept me posted if you hear any more
Where did "Curry House" Ben go?
Bishop Street, Curry House (Maison de Cari) closed up. Ben said they were moving to St Catherine/Fort St area. $ months later.. nothing! Anyone know what happened... where Ben popped off to? Etc... any news welcome.
I'll probably never eat curry that well-prepared again in this town :(
Maison Cari (Curry House) on Bishop is moving
So two nights ago I was in this restaurant, and Ben the owner told me they would be moving within a couple of months to a new location on St Catherine West, somewhere around the Le Paris bistro and Star of India area, but on the other side of the road I believe. He mentioned something about a fire, so that would put it next to the Diana Bar, I believe. (Oh well...). I won't be sorry to change premises, the old place was getting rather grim, but the food has always been worth enduring most anything for, snow, hale, even bad decor.
They have moved three or four times I think since I first discovered them over 20 years ago. Still my favourite curry in Montreal, wherever they go.
Thanks for all the good threads folks. Bye. Neil M.
Looking for a Montreal restaurant, kind of like L'Utopie
Here's something different. I've enjoyed it there and it's close to your hotel...
Santos... enjoy.
http://www.martiniboys.com/Montreal/Santos-Caf%E9-and-Lounge-nightlife.html
any update on the fish situation in Montreal?
I'll stick with La Mer too. Fish is iffy more as a result of the supply chain rather than the outlet. Although for the most part I find that if you go without a specific fish in mind and just pick what's super fresh, La Mer will generally deliver. I did get some wormy cod once from there. Put me off cod for a while, but that is a common problem with cod apparently. I don't know anywhere else that has such a variety on offer , and items such a skate, mackerel, rascasse, striped bass and such like tend to be regularly fresh.
ISO: Old Montreal, less than $50/person dinner
Santos on the corner of St Francois Xavier and St Paul is a pretty good scoff for about that price. Food is very varied. Service is friendly, specially a big waiter called Ted. They do big plates of tapas-style bites that covereverything from octopus to tuna to `... can't remember but it was good.
Hope you enjoy it.
Plateau - Latin Quarter recommendations: less scene more food
Thanks from me too. I was just thinking of heading to the plateau for supper for a`change and saw that new resto listed om Mont Royal "Salle a`Manger". Sounds worth a try.
PS Mikado in the Monkland Village is currently on top of my sushi list.
