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| - When my fiance said "we should go to Montreal for dinner" I knew I was marrying the right person, but more importantly I had to find an epic dinner place!! I of course searched Yelp, and asked my bestie who is from Montreal and pretty much knew Toque was gonna be the place.
Reservation was made way in advance, for 9pm, since the only earlier option was 6pm. Btw, we did arrive early around 8:15pm to grab a drink and they sat us immediately.
First thing off the bat - the ambiance. For me, it just didn't work. I couldn't quite tell what theme they were going for, and overall it felt a bit off putting. But no worries, the food and service more than made up for.
I must say the service was great. Very friendly, very knowledgeable, and I felt they made the experience that much better. As we did the TASTING MENU with 7 WINE PAIRINGS it was great to see how enthusiastic everyone was about the pairings and some of the hard to find / unique wines they had chosen.
From what I understand the menu changes frequently, so it's probably not worth me going in to depth on the tasting menu, but I will highlight some of my favorites, and misses.
SNOW CRAB - This was course 2 or 3 for us. It was delightful. So fresh, so light, perfect texture. I could have eaten this all night.
UNI - I went with the uni, and he went with the foie gras. His was better. Mine was just strange.
LAMB - I think because it was Easter weekend this dish was added in. WAY too salty for me and I couldn't finish it.
GOAT CHEESE - One of the two desserts, and I loved it. Again, perfect texture with all the different plated elements, as well as beautiful!
I truly wish I had taken pictures of the wine bottles, we had everything from an ORANGE WINE (not flavor, this is a type and apparently it has a huge following now!) to some locally made MONTREAL WINE.
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