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| - This review is for dinner menu and not lunch.
Service and Ambiance:
* Nice friendly service
* I decided to venture with coworkers away from Old Montreal to Plateau Mont-Royal area to try the dishes from Laloux. I like the warm bistro-feel of the restaurant with white tablecloth draped tables and lots of natural light. It was charming and elegant.
Food:
* They have real raw honey - which earned an extra star from me! Raw honey is totally unprocessed honey. It still contains pollen, propolis, honeycomb and live enzymes -- all the goodness the bees put in! Why am I raving about honey you ask? Well, grasshopper, honey not only tastes good, its properties are good for you. Honey is magic. Besides its delicious taste, it's pretty much the only food that does not spoil while in an edible state.
* Among our party, we had practically all the appetizer and dinner dishes. The charcuterie platter with pickled vegetables is a great dish to share, with all the staple meats.
* I had the veal sweetbreads, creamy polenta, Québec fiddlehead and cherry tomato, morel and Vin Jaune sauce. A popular Western EU dish, this is my first experience with veal sweetbreads. I did not realized that veal sweetbreads are the thymus gland or pancreas of a calf. The term "sweetbread" is quite misleading (to me), but the dish was well prepared and good. After several Montreal restaurants, I am not fond of the fiddleheads (see picture) both for the taste and insect-like appearance.
Drinks:
* Great selection of wine, single malts and good cocktails.
Price and Value:
* Well...value is subjective. For the money and in comparison with other similar French restaurants within a 10 mile radius, I would rate this restaurant as good value. There are hits and misses since myself and friends didn't like everything we ate. But, for the service and food, I came prepared to spend the money to dine here...and the raw honey was an unexpected nice treat!
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