My husband and I have been dreaming of coming here ever since we saw this restaurant on Anthony Bourdain's show. We ventured to Montreal at the end of November, ready to brave the cold because we knew this type of food would be best in cold weather. We made reservations for Thursday (American Thanksgiving) and we were super excited to finally experience a meal here. We arrived a little early, but they seated us right away. Then they brought us the delicious warm bread and butter. I was already happy, but my husband reminded me not to gorge myself until our food arrived.
We decided to order the fried goie gras appetizer. We also had to order the foie gras poutine. Then we had the melting pot (pork belly and sausages), as well as the stuffed pig foot with foie gras.
Everything was AMAZING so delicious. That gravy on the poutine was a revelation and then with those generous hunks of foie gras. Amazing. I though the melting pot was big but then the stuffed pig foot came out in a huge casserole dish (like the type of dish that would feed a family of 6). So much food. Our waiter kind of warned us it would be a lot of food but we were shocked by how much food it was. Everything was delicious. We also ordered a bottle of wine to wash it all down. I was pretty full after the poutine and only had a few bites of the pig food as well as some of the sausage. My husband rallied and kept eating. Then when our waiter asked if we'd like dessert, we both felt pretty full but when we saw the "sugar pie for 2" we figured that we'd come all this way, we better do it up right. That sugar pie was heavenly. It also came with some of the most delicious ice cream. I wish I had some of that pie right now. I think we were clearly stuffed and about to pass out from being so full, so our waiter brought over a bottle of calvados and made us do a shot with him so we wouldn't pass out. It was a very kind gesture and we appreciated it. Anyways, we had an amazing time and it was worth it. We felt too sad to leave our leftovers there, so we carried them all the way back to our hotel even though we didn't have a chance to eat them...