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| - Pairing food & alcohol is always a fun dining experience for me. While visiting Montreal, I wanted to take my mum to a restaurant that was a little more quirky than a regular eatery.
We shared 2 plates of oysters, paired with a glass of bubbly. Then we shared the "Crunchy Smokey", along with a glass of wine they paired with the dish.
The oysters were small & well cleaned. Big oysters make me gag, so does a rouge piece of shell. They were served on salt, with a lemon wedge, but with no side. Had to ask for hot sauce. Granted, the oysters themselves had a wonderful flavor, but I do like a hint of something on my oysters. The glass that the bubbly was served in was kinda neat. The bubbles streamed up in the glass in one solid stream. It was nifty.
The "Crunchy Smokey" was interesting. It was paired with a glass of IGT Sicilla, Grillo 2011, Italie. We started by tasting the wine before the meal, and it completely transformed with the food. Crunchy Smokey was good, but not fantastic. It was a fairly earthy dish, that tasted pretty good when you combined all the ingredients together. I'm not sure if I should say it was bland... there were flavors that stood out, but nothing that really popped. Kinda one note. Didn't really excite my pallet.
I would have ordered something else on the menu, but I was sharing my meal with my mother, who only eats fish.
The setting was lovely. Rustic, dark & underground. A take on a wine cellar. The woman's washroom had a lovely art installment of a mirror that also had moss within it. Very unique.
Overall, I don't believe it was worth the price we paid. I understand that the wine's are of a higher caliber, but for how much we ate & drank, it was a very expensive dinner. Not entirely sure I would suggest it, maybe if you're with someone who's willing to foot at 300+ bill.
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