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| - Montreal Plaza is a relative newcomer being open less than 1 year at this point. Located within the Plaza St. Hubert, a beautiful partially covered stretch of streets home to 400 various businesses. We stopped in on a Monday night, since many worthwhile restaurants in Montreal are closed. It proved to be an excellent choice.
It was a beautiful night so we chose to sit outside on the many picnic tables - seating could be a bit communal on a packed night, but we had one all to ourselves. We selected a rose wine and the waiter brought out the bottle to show us and allowed us to try it, which was cool. Our server went over the entire menu, which was vast. We had some choices in mind, and were ready to order then he mentioned they have tasting menus at different tiers - we went with the $80/person with the thought we would be served featured items.
Our only request were oysters and we received some delicious ones along with two tartares one with scallops the other venison to compare and contrast. Both good, my wife unexpectedly preferred the venison. Next up was the tomato + herbs, which was a sliced tomato reconstructed with greens and dressing which simply tasted like glorious summer. The shrimp sandwich came with this. The fried shrimps were perfectly fried, but I thought this dish was a bit of a miss with the shrimps being on the smaller side and not a fan of the thin fried "bread".
The next and final course was the poultry for two that was an incredible platter of perfectly cooked, amazingly delicious chicken with whelks and various roasted vegetables. A slightly sweet sauce with peas and strawberries were poured over as it was served. A strawberry dessert finished off the night.
I am glad we did the tasting menu because it was items we would not have selected otherwise. I was hoping it would have been smaller samples of more dishes. My only criticism is that it would have been less expensive to order each of these items individually and it also made for a long dinner. The waiter was cool and gave us the bottle price for our wine when we hit 5 glasses - so it worked out.
I would recommend this place - especially with a group because there are so many dishes meant to be shared. The service and food here is top notch. For us it was an fantastic introduction to the way they do things in Montreal and I must say, Montreal Plaza does it right!
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