Finally! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you hear the word that is coming out of my mouth?! Finally, a Polish restaurant in the QC! I thought I would never see such a thing here. OK let me compose myself and get on with it..
Because of time, we decided to do a take out order. We had the following:
Potato Pancakes which were HUGE and DELICIOUS! They are offered as an app and you get 3 but because of their size, I could easily have these as a meal. They were crispy on the outside and tender in the middle. The potato is pureed (as it should be) with a hint of onion. They are served with either apple sauce or sour cream. I opted for neither simply because I grew up eating these with only a pinch of salt and that's exactly what I gave them and they were perfect!
2 different types of Perogies which we ordered fried (because the fried potato pancakes were not enough). For the health conscious, you can have them boiled. The potato and cheddar was my favorite. They were very tasty. Plump little pillows of dough with a large amount of potato and cheddar in the middle? How can you not love that? We also had an order of the meat filled Perogies, which were fine, a little bland but still fine.
2 orders of Golabki or in the US they are Golumbki and in NEPA we call them Piggies. Aside from the potato pancakes, the Golabki was what I was really interested in tasting. I will have you know my Grandmother, made the BEST piggies on the planet. Just sayin. So Golabki is cooked cabbage leafs that are filled with meat and rice and then stewed in a tomato sauce. Is your mouth watering yet?These were very good, not better than my Grandma's but still very good. The cabbage was cooked to perfection and they were nicely filled but the meat to rice ratio was off. These were filled with mostly rice. I personally would have liked a little more meat BUT overall the piggies were DELISH. I would go back for these any day.
Overall our experience was a success and we can add a new restaurant to our list of places to go. For me personally, the food took me back to my youth and the great memories I have of growing up in and around our Polish community with their beautiful customs and fabulous cuisine.