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| - Rules for visiting Montréal:
1. Go to Le Cartet Boutique for brunch.
2. I don't care what else you do after.
3. Confirm that step 1 was done.
When visiting a city, I love finding the places locals like to eat (doesn't every yelper?). I'm intimidated by all things French, but Le Cartet had such glowing reviews, I couldn't say no. Awesome decision.
The brunch menu has tons of variety, so whether you're in the mood for meat with a side of meat (ham, sausage, and bacon in one dish!) or a simple serving of fresh fruits, they have it. Prices are reasonable, especially after the USD to CAN conversion, so go nuts and get a mimosa while you're at it.
Service was great, our server was friendly and our food came out pretty quickly considering how busy the place was. I got the L'Atlantique dish which had a salad, an open face smoked salmon with schmear bagel, fresh fruits, and some apple chocolate chip thing I can't pronounce. I was also supposed to get a sweet potato fritter thing, but the server told me earlier they were out and would substitute by pretty much giving me more of everything else. Cool.
Whatever the hell the chocolate chip apple thing was, it was DELICIOUS. Super moist and not too sweet, I would have preferred to have it at the end of my meal instead of the beginning, but I devoured it nonetheless. The salad was perfectly dressed and the everything about the dish garnered zero complaints from me. Like I said, they didn't have the fritter that came with my meal, so I'm not sure if the scrambled egg with salmon was a replacement or normal part of the meal. All the fruits were at the peak of freshness and sweetness, too.
My friend got the very simple scrambled eggs with goat cheese on toast.. and if I could give it ten stars, I would. If you can make something simple taste out of this world, that's a dang gift. All the right balance of salty, creamy, rich, crunch from the toast and sweetness from the side of fresh fruit made this so incredible that we're seriously considering going back to Montreal just to eat here again.
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