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| - Found this place by accident and it turned out to be one of the best meals we had on our recent trip to Montreal. We weren't exactly hungry and so a place that sold food for $5 sounded about perfect. We were seated quickly, and luckly, we had been there before the lunch rush from the college crowd nearby.
The menu was a bunch of cards held together by a ring, like the side/beverage/dessert menus you'd see at the end of the table for some restaurants. The plate coasters were record disks.
Our party of three ordered a mint, cucumber, ginger-ale mojito; a Mount-Royal sangria with blueberries. I am sure I have the names wrong. Just go by the descriptions. For food, we ordered the hot dog with mac-n-cheese -because, obviously, mac-n-cheese- the grilled salmon, and the farfalle pasta salad.
The drinks were mediocre, to be honest. They were good, but sweet and lacking in alcohol. No, they costed more than $5. The Cinko name didn't apply to drinks, at least not ours.
The farfalle salad was, depending on your taste, either about perfectly dressed, or too sour.
The mac-n-cheese was not as cheesy as I expected -but for 5 dollars, what do you want? At least it didn't look like a blob of culinary concrete chunks. The hot dog that the the macaroni sat over was excellent. The sausage was good. Earthy, meaty, but not as spiced as one might expect. The bread, the same kind of baguette that was cold and hard the night before, was warm, chewy, and homogenous, hiding a layer of mayo-dressed purple cabbage. So harmonial. The crust was not the hard shell that ruined it for me the night before. It made me understand why the French would bake this bread. The side that came with was poutine. I probably should've gone with the salad. The other choice is plain, old, regular, boring, fries. Comm'on, I'm in Montreal! If I had the choice, I'm going to have poutine! Well, it was a little saltier than the poutine I had the night before. Yes, I had two dinners. Vacation efficiency = food/time.
The salmon was by far the best dish. It tasted fresh, flaky, and like salmon. The pesto rice was reportedly good. The side, which is vegetables if I remember right, is how vegetables should be served. No one wants plain steamed vegetables. No one. That is boring, tasteless, and wasteful, because no one enjoys it, and the wonderful flavors have not been released. Julienne it, dressed with some herbs, some vinegar, and I wish I had ordered the salmon instead.
Service was responsive. Our waiter was attentive to the fact that we didn't speak French or understand the dual-tax on the receipt. And winked a lot.
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