Our first time in Montreal - we found this place on a "Best of Montreal" site and decided it was our kind of dinner. Casual ambiance with high-end food - reminded us of a few places we love in Boston's south end.
For an app we got the pork belly, poached egg and kimchi. It was a good size for 2 to share for an app and we each took away different favorite elements. The pork was crispy and fatty - really delicious.
For entree's my boyfriend had the seabream, wild mushrooms, polenta and red wine. There was a lot of fish on the plate and the skin was crispy with the fish flaky/tender as described. The polenta and wild mushrooms were also delicious, definitely a good choice!
I had the highly reviewed veal sweetbreads and I was not disappointed. Deep fried and soft inside, the sweetbreads (my first time ever trying it) was fantastic. This dish also had a fairly large amount of food on the plate and I was surprised how well the yellow beats complimented the parsnips. I never would have thought to pair those two but it really worked. Highly recommended!!
For dessert we got the whiskey-soaked cake. While this was not our favorite part of the meal, it did have a good flavor and plenty of textures.
The second best part of the meal (after the sweetbreads) was the beer. My boyfriend had the oatmeal stout and seriously loved it - all of the taps were local which gave us the opportunity to try something new!
Overall, the meal was reasonably-priced for the high quality food and we had a great time chatting with our host, a secret life-long Bruins fan :) We would definitely come back to Wilfrid next time we're in town!