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| - Taking over the Mile End brunch spot Fabergé, TERRA PERMA is a pop-up restaurant with a tapas style menu of mostly vegetarian dishes made with locally sourced and organic produce. Being a fan of pop up restaurants, I decided to check it out with my social foodie group after seeing it on Eater Montreal.
I started off with a mojito made with authentic Cuban mint and organic cane sugar; the cocktail was flavourful and refreshing, although it could have used some more alcohol. My second cocktail, a sumac lemonade was tasty but also lacked some punch. The rest of the group tried some local wine which they thoroughly enjoyed; and at 36$ a bottle, who can blame them!
As for the food, we shared a variety of plates including a tomato salad with whipped goat cheese, carrots with almonds, cheese and raisins, pasta with a basil and kale pesto, pepper and eggplant dips with focaccia, and deep fried pickled fiddleheads with maple. Every dish was excellently prepared, and although some dishes may have lacked in presentation, the flavours and textures were just plain delicious! We so enjoyed the fiddleheads, that they whipped up the same recipe using garlic scapes instead when we wanted a third serving; this was off the menu but the garlic scapes were better than the fiddleheads, if that was even possible. For desert, we had a choice between a pumpkin panna cotta or zucchini bread; we tried both. The panna cotta was so yummy, and the zucchini bread sweetened with their own artisanal maple syrup was delightful.
Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed our evening, and left the restaurant content, full and our wallets still full; the quality and flavour of these plates were not only affordable but really delicious! We also enjoyed learning about Terra Perma, their land, and offered activities and products. The bad part of a pop up is that it will not be around for long, but we agreed that the delicious menu featuring fresh ingredients, creative flavours, and textures, will surely be remembered.
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