I’m repeating what I’ve said on the other threads I linked up top, but I’ll go ahead and do it anyway
Dumplings – I suggest eating the 10-15 to an order kind that come stacked up in giant steamers. It’s the first place I ate them (they exist in NYC now but I haven’t had them here). You can get different meats (lamb, beef, pork, chicken) with varying vegetable mix-ins (cabbage, leeks, chinese chives, mushrooms). I went to Mai Xiang Yuan last time (because the place nearby we had been going for years shut down) and it was good. I have also eaten at Qing Hua. All these places tend to have “Ravioli Chinois” in big letters out front.
Dim Sum – I think the place we went last was Kim Fung (it’s upstairs, and you might have to walk through a building / alley to get to the entrance). It was good, probably 80% NYC and equivalent to Boston.
Cheap eats – Asian and middle eastern are very good and reliably cheap. You can get lahmacun / zaatar (the flatbread not the spice) and pizza all over the place, and it’s all good.
If you are at an airbnb, I’d recommend a stop at Marche Adonis – they have ready food at the front to takeaway (the assorted kibbe and 6-packs of lahmacun in various sizes are great, but also they have a hot food counter, a feta and olive bar further inside, and a huge pastry counter with cookies, baklava, and all kinds of other deliciousness).
Highly recommend Tourtiere / meat pie – even local chains like Premiere Moisson do a good version.
The weather should be good, so it might be nice to go somewhere like Marche Atwater and pick up what looks good at the farmer’s market outside or the permanent market inside and picnic by the water. (There’s a Premiere Moisson there for tourtiere and more.)
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ChristinaM
(Hungry in Asheville, NC (still plenty to offer tourists post Hurricane))
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http://www.top2000.ca/wilenskys/
I don’t think they’ve updated their website since 1932
Get the fried bologna sandwich and a Cotts cherry cola.
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BarneyGrubble
(Fan of Beethoven and Latina singers)
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I’ll second Kam Fung, though it’s been years since I was last there. Really enjoyed going there because the selection and quality were much better than here in Ottawa.
Funny situation: on one visit we had “Winter melon cake” for dessert, and we all loved it, so on the next visit I asked if they had it. They didn’t know what it was. The hostess told me that they never had any such thing; strange! I did some googling, and found out that it’s also known as “wife cake”. I have to check the bakeries down the road from the restaurant to see if they have such a thing.
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ChristinaM
(Hungry in Asheville, NC (still plenty to offer tourists post Hurricane))
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You’ll be able to find various personal-sized Kouign Amann around town, and probably in Old Montreal, even if you don’t get up to the Kouign Amann bakery in the Plateau.
It has become a fairly easy to find pastry. You’ll probably see some seasonal takes, like peach or raspberry Kouign Amann, too.
He spent a couple of months in Brooklyn last year, cooking at Laundromat (Fulgurances) & we really liked our dinner (& wine pairings chosen by his wife). We fully expect to go to Sabayon when we return to Montreal.
Thank you. I think.
