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  • aromes

    @theSANIT78 - ...means a lot about ..the food! Many Haitians agreed that this was one
    of the very best Haitian food far from home. It was simply stunning (the
    food!)...

  • aromes

    @theSANIT78 - No Haitian restaurant is standing out, in Montreal, at this moment: Steve Anna, Meli Melo, Au Bec fin, etc are just ok . And that joke on Saint Denis, not far from Mt Royal,  is not really Haitian! It's just an excuse for lame cooking! I won't mention the name because they get all excited ...for some reason...when you mention their name ..Anyways, the golden age of great Haitian cooking in Montreal is behind us. You think Le Manguier was top...but there was way better than Le Manguier: it was called Le Flamboyant in Rivière des Prairies. The service was nasty (they would look at you as if you were the devil...and treat you accordingly)...and for  me to praise the food (someone so sensitive to service) of such

  • theSANIT78

    @aromes - What's considered the best Haitian restaurant in Montreal? There was a Haitian place called Le manguier. I always thought it was the best Haitian food in Montreal.
  • aromes

    @guiseppeLANTINI - I am glad to hear that you liked Scarpetta.
  • guiseppeLANTINI

    @aromes - Hello again aromes, i went to scarpetta last month following your favorable mention and had a perfectly cooked cavatelli with rabbit ragu. My dad was smitten with his serving of incredible beautiful spag/tomato. Can't remember having had better italian food in the states. As an italian myself  i am insanely picky and critical of italian food and can tell you that it is the closest thing to italy that i have come accross in new york. My only caution at scarpetta is that the  noise level is overwhelming.
    I haven't been to the two restaurants gallo nero - lucce.
  • aromes

    @guiseppeLANTINI - Buena
    Sera! My  last meal @ Casa Cacciatore was on a Monday. So, I'll pass on
    this. I'll go back on a Sat evening. There won't be any excuse: on a
    Sat evening, I expect a restaurant to be at its very best. If this try
    fails again, I'll erase CC from my list! Btw, someone has recommended
    Gallo Nero and Lucce.Have you tried them? If Yes, how did you like them?
    Also: how was my  recommendation of Scarpetta in New York? Did you go
    there? Let me know. 
  • aromes

    @LEPECHEURFUTE - A Montréal, non vous avez pas autant de choix que ca lorsqu'il s'agit des restos qui sortent du lot. Une bonne dizaine dans les tops bistrots, idem en fine cuisine. 3,4 du coté des meilleures tables Indiennes, 2,3 maximum pour les tables Vietnamiennes, environ une bonne dizaine pour les tables Italiennes,  cuisine Africaine ..on oublie ca (seul 'Souvenirs D' Afrique, fermé depuis des années, fut un véritable top / Le Nil Bleu est peut etre présentement celui qui se démarque..mais il n'a pas de compétition réelle... ) ...
  • guiseppeLANTINI

    @aromes -  I visited casa cacciatore in november and found it too be a very underwhelming experience.Giuseppe
  • LEPECHEURFUTE

    @aromes - Je suis content que t'aies arreté. Ca devenait difficile de choisir!
  • aromes

    Had a forgettable osso bucco/mushroom risotto  (4/10) at Casa Cacciatore. The 1st time I cooked a risotto, it turned out more exciting in flavor that this one. Dommage, I used to really like their food. I  mean, go to Lucca, Di Menna,  Da Vinci, San Lorenzo, and I  can go on and on...all those places offer food that surpass what I've  just sampled at CC by leaps. 
  • aromes

    @BOUFFEENRAFALE - Oh non, plus d'article sur Montréal. J'aime Mtl, mais seul m'interressaient les bistrots et tables
    de fine cuisine se démarquant du  lot. Maintenant je sais ou retourner si j'ai besoin d'1 valeur sure ;p
  • BOUFFEENRAFALE

    @aromes - On attend avec impatience ton article sur le meilleur risotto à montreal.
    Pour moi c'est le meilleur risotto ! Hihi ! 
  • aromes

    @BOUFFEENRAFALE - mais je tenais à vous répondre car justement, je cherche le
    resto dont le risotto sort du lot à Mtl.PS: Ceci étant dit, Lucca c'est dans mon top 5 des retos Italiens à Mtl. Donc on est dans le meme camp!
  • aromes

    @BOUFFEENRAFALE - Hourrrah, Alfonse! Ca tonne fort là!  Je dirai humblement qu'ils le font bien leur risotto. Aussi bien qu'aux autres excellents restos Italiens à Montréal. Le met qui m'a le plus impressionné chez Lucca (pourtant dans mon top 5 des restos Italiens Montréalais) fut le plat d'épaule d'agneau du  Mardi passé. Et la portion de risotto de ce plat fut bien éxécuté, comme cela a souvent étél e cas  lors de mes précédents passages, mais pas du niveau ""à manger une fois dans une vie". Disons que Di Menna, parfois le Latini (oui, oui, malgré le prix), parfois Da Vinci..m'ont supris avec des risottos un peu plus marquants. Mais mieux: certains restos Non Italiens m'ont servi des risottos qui frisent le 10/10.   Bref, c'est subjectif tout ca, mais je tenais à vous répondre

  • BOUFFEENRAFALE

    Un risotto qu'on se doit de manger une fois dans sa vie! Je parle de luuca

  • aromes

    and non active ones, controversial or not, from
    Frank bruny, AA Gill, etc), and when she pulls the trigger on a problem,
    I tend to trust her. Can't wait to pay another visit at LOD perhaps
    this summer: I can't believe it went downhill. It's as if someone told
    me that Santorini is now Sodom and Gomorrah, Rfaol!
    I know, food appreciation is subjective...restaurants is divisie by
    nature...yep, yeah, yep....but that logic reaches its limits too!

  • aromes

    What the heck is happening to Lucille Oyster Dive?  Are they abandoning the superb standards that I found there on this meal? That was a startling meal. But then I keep hearing some disappointing feedbacks: (1)Thierry Daraize (2)Marie-Claude Lortie. Now, Marie-Claude Lortie is to me the #1 best palate of all food journalists/columnists around the globe (85% of her judgements being spot on from what I've assessed, which is really high ratio of efficiency, the 2nd best palate of world's food columnists standing around 70% and it's not a Montrealer nor Canadian food columnist btw!..and trust me, I am including all the food journalists, active and

  • aromes

    @JOLIEetBELLE - J'imagine que Oui pour les Vendredis et Samedis (vu que c'est populaire comme endroit). Parcontre, j'y suis tjrs allé en semaine (Mardi dans ce cas ci, Les Mercr les fois précédentes) et n'avais jamais réservé d'avance. A+ 
  • JOLIEetBELLE

    @aromes - il faut booker d'avance pour lucca?
  • aromes

    Ristorante Lucca (on Dante) in Montreal has always been a personal favourite (in my top 5 favourite Italian tables in Montreal along with Di Menna, Primo y segundo, and some few others). As with 99% of tables, I had sublime food at Lucca and sometimes ordinary one, but on the long run in maintained its rank among my favourite Italian tables in Montreal. This Tuesday, I had a startling meal of spinach risotto/some veggie julienne/lamb shank. Easily a 9/10 dish packed with benchmarking flavors. My love story for Lucca goes on!

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