This week I'm in Montreal, working with a few others from our Toronto office. We were sent here to avoid the G20 craziness going on at home, and also to unofficially check things out here and eat lots of food. My All-Star team and I have had the chance to sample quite the variety of food on this trip.... so let me update you on the food situation thus far.
First off, while in the Toronto airport on Sunday, I ordered a "Crispy Chicken Sandwich" at a restaurant inappropriately named "Beaches". I waited approximately 23 minutes to receive this sandwich. It consisted of a bun, mayo, lettuce, and 3 disgusting floppy chicken strips shoved inside. Needless to say this was a bad start to my week. I recovered quickly but was thwarted again when West Jet informed me that they don't serve coke products!!! After grudgingly agreeing to accept a diet pepsi instead, I relaxed in my double-leg-room exit row seat and gabbed with Alisa about the stuff of life.
Upon arrival in Montreal, we made our way to Les 3 Brasseurs, a generic sports pub on rue Ste Catherine, to meet up with the guys. Their menu advertised something called a flamm and claimed it was "better than pizza!" Seriously guys? You better have a darn good product if you choose to market it as better than pizza. We all know that nothing, NOTHING, is better than pizza. The flamm arrived, and was fine, but basically similar to a pizza except on a pita instead of something more crust-like. SO NOT BETTER THAN PIZZA.
Monday morning we had to grab these breakfast vouchers at the hotel in order to get the free breakfast included in our deal. The hotel restaurant featured a waitress who hated her life and didn't talk or smile. We ate really blah meals there, not even worth discussing. Lunch was some sort of food court fare. Oh yeah, I had a whopper jr. from Burger King and a side salad. It wasn't very good. Dinner had to be a quick affair so we'd make it back in time to watch the Bachelorette. James, Alisa and I found an Irish pub a few streets over and decided to try it out. There was this odd table set up in the middle of the restaurant with some mini sandwiches, weird little sausages, and cut up veggies. We couldn't figure out if it was for a private function or was just open to everyone, so I dared James to go fill a plate from that table, and he actually did it. The sausages were suuuper good. For dinner I had a bison burger which was REALLY good. No better than any other bison burger I've had, mind you. But bison is just good meat. Good solid meat. I recommend it. The menu also touted it as being "heart-friendly"- you think this is true?
Tuesday morning we breakfasted at the hotel again. At lunch I tried out a food court restaurant called Taco. Had a good taco. We went out for mexican food in the evening to this place called Carlos & Pepe's. It was so hot in there! Food was alright. I had that whole fajitas deal where you get a container of tortillas and a steaming plate of meat and vegetables. Pretty good but I could only eat two fajitas. The food in general was just meh - no one raved about it but there wasn't much to complain about either.
Wednesday morning we were informed that the hotel restaurant was closed down due to lack of business. ??? So we were given vouchers for Cora's across the street. This seems to be a pretty popular breakfast place, but we only got to choose between cereal, a bagel, or oatmeal, and nothing from the regular menu, so it wasn't too crazy. I chose oatmeal. Obviously. At lunch I enjoyed the leftover rice from Taco the day before.
Wednesday dinner: THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE of the week. I'll write about it later - it deserves its own blog entry.
