Le Gros Jambon is no stranger in my blog! But I got something new to share this time! Instead of going for lunch or supper, I went for brunch!
Huevos Rancheros
This sounded very interesting: eggs with salsa and chorizo?!
Until it was placed in front of my face, it didn’t look appetizing anymore. I blame the odd green from the salsa! But let’s not judge a book by its cover! I took a bite…BING! Pretty unique flavor. The salsa and fried egg lightened up the chorizo. The portion seemed small, but it was very filling! Packed with proteins!
Fried Chicken with Waffles
This is a must order! Don’t be like me and fooled by the sloppy waffles – they were crispy, however lacking density. But the star ain’t the waffles, obviously. Let’s shift our focus on those drumsticks. They really can’t be more perfect than it already is. I am going to throw in a racist joke, but I have to resist. They were pre-made and re-fried once ordered. I couldn’t understand how they were able to keep the meat so soft, yet the skin so crispy like it was fried freshly. I just can’t understand! I don’t understand how the meat wasn’t overcooked when the chicken was refried and later put in the oven. With the maple syrup drizzle on top, it is no joke…I was sold. And let’s add that Le Gros Jambon is generous enough to give 3 big pieces to have all the goodness soak it.
Fried chicken with waffles, you got me bad.
Greetings!
I have another promising eatery to share with you! I wished I knew about this place earlier!
This is no typical restaurant, actually it is wrong to call it as such. You pick at the “counter” at the sight of several already cooked meals. It is difficult task to choose! They serve ready-to-eat meals, much better than frozen dinners or even supermarket’s ready-to-eat.
Their cuisine exceeds most restaurant’s quality if not comparable at much friendly price (of course, it is pricer if you buy the ingredients and cook them yourself).
They conveniently place nice picnic tables right outside their doors so you can enjoy their food immediately as well.
I’ll just jump right in and introduce some of the food I ordered.
Mac n Cheese!
This is 4 cheese mac n cheese that was the only thing that I wasn’t that impressed. Very cheesy indeed but couldn’t find the wow factor.
Godly Lasagna (not the actual name..but might as well!)
Oh man THIS lasagna is the mother god of all lasagnas! I have never in my life felt so complete eating lasagnas… Don’t be fooled by the basic looks of the pictured lasagna. It has unimaginable multiple layered fillings ! It got all the basic fillers of lasagna plus SAUSAGES. Not those tiny ass sausages. But whole sausages!
This is a must order!
Smoked duck leg
Some were fooled to think this duck leg is dry! It was soooo tender and S-M-O-K-E-Y. I could taste the smokiness in every bite as if I was right in the location the duck was cooked!
Braised lamb
The sauce for the lamb was so delicious that we actually kept the leftover (cough, the tiny bits of sauce) and pour it over to a simple stir fry vegetable dish, and it became not so simple anymore! Total transformation!
The braised lamb was perfect cooked, tender. But it was slightly less loved because the lasagna and the duck were over the top amazing.
Black sausage
Hum…this unattractive black looking sausage doesn’t look that appetizing. In fact, I found it rather normal. It has cheese oozing out once bitten, but still failed to impress me when its confreres spoiled my taste buds too much.
One little warning, all these foods are priced by weight. So…be careful that your eyes are bigger than your tummy!
I will be coming back for more soon enough! There are still so many dishes that look incredible delicious!
I’m actually quite excited to share Gado Gado. It brought me unique food experience as it is my first time having Indonesia food in Montreal!
Dendeng
This was a tasty beef jerky! Nicely marinated. But it was too wet, it would taste 10x times if they bake it a big longer in the oven to dry and harden it a bit more. I could imagine people pairing this with a beer!
Gado Gado salad
This was a traditional Indonesia salad but I found it unremarkable.
Bakpao Gapit
This is a steamed bun with pork. Definitely for those fatty pork lovers! As for me, it was just ok…I wished the pork was even more marinated, then maybe I would enjoy it more, and not feeling guilty the chunk of fats I just digested.
Kulit Ayam
Looking at this just reminded me how much goosebumps it gave me! This is fried chicken skin! I just cannot… All for Mr.Butter. If I remembered well, he said the skin was too “oily”, in the sense that it wasn’t fried drily.
Mie Goreng jawa
This dish was what my sister recommended. It has a similar taste as Shanghai noodles, but much thinner. It was good…until I ate the next dishes that I found this particular dish was nothing to praise about!
Laksa
I LOVED THIS! It was my very favorite dish of the evening. The soup was heavily infused with green curry( I think it was green curry…). The noodle was perfectly cooked, so chewy! I couldn’t get over with the soup though, I really wanted to bring the remaining soup to home so I can make another noodles soup for the next day. Not to mention, the soup pairs well with rice too!
Gulai Kambing
Another solid curry dish! The lamb was so soaked in curry goodness. So riiiiich. I know it’s good curry when my mom would want a bowl of rice just so she can layer the curry on top of the rice.
Sate Daging
These brochettes were tasty and nicely grilled! Tender as well! On a side note, I really like those finely cut vegetables served with the dishes – somehow I really like how they tasted.
lapis sagu
Cute layered cake! Served warm. I believe it’s made with coconut (and excuse me, the name of the dessert may be wrong…) It wasn’t impressive, but good enough to end the supper nicely!
lapis surabaya
Also ordered this sponge cake because we were curious! I was quite surprised that I enjoyed it. Very moist!
Although I was not in heaven throughout my seating, the Laksa itself was enough to make me all giddy! I checked their facebook, and they seem to have even more interesting dishes that I hadn’t had the chance to try yet!
Not too long ago, all Biftheque chains closed down…until recently, one of them re-opened. They completed revamped their decor. It is oh-so chic now! It feels almost weird…
The night I went was very crowded; most people were celebrating mother’s day. The service was kept strong even when it was so busy! But the food was not up to par.
Stuffed Trout
I know…I am asking for it. Why would I order Trout when their specialty is steak…I wasn’t hungry that night and I ate steaks a few times already that week at home…so I thought the Stuffed Trout sounded interesting and wouldn’t be too heavy.
Oh, how I regret…I should have just ordered a salad instead…
The Stuffed trout was completely different what I imagined it to be…I was imagining juicy scallops, bouncy crab meats and fat shrimps stuffed in the nicely grilled trout, with crisp skin.
LOOK AT THE PICTURE! It was a mess. I felt I was eating food served in Cuba’s resorts. It was that terrible. The trout was flavorless and mushy dry. The stuffings were even more sad. The scallops were tiny…so were the shrimps. The crabs were like…those fake crab meats. This should not be served at a restaurant at all!
Rib Steak
Most people from our table seemed pretty satisfied with their steaks, but that wasn’t the case for Mr.Butter. He was displeased that the steak was cooked medium when he asked for medium rare. Sure, he could have complained about it, but that wasn’t an option when he was starving.
Not amazed. A steakhouse that doesn’t know how to cook their steak perfectly.
I rather spent my money at Keg…or just buy my own steaks and cook it 2x better!
Macaron frenzy the last few weeks! Here are some pictures to illustrate that…
Fraise et basilic
I’m actually sort of embarrassed to post this picture…my nails were horrible. My apology that you have to see that. I thought that the macaron would be cute enough to block away everything else in the picture.
That day, it was so hot that it wasn’t the greatest condition to eat macarons because they were melting! So this picture was quickly snapped and soon enough, all the cute macarons, that did not make it to the photograph, were devoured happily!
I could gladly confirm that La maison du macaron has the safest choice of flavors! Any macaron you pick, you’ll end up loving them 95% of the times, whereas in Point G, it’s 50%.
However, La maison du macaron’s little cute cookies are much more moist in the interior, creating a less crunchy effect once you bite it. Point G’s are in the opposite, which I think it’s a great way to differentiate itself so everyone can be satisfied! You no likey too soft macaron, go to Point G. You no likey too crunchy macaron, go to La maison du macaron. Everybody goes home happy!
At one of my visit, I decided to buy the other pastries, which are basically macarons but BIGGER.
Elixir
In the background, you can see an another macaron, which was totally destroyed while travelling back to home…It was very sour due to the raspberries. I think they did not refine their almond meal enough as the shell looked very grainy, although the grainy appearance did not really affect the texture when I ate it. I like to believe the grainy effect is because they put real raspberry when baking the shell, which is something totally hard to do, because it affects the humidity of the macaron, which is crucial for perfect texture. But that is only what I like to believe…because I couldn’t actually taste the bits of the raspberry in the shell.
And in the front, we have the Elixir. Super pretty to look at, but not very good to eat. It was a bit too sweet for our taste. And that pretty meringue all around the macaron didn’t do it for me…
If I can remake my choice again, I would definitely go for the normal macarons!
Nuance
Same concept as Elixir but different flavor. This one is even sweeter than Elixir.
Normal macarons please! I just like the shell too much. The filling in the bigger ones are taking too much space, defeating the purpose of simple macarons, where it’s supposed to be light and sweet!
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