After hiking Mont St-Hilaire, it is justifying to treat myself… hot chocolate!

The nearest place for hot chocolate is La Cabosse d’Or. This place is so adorable. I believe it is an actual house but the ground floor is used for business. On the ground floor, there is a display of desserts, little boutique for a varieties of things such as chocolates, candies, random things. And then, there is a counter to order your perfect cup of hot chocolate. And a mini area for seating.

What I loved about this place is that the decor is all hand made!!

The hot chocolate set! I ordered the spice one.

I like it comes with a little biscuit! And you can pour to your cup with the amount of whip cream desired. So adorable!

The hot chocolate can be a bit sweet after a few sips. It doesn’t help when we ordered desserts…

To be honest, the desserts weren’t good at all. They look delicious and some are even very special. But the ones we ordered were very blah.They weren’t very fresh either…

I would suggest to stick with the hot chocolate experience.

Zuuchini

M Cafe is conveniently situated in golden square mile. Just a corner away from Concordia. Perfect after a night class.

This was exactly what happened: I went to M Cafe after my evening class to satisfy my sweet tooth!

They serve an array of cakes and macarons as well! Some of their cakes are quite original – such as caramel and carrot cake!

It’s a quite original pairing! I actually really enjoyed it. The server actually highly suggested this cake and I am so glad that I agree with his choice!! This cake does not have heavy cream cheese topping – actually I don’t think it has any at all! It’s not overly sweet either 🙂

Here we ordered a very basic piece of cake – vanilla and chocolate. Although it’s simple, the taste is spot on. Just the perfect vanilla and chocolate cake. It’s not dry at all.

We also ordered a blueberry cheesecake. I did not eat any of it. But my mom said she was very satisfied with the cake! She knows her cheesecake very well. Therefore, if she says a cheesecake is good, it means it’s good!

One day, i shall try to have brunch there. It seems like a perfect place to have some in downtown in a relaxing and modern setting yet affordable!

Zuuchini

Like I have promised to myself, I have returned to Kiss Grill to try their hot pot for cold weather time! Go to here for my previous review on Kiss Grill.

This year I made sure to remember the limited edition doughnuts from Krispy Kreme.

They have special flavors and are cute looking too!!

Snowman!! There is nothing special other than its appearance. Its filling is just whip cream! Very cute though!

Red velvet doughnut!! Doesn’t it look amazingly good?! Well, inside was rather dry though 🙁

Gingerbread cake doughnut! My favorite out of the bunch! The taste of it was good – very gingerly. And just enough icing, not too powerful to hide the ginger taste.

Don’t you love all the holiday limited edition menu?!

Zuuchini

My first Le Gros Jambon review can be viewed here.

I have returned to Le Gros Jambon because I kept thinking how their mac n cheese was amazing!

Last time, I did not get a chance to order the coke in the bottle! I remembered when I was a kid, my mom would tell me how much better it tastes in a bottle. For me, I only fancy it because it’s a rare sight!

If you’re looking for a bottle taste, Le Gros Jambon will complete that need!

We actually came to Le Gros Jambon 2 times after my first visit, but every time was failure – one day they did not open – another day, they were closing their kitchen. Imagine our joy when this time, we can finally get our food!

When we went this time, there was barely anyone. So when we ordered, the chef was sooooo delicate. I would just observe his cooking and amazed how detailed he was. But hold on to that thought, after we got our food, a surge of people came in, and the chef was no longer that delicate with his cooking – hahaha!

This time, we ordered the “Gros Jambon” burger.

Gros Jambon burger

This burger was cooked with all the heart of the chef! He sprinkled the salt so graciously. BUT – although so graciously, he might had been a bit heavy handed with the salt…the poutine was too salty. Last time, the poutine tasted much better.

As for the burger, it’s alright. It was very difficult to take a bit without creating a mess! I have to admit that the burger was presented so beautifully though!

I personally…cannot take off my mind from Mac n Cheese. Therefore…I order ….mac n cheese again! But with a little change. Last time, I tried the duct confit. This time, I had the Nathan’s mac n cheese – because I love the name Nathan so much. hahaha

Nathan’s Mac n Cheese

well…was it as amazing as last time?! NO! SOOOO SAD!! It tasted completely different! Cannot even compare. This time, there was waaaaay too sauce, making the whole dish very “wet”. It just isn’t the same… I don’t know if it’s usually served like this o rlast time I was just very lucky to have it served exactly how i like it.

Just….not happy after 2-3 bites of my mac n cheese. 🙁

No more craving for Le Gros Jambon…the mac n cheese disappointment killed everything.

I’ll give it a benefit of a doubt. But for certain, I will not be returning soon.

Zuuchini