Montreal’s third annual TASTE MTL has begun, and since I’m bogged down with midterms, I thought it’d be a perfect time to bring back my experience from last year’s event to make up for not attending!
In brief, this event is much like any urban metropolis’ “Restaurant Week”. Many restaurants participate and have a short but sweet set menu for a fixed price – either $19,$29, or $39 for a three-course meal, depending on how upscale the restaurant is.
A close friend of mine and I decided to go to Fourquet Fourchette, mainly because it was walk-able distance and was cuisine française. When we arrived, I couldn’t help but notice the extraordinary decor. Small wooden tables were placed alongside each other in rows and huge chandeliers lightened the room.
The restaurant had a quaint, marginally romantic, atmosphere – a perfect location for couples in the winter season.
The set price for their three-course meal was $19, except the French Onion Soup was an additional $4.
The French Onion soup was steaming hot when it arrived at the table, with a generous amount of cheese simmering on the hot liquid. The soup was flavorful, with just enough salt and kick from the onion to combine together seamlessly. I didn’t start to tolerate onions until quite recently thus I haven’t tried enough French Onion Soup for an accurate comparison, but I thought it was delicious nonetheless. It’s always nice to try food without knowing what to expect and then find yourself surprised by how it wasn’t what you expected despite having no expectations; did that make sense? Anyway, I hope you’re not reading this in the early hours (ahem, midnight) because here’s my dinner:
Apart from the French Onion Soup, I ordered the {Homemade Trapper Sausages, beer caramel and house Dijon à la Blanche} and {Chocolate Marquise}.
Everything tasted fairly good, although I should note that “beer caramel and house Dijon” was quite bitter and strong. It did not occur to me that BEER and DIJON are both quite alkaline flavours, or I wouldn’t have been as surprised when I tasted just how intense it was when combined.
I didn’t particularly enjoy the sausage just by itself, but when coupled with a light spread of squash puree and a coat of honey (which they tactically glazed the plate with to add more aroma, or so I assume), it was more tender.
As for the dessert, chocolate mousse with fruit bits. Nothing much to say about it other than that it was perfection.
If this restaurant is participating in this year’s TASTE MTL event, I’d recommend any food-goers who would like a homey, relatively cheap meal with nice decor and good company to go to Fourquet Fourchette!
They also had a Christmas tree set-up in November, which made the interior more festive!
If you’re going to any restaurants as part of TASTE MTL, let me know where you went to and how you liked the food! Maybe I’ll try and go to celebrate the post-midterm/pre-final life before reverting back to eating microwavable food.
Here is the location if interested:
Thanks for reading!
– Jess
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