Montreal is one of our favourite places to visit in Canada. Just a six hour drive from Toronto (that’s short for a North American), it’s the perfect long weekend destination. Over the last few years, we’ve created a family tradition of an annual visit in June. Some go for the Formula One Grand Prix (see […]
Au Pied de Cochon
Montreal Eats: Au Pied de Cochon 2015
Au Pied de Cochon, one of Canada’s 100 best restaurants, is an unmarked restaurant in the Plateau Mont Royal neighbourhood of Montreal. Dining at Au Pied de Cochon on the Saturday of the Formula One long weekend has become one of our family’s traditions, and we’ve eaten with several friends and family members over the years. […]
Montreal Eats: Au Pied de Cochon
We booked dinner on Saturday of the Formula One race weekend in Montreal. Yup, four years in a row. Au Pied de Cochon. In an article I found from 2008, the chef Martin Picard apparently imports 70 kg of foie gras per week! That was six years ago, so it may have increased since then…the chef himself […]