MTLàTABLE for dessert lovers
Over 150 restaurants are taking part in this year’s 13th edition of MTLàTABLE, Montréal’s fall foodie event, by offering three- or four-course table d’hôte menus at set prices ($35, $50, $65 or $80). If you’re the type of person who checks the dessert menu before placing your order, then this food happening is a must since plenty of restaurants are offering outstanding sweet creations. Below are a few that have caught our eye.
Ibérica – 1450 Peel Street
Chocolate ganache, croutons, olive oil and fleur de sel
Brasserie Milton – 475 du Président-Kennedy Avenue
Maple crème brûlée with a savoury bacon biscuit
Restaurant PubJelly – 600 Marguerite D'Youville Street
Creamy sea buckthorn berry from Bas-Saint-Laurent and sesame financier
Île de France Restaurant – 1500 Robert-Bourassa Boulevard, 9th Floor
Burnt Basque cheesecake, Saint-Louis-de-Blandford cranberry compote
Restaurant Les Street Monkeys – 3625 Wellington Street
Coconut pound cake, palm sugar caramel, Chantilly cream, seasonal Québec fruit
Terrasse William Gray – 421 Saint-Vincent Street, 8th floor
Soft William Gray baba, served with homemade pear compote, light lavender whipped ganache, tea syrup
Tbsp. – 901 Square Victoria Street
Homemade chocolate cookie, chocolate cream, Québec black garlic ice cream, chocolate sauce
Le Virunga – 851 Rachel Street East
Banana compote, Tanzanian chocolate spoom with pili-pili, crisp tuile
Bistrot La Fabrique – 3619 Saint-Denis Street
Candied apple from the Fleuripom orchard, frozen nougat cream, pumpkin seed nougatine
Bistro Le Cerf Volant – 8480 Hochelaga Street
Polish doughnut with Saint-Lazare honey and Québec plums
Restaurant de l’ITHQ – 3535 Saint-Denis Street
Lemon hazelnut layer cake, Concord grape jelly, creamy yogourt sauce
Chez Lévêque – 1030 Laurier Avenue West
Chartreuse iced nougat, raspberry coulis
Le Mezz – 1100 Sherbrooke Street West
Latte coffee with Coureur des Bois whisky and maple liqueur
Buvette June – 1900 Du Centre Street
Olive oil cake with carrot, beet and hazelnuts
Ratafia – 6778 Saint-Laurent Boulevard
Québec pumpkin cream, caramelized Québec apple with bay leaf, gomasio, bay-infused pumpkin seed oil
Les Cavistes – 196 Fleury Street West
Pumpkin hazelnut financier, squash jam, pear foam and chips
Nikkei – 1577 Laurier Avenue East
Nikkei Suspiro: dulce de leche cream with miso, crumble, toasted meringue
Restaurant Heni – 2621 Notre-Dame Street West
Basboussa (North African turmeric cake), tahini ice cream made with local cream, salted dark chocolate crémeux
Cerise Café Buvette – 234 Fleury Street West
Quince tarte tatin
Mati Greek Taverna – 185 Saint-Paul Street West
Greek custard tart, phyllo pastry, honey, sesame seeds
Barranco – 4552, Saint-Denis Street
Crème brûlé à la lucuma – A French classic revisited with Andean lúcuma fruit, crispy caramelized sugar crust
Maggie Oakes – 426 Place Jacques-Cartier
Pecan dacquoise, date and coconut confit, roasted pecan crumble, plant-based caramel
Kwizinn Old Port – 311 Saint-Paul Street East
Québec sea buckthorn millefeuille, white chocolate, coconut caramel
Monème – 1041 De Bleury Street
Québec parsnip crémeux with white chocolate, maple, poached Québec pears, pecans
Archway Verdun – 3683 Wellington Street
Cherry Blossom: chocolate sphere, cherry confiture, cherry mousse
Rose Ross – 3017 Masson Street
Trois Petits Pois peach cake, lemon verbena from the restaurant’s garden, Baril Caché Québec Whiskey caramel and curry, vanilla ice cream
Chez Victoire – 1453 Du Mont-Royal Avenue East
Cheesecake mousse, champagne, clementine granita, cantaloup, cornflower blossom
Restaurant Leméac – 1054 Laurier Avenue Ouest
French toast, maple caramel, dulce de leche ice cream
Restaurant Véranda – 295 Saint Paul Street East
Jamun Clouds (Indo-French delight): soft profiteroles filled with classic gulab jamun and layered with luscious milkcake cream.
Mayssam Samaha
Mayssam Samaha is a food and travel writer and blogger and the founder behind the blog Will Travel for Food. She travels the world in search of the next culinary discovery. From Iceland to South Africa, she’s already visited over 36 countries and there’s nothing she enjoys more than wandering around a farmers’ market in a foreign city. She is also the founder of the SAISONS intimate dinner series highlighting Québec products and chefs.