MTLàTABLE for dessert lovers
Gastronomy
Over 150 restaurants are taking part in this year’s MTLàTABLE, Montréal’s Restaurant Week, 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 fest is a must since plenty of restaurants have included outstanding desserts on their menus. Below are a few that have caught our eye.
Ibérica – 1450 Peel Street
Chocolate ganache, croutons, olive oil and fleur de sel
Kitchen Galerie – 60 Jean-Talon Street East
Chocolate bar, chocolate ganache, salted caramel chantilly, blueberry gel made from Lac-Saint-Jean blueberries
Cannoli, lime mascarpone, sea buckthorn
Restaurant de l’ITHQ – 3535 Saint-Denis Street
Tartelette, pumpkin seed cream with Québec Avril amaretto, verbena chantilly and spiced pears
Sabrosa – 404 Jacques-Cartier Place
Stuffed churros with whipped cream, dulce de leche, berries, chocolate
Chez Lévêque – 1030 Laurier Avenue West
Chartreuse-glazed nougat, raspberry coulis
The Farsides (Old Port) – 690 Notre-Dame West Street
Banana Chiffon Cake: steamed banana cake, passion fruit sauce, strawberry guava
Babacool – 40 Notre-Dame Street West
Knafeh with orange syrup and pistachio
Le Mezz – 1100 Sherbrooke Street West
Local Affogato with Coureur des bois maple cream
June Buvette – 1900 du Centre Street
Chocolate tart, whisky caramel, cacao beans
Viva Restaurant + Bar – 107 Rachel Street East
Natas do ceù: natas cream, crumbled Maria cookies, creamy egg custard
Caifan MTL – 4542 Saint-Denis Street
El Lokito: white chocolate in the shape of an "elote," corn cream, Québec pumpkin ganache, tajin
Ratafia – 6778 Saint-Laurent Blvd.
Burnt meringue, fresh sea buckthorn from Racines Boréales, buckwheat ganache, Florimiel fall honey, Maciocia Farm buffalo mozzarella sorbet, graham-style cake
Les Cavistes – 196 Fleury Street West
Mille-feuille with Melilot cream, pickled Asian pear, almond crumble, hibiscus pear chutney
Nikkei – 1577 Laurier Avenue East
Nikkei Suspiro: miso dulce de leche, crumble, toasted meringue
East – 1250 Robert-Bourassa Blvd.
Coconut panna cotta with mango tapioca pudding and mango sorbet
Heni – 2621 Notre-Dame Street West
Oriental crêpes (Attayef) with cheese
Loam Restaurant – 400 Notre-Dame Street East
Poached and caramelized quince, vanilla bavarois, chestnut mousse
La Bêtise (Rosemont) – 6015 Saint-Hubert Street
Black sesame mochi cake with vanilla ice cream
Cerise Café Buvette – 234 Fleury Street West
Pumpkin and Birch: inspired by pumpkin pie with pumpkin pearls, birch gel, creamy spruce and sweet clover
Tendresse – 1259 Sainte-Catherine Street East
Pumpkin spice cheesecake, chocolate dome, pumpkin caramel, dark chocolate granité
Mati Greek Taverna – 185 Saint-Paul Street West
Baklava ice cream, pistachio, phyllo pastry, honey
Barranco – 4552, Saint-Denis Street
Las Ruinas: cinnamon rosemary financier, ají amarillo corn custard, cancha praliné
Maggie Oakes – 426 Place Jacques-Cartier
Creamy Saint-Honoré with yuzu and mandarin, vanilla mascarpone cream
Bistro Chez Roger – 2316 Beaubien Street East
Camembert cheese in puff pastry, Anicet honey, roasted nuts, sour cherry compote
Le Montréal Casino de Montréal – 1 du Casino Avenue
Yuzu and mandarin cream, seaberry, Dulcey ganache, madeleine cookie with orange zest
Kwizinn – 311 Saint-Paul Street East
White sweet potato bread, grape coulis with Diplomatico, ‘SOS’ baklava base
Monème – 1041 De Bleury Street
Exotic Pavlova: mango, passion fruit, pineapple sorbet, mascarpone whipped cream, meringue
Archway Verdun – 3683 Wellington Street
Arancini tiramisu with cacao-infused rice, Rawesome cashew mascarpone, cacao powder, coffee panko
Perles & Paddock – 403 Seigneurs Street
Brest-Montreal: choux pastry garnished with buckwheat praline cream, miso butter caramel, apple confit with ginger
Rose Ross – 3017 Masson Street
Cardamom caramel pudding, amazake whipped cream from the San-Ô brewery, passion fruit jelly
Chez Victoire – 1453 du Mont-Royal Avenue East
Rice pudding, passion fruit cream, exotic fruit, maple granola, coconut, micro-coriander
Restaurant Leméac – 1054 Laurier Avenue Ouest
Mini French toast, dulce de leche ice cream
Our restaurants are eager to greet you! Out of respect for them, please honour your reservation or, if necessary, contact them to postpone or cancel in advance.
Follow MTLàTABLE on Instagram, X (previously Twitter) and Facebook and don’t forget to use the official event hashtag, #MTLaTABLE, in your tweets or Instagram photos.
Original article in English by Mayssam Samaha, adapted into French by Vincent Fortier.
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.