MTLàTABLE for dessert lovers

Gastronomy
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Mayssam Samaha

Mayssam Samaha

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
Ibérica

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 - Pavlova
Ratafia - Carrot cake

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

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

Bistro Tendresse
Tendresse

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
Monème

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.

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Original article in English by Mayssam Samaha, adapted into French by Vincent Fortier.

Mayssam Samaha

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.

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