Food log: Tuesday, February 16

Waffles, milk



Diet Coke - $1.25 (no pic)

Fish, rice, veggies, salad, chocolate cake from the bistro - $6

Doritos from the vending machine, limonata from Pasta Café - $3.25


Véro took me to Le Grillon bar-salon for my b-day. Thanks Véro!


The chef was off, but the manager knows his way around a kitchen and we had a great meal. This place is very cool, so relaxed and welcoming. Plus, it's right next to Papineau metro station on the green line, so it makes for an easy destination to go have a drink with friends after work, no mattter where your work actualy is in the city. And I loooooove that they kept the old-school sign.





I wish we had a bar like that near my house in Hochelaga! There are a few cool spaces available near Ontario and Viau. And with all the new condos getting built and more than 300 people living at the Biscuiterie (my building), the customer base is there. Hint hint, bar owners!

Beer

Cornish hen

Martini

Beer


Money spent on food today: $9.25

food log: Monday, February 15

Yop

Banana from the bistro - free

Diet Pepsi - $1.25

Dear man who takes care of the vending machine. Please add some Diet Coke to the appropriate slots. They have been empty for a while. Thanks.

Mexican soup, asparagus and almond salad, apple from the bistro - $6

Pistachios and tea from the bsitro - free

Gum - $2

Groceries - $41.32

Cracker and butter

Edamame and fish dumplings with ponzu sauce, rice



Money spent on food today: $ 59.57

food log: Sunday, February 14

Croissant, Cendrillon cheese, raspeberry preserves, juice at mom's

San Pellegrino at Mom's

Coke Zero and puffy bites at grandma's


Basque chicken with rice, salad, wine at granny's (step-mom Josée cooked)

B-day cake



I hope I get my wish.

Napoleon made with potato röstis, scrambled eggs and chanterelles, topped with chive sour cream.

Lemon yogurt with graham crackers


Money spent on food today: $0

food log: Saturday, February 13

Toasts and juice

Cheerios

Water on the bus to Québec - $1.70

Snack at the bus station while waiting for mom to pick me up - $3.60


Beer and popcorn at Mom's while watching the olympics




For my birthday (it's next Friday) and to mark their wedding anniversary, mom and stepdad took me to Le Panache, a very nice restaurant in chic Auberge Saint-Antoine, in the old part of Québec city (where I'm from) called Petit-Champlain. We had a nice table right next to the fire and could see the ferries and tugboats go by on the river. While the food was a little bit less exciting than what I expected (there was a Valentine's day special menu that was forced on us and some of the portions were clearly meant for two and split for the three of us), the ambiance was exceptional and we had a lovely time. Plus, the wine selection was very interesting. I have to mention the nice staff, who goes out of its way to make you feel welcomed.

Water

Bread and butter

Matane shrimp cocktail 

Tasty, but very "wedding-y"

Grain d'amour doux rosé, vigneron du Brulhois, France

Canard Goûlu torchon of foie gras, cranberry chutney, toasted brioche with orange zest

The chutney was delicious, but the foie was way too cold.


Grûner Veltliner, Langelois, Shloss Gobelssburg, Austria, 2005

Smoked scallop with maple glaze, radish salad, roasted mustard seed mousseline sauce

This was amazing, I could have gone for one more.


"Baseball" cut beef roast, veggies, mashed potatoes



Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley, Wedgetail Estate, Australia, 2006

Riopelle cheese and cocoa and candied fruits pound cake

There was a glass of Jewelstone, Mission Estate, Hawke's bay, New-Zealand, 2007 with this but I forgot to take a picture. That cocoa bread was fantastic with the cheese.

La perle rose, Domaine de l'ogre rouge, France, 2007

Linzer tort (strawberries and gooseberries) with wild strawberries ice cream

Mom said "this tort tastes like the sweedish cookies I used to make for you kids." Hee! She was right. the ice cream was nice.


Mignardises


A big thank you to mom and Richard for this very special dinner together!



Money spent on food today: $5.30