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Whalesbone – Ottawa – February 2021
Experience Rating ๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด 4.5/5 Our return to normal began on a cold and snowy February night with a trip to Whalesbone on Elgin Street in downtown Ottawa. This was our first in-restaurant dining experience since the Fall of 2020 and there was no way that a few inches of snow was going to stop us.…
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Les Fougรจres – Chelsea – August 2020
Experience Rating: ๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด 4.8/5 Way back in August (seems like forever ago) we had the privilege to attend a 7-course collaboration dinner at Les Fougรจres restaurant hosted by two of the hottest chefs in the Ottawa Region – Yannick LaSalle and Imrun Texeira. Chef LaSalle is the resident chef at Les Fougรจres and was the…
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sEb L’Artisan Culinaire – Mont Tremblant – July 2020
Experience Rating: ๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด 4.5/5 Back in July we had the opportunity to visit sEb L’Artisan Culinaire in the small village of Mont Tremblant (not the ski resort) in Quebec. The namesake of talented Chef Sรฉbastien Houle was opened in 2006 has been gained momentum and accolades ever since. The restaurant now boasts a CAA Four-Diamond…
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Riviera – Ottawa – July 2020
Experience Rating: 4.7/5 Voted as Ottawa’s top restaurant according to the Canada’s Best Restaurant list for 2020 (#26 on the list), Riviera is a restaurant that we’ve had at the top of our “must visit” list for some time now. As with most, previous plans to reserve were put on hold during the pandemic,…
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Joe Beef – Montreal – February 2020
Experience Rating 4.3/5 We had tried unsuccessfully for two years to get a reservation at Joe Beef, one of Montreal’s top-rated dining establishments and #2 on the Canada’s Top 100 list. Now, this said, it wasn’t like I was sitting by my tablet each month when the new reservation periods opened up. Rather, I…
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Biera – Edmonton – February 2020
Experience Rating 4.4/5 I had had my visit to Edmonton restaurant Biera circled on my calendar for weeks. After all, it’s one of the top-rated dining establishments in the city and currently sits at #61 on the Canada’s Top 100 restaurant list.
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Bรผndok – Edmonton – February 2020
Experience Rating ๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด 4.7/5 On a snowy February night a group of colleagues and I trekked through downtown Edmonton in search of Bรผndok – one of the cities top rated restaurants. Located only a stones throw from beautiful Rogers Arena in the newly created “Ice District“, Bรผndok has received a lot of great hype since…
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Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar – Vancouver – February 2020
Experience Rating ๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด 4.9/5 My recent trip to western Canada began with an on-board flight announcement congratulating Chef Roger Ma on his recent win at the Canadian Culinary Championships in Ottawa. Being a foodie, I was very excited just to be in the same general vicinity of such an accomplished chef, and was blown away…
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St. Lawrence – Vancouver – February 2020
Experience Rating: 5/5 On a recent seven day trip to Western Canada, I had the opportunity to visit St. Lawrence restaurant in Vancouver, British Columbia. Located in the popular Gastown district, St. Lawrence currently holds the #5 ranking on the 2019 list of Canada’s Top 100 Restaurants and has received several other accolades since…
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Garde Manger – Montreal – November 2019
Experience Rating ๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด 4.8/5 While on a quick foray to Quebec’s beautiful Eastern Townships in November, we had a chance to stop over in Montreal and visited the popular Garde Manger restaurant. The first thing I will say is that this place is tricky to find, but once you do, you’re in for a real…