Part of the fun in trying restaurants is venturing into newer parts of Calgary. Located in Quarry Park — which still doesn’t fully register on Google Maps or GPS — Colonial Fusion was a bit tricky to find directions for, but it turned out to be pretty straight-forward (Deerfoot to 24 Street East to 107 [...]
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It’s impossible not to fall in love with Yann Haute Patisserie. First of all, it’s in a cute yellow house in Mission. Then you walk in and are transported to a small piece of France with the smell of fresh croissants and a warm greeting from Jéraldine Blanchard. She and her husband/pastry chef, Yann, run the [...]
Le Paradis in Toronto’s Annex area fits the bill for a relaxed, welcoming neighbourhood bistro with solid French dishes — at extremely reasonable prices. A favourite of Toronto Chowhounders, the place is packed on a Friday night with what looks like a lot of regulars. To the left of us, a group of 20-something guys [...] I went to high school in English Canada, where most of my French classes involved sitting through audio tapes where Pierre and Marie would discuss mundane tasks with great animation and perfect elocution. “Vas-tu à la fête?” (Although in Grade 12, there was bizarre scenario in our textbooks about a [...] I’m not sure why I first wanted to try Thuet. It might have been an intriguing review or an episode of Opening Soon. The bistro is named after chef Marc Thuet, who hails from Alsace, France and has a bit of a bad-boy reputation. He smokes like a chimney and swears like a sailor, but [...] My favourite lunch place in Moncton is in a cute converted house. I was excited to see Cafe Archibald has expanded its patio and enclosed it to muffle the traffic noise and lessen the mid-afternoon glare. New Brunswick is an officially bilingual province if you didn’t know. So here in Moncton and as you get further [...] Bistro Pastis is one of my Uncle Philip’s favourite restaurants and he enjoys a fine meal. I was lucky enough to be his guest there last week. A few things really stuck out. Really attentive service, and real French cooking. I know this because I got to eat lardoons again. The last time was in Paris. Bistro [...] |
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