Friday, April 18, 2008

Ferreira (Montreal)

A couple nights ago, we went out for a "fancy" meal at Ferreira's on Peel. I started with the Portugese tomato and onion salad - it was a delightful mix of onion and tomato (obviously), olive oil, balsamic, mini croutons and salt/pepper. It was pretty simple, but extremely tasty. Probably enought to share, but since I was mainly dealing with tomatoes, I ate it all myself!

Apparently grilled calamari not that hot. Green salad guys didn't say much.

Main courses were the star - my blackened cod was extremely tasty and perfectly cooked. Two others had seafood stew in a fun little copper pot with a lid. The forth guy had a salted cod gratin - it came with a rather involved conversation with the waiter re how salty salted cod is. Perhaps worth ordering for the entertainment factor?

My fish came with some mashed potato, red wine reduction and some rather chewy mushrooms that even a knife could not saw through. I overlooked the mushroom debacle because the sauce was so good!

Dessert was also good - my creme brulee was indeed creme-y. Fruit tart and cheese plate were good too.

This place was quite busy - even for a Wednesday night! I would recommend sitting by the kitchen - it was pretty impressive to see these guys in action.

Including two bottles of $50 wine and some coffee type action x 3, final bill came to about $450 or so for 4 including tax and tip etc.

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