Tag: Chelsea
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Au revoir Tante Carole
News that the husband and wife team of Jonathan Harris and Suyeon Myeong have closed their charming little restaurant Tante Carole in Old Chelsea was met with much sadness. It was very good. We thank them and their team, and wish them all much luck in their future endeavours in the kitchen, or wherever they […]
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L’Orée du Bois wins fourth place at Trophée des Frères Haeberlin
It’s called Le Prix d’Encouragement, awarded for the first time at the prestigious Strasbourg competition called la Trophée des Frères Haeberlin, and it was given just moments ago to the beaming trio from L’Orée du Bois restaurant in Chelsea, Quebec – chef Jean-Claude Chartrand, sommelier Gabriel Duchaine (to the left of Chartrand, between the whites) and […]
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“Le seul outsider” is one of ours at prestigious culinary competition in France
As you read this, a prestigious culinary competition is under way in Strasbourg, France. Its head judge the most Michelin starred chef in the world, Joel Robuchon. And this year, for the first time, there was team from North America vying for ‘La Trophée des Frères Haeberlin’. A team from New York, think you? From San Francisco? Nope. […]
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Tante Carole – CLOSED
Update – as of last week of May, now with liquor licence and dinner service. Further update – as on May 11, Tante Carole has closed. Found in the Chelsea space where the former vegetarian restaurant Café Soup’Herbe used to be, Tante Carole (so named in honour of an invented auntie) isn’t operating at full tilt […]
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Early spring & purchased pizza at Magasin Les Fougeres
I found myself in Chelsea last week, in search of white snow. Weary of the melting March mounds, crusted black and coughing up doggy detritus, I needed a reminder of how stunning early spring can be. I found it at Les Fougeres, at a table overlooking the garden and woods beyond, the village of active […]