Tag: Gatineau
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Arôme’s dry-aged steaks
In a time when restaurants are more and more into the stripped-down look — linens off tables, fabric off walls, carpet off floors — and are delivering a din to dining that can range from jolly to deafening, Arôme feels something like spa eating. It’s no great looker – a hotel-issue dining room, generic-enough that […]
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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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Soif wins coveted spot on enRoute’s list of best new restaurants of 2015
Grand félicitations are due to Soif, its owner Véronique Rivest, chef Jamie Stunt, and the entire Soif brigade for snagging a spot on enRoute Magazine’s 2015 Top Ten list of Canada’s Best New Restaurants. It’s the only restaurant from the National Capital Region to make this year’s final list – though others from Ottawa were […]