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Montreal & O.Noir
Jan. 11th, 2015 10:45 pmJex invited me to join her for dinner at O.Noir in Montreal on Saturday, so I suggested we make a weekend of it, and stay over night -- I get hotel-points so can get the occasional free night. We were looking for some Dolfin chocolate bars, too, so got a chocolate guide to Monteral from __niall.
The dinner experience was quite interesting. Eating in pitch black is different -- I took my glasses off, because there was no point in wearing them. I didn't find it as difficult as I had expected, though. I was able to do things like put my glass down, and then pick it up again, even with the other hand. Or tell whether there was food on my fork, and how much, by the weight of the fork. And I had minimal spillage of food. The most challenging was the creme brulee dessert, where the solid top had much the same texture/solidity/sound under the spoon as the plate or bowl itself. The food was, generally, good too. I ordered everything explicitly but the cocktail, but Jex went with "surprise" for all three courses (entree, main, dessert) -- though specifying that she was an ovo-lacto vegetarian. It is interesting on the surprise side, because you don't know what you're going to get until the food actually goes into your mouth. I wasn't quite that daring, also there were several things on the menu that either I quite liked, or wanted to try.
We also visited three of the chocolate sources _niall recommended: Suite 88, Gourmet Laurier (where we bought out the Dolfin Hot Masala milk chocolate; the cashier sent someone to re-stock after we checked-out :), and Juliette et Chocolat where we had the hot chocolate (semi-sweet, with milk) which was really delicious. I also survived a couple hours of clothes shopping.
And, the weather for the driving was quite good both ways, and pleasant for wandering around Montreal a bit. It was a nice little get-away.
Tuesday, I'm off to Michigan for the rest of the week, too.
The dinner experience was quite interesting. Eating in pitch black is different -- I took my glasses off, because there was no point in wearing them. I didn't find it as difficult as I had expected, though. I was able to do things like put my glass down, and then pick it up again, even with the other hand. Or tell whether there was food on my fork, and how much, by the weight of the fork. And I had minimal spillage of food. The most challenging was the creme brulee dessert, where the solid top had much the same texture/solidity/sound under the spoon as the plate or bowl itself. The food was, generally, good too. I ordered everything explicitly but the cocktail, but Jex went with "surprise" for all three courses (entree, main, dessert) -- though specifying that she was an ovo-lacto vegetarian. It is interesting on the surprise side, because you don't know what you're going to get until the food actually goes into your mouth. I wasn't quite that daring, also there were several things on the menu that either I quite liked, or wanted to try.
We also visited three of the chocolate sources _niall recommended: Suite 88, Gourmet Laurier (where we bought out the Dolfin Hot Masala milk chocolate; the cashier sent someone to re-stock after we checked-out :), and Juliette et Chocolat where we had the hot chocolate (semi-sweet, with milk) which was really delicious. I also survived a couple hours of clothes shopping.
And, the weather for the driving was quite good both ways, and pleasant for wandering around Montreal a bit. It was a nice little get-away.
Tuesday, I'm off to Michigan for the rest of the week, too.
