Food Review: La Société Bistro

When it comes to french food, I am all about the indulgence. The cheese, the creamy sauces, the steak frites and so on. It's always such a pleasure-filled experience!

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And now Toronto gets one of Montreals' own, La Société, in Yorkville.

Out for dinner, I indulge my taste buds with a warming appetizer of Classic Onion Soup ($13) with a thick layer of  Gruyere cheese on top.

I must admit this is one of the better French Onion soups' I've tasted. It was packed with lots of thinly cut onion and bread. But of course, I didn't want to fill up on that, so I gave in for only the Gruyere cheese. Very very good soup!

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For my main, I felt the need to try this ever since I watched White Chicks, when actress Jaime King tries to make a snobby joke about a Nicoise Salad.  Tonight, I finally got my Tuna Nicoise.

The presentation was a show stopper. Beautifully made and oh-so colourful. 

Tuna Nicoise Salad ($28) had fresh beans, potatoes (regular and blue), assorted cherry tomatoes, olives and lemon vinaigrette.

The most magical combination in this dish was the small but intense anchovies and hard boiled egg. It was a mouth full of tasty textures.

My only negatives to the salad:

I would have liked the beans a little softer. It was a bit too stiff for my liking. Lastly, the tuna was seasoned very well (not too salty on the crust) but it was the roughness on my tongue that made the thick pieces of tuna hard to enjoy.

Overall...

Atmosphere .......... 4.8/5

Price ............... $$$

Service ............. 4.8/5

Taste (tonight's meal) ........... 3.2/5

Location ........ Yorkville (on Bloor, east of Avenue, 2nd floor) 

Food Review: Boris Bistro (Montreal)

Old Montreal Restaurant | Boris Bistro

The restaurant is located at 465 McGill Street (Rue McGill) and it is more than just a french restaurant. 

This restaurant, during the warmer seasons, Boris opens up a vast area south of the building to a beautiful and open patio. Unfortunately, it's winter and much too cold to dine outside. I will definitely try to come back in the summer and take lots of photos of the outdoor space.

The interior is also nice, but triangular and limited space. 

Now.... onto the food:

We started off with French Fries in Duck Fat with Boris mayonnaise ($5.00) because I was tipped off (Foursquare app) that an order of these fries was to die for. Now I'm coming back with a review of "NO". Sorry, nothing special and the fries were not very tasty -a bit burnt.

For my entree, I ordered the Pork osso buco ($24.00). It was a pork and cheesy polenta dish. The polenta was very creamy and very very cheesy (+ +) and the pork was very nice and tender. The brussel sprouts were also well coated in a nice seasoning. Overall, this was a very delicious dish.

The menu had a limited list of food offerings, but I was pleased to see that their entree menu had a wide variety. The prices were $$$ range.

Overall, the service was very friendly as well professional and the food was a little above average.

Would I come again? I think I would like to try their lunch menu out on the deck in the spring or summer periods.

Boris Bistro, I'll be back!