Nuances Review

Reviewed by aromes from Montreal on 9/10/09
My appetizer was the "Shrimp tempura": the ground cherry compote added a welcoming sweetness to the freshness of the shrimp. Delicious! I then took the roasted loin of deer: meat was amazingly tender, perfect cooking. The Mashed potatoes that came with it was rich in flavor/utterly savourish.
My girlfriend picked the 'Lobster and blue potato salad, vanilla-flavoured shellfish' as appetizer: the salad was delicious with a vanilla flavor that turned as a great idea to enrich the already great smell and taste of freshness of the salad! Perfect symphony of flavors here. She then went on with the roasted scallops: scallops were delicious, but
all the huge talent of the chefs could be felt in the amazing braised cauliflower purée and sabayon that completed the meal!

We completed with a "Warm Jivara chocolate and gingerbread fritter" for Madame: Impeccable concerto of sweet palate-dropping flavors! And for me: the "roasted pineapple infused with ginger" (where ... for god sake...those or this chef (s) are digging their inspiration from?? lol...those mixtures of divine flavors/savors are truely divine).

Here's the proof that you do not need avant-garde cuisine in order to cook amazing food with huge creativity. Genius!

Impeccable service, extensive wine list!

It took me a while before deciding to go there. Lots of folks kept telling me 'it's a CAA/AAA 5 Diamond Rated' restaurant and that honestly did put me off because the big fuss about award ratings was somehow, in this case, just too much for me. But I am glad I did put that aside and made my way there: truely a great table for haute cuisine !

PS: If you are fond of foie gras, this is one of the best foies gras you'll get in Mtl (went there on 2 other occasions and had the foie gras on each. It was by a long shot ahead of what you usually get on our finest Mtl tables).

Member Rating: 3.8
Ratings details: Food: 4.0 Atmosphere: 3.0 Service: 4.0 Value: 4.0