A Jewel on Peel

Last night, a friend and myself, by happenstance, ventured into the most
wonderful little bistro. You have two options at this quaint little jewel on
Peel Street… your first choice is a salad with Walnuts, and steak w/French
fries (they call them 'Pommes allumettes'). For option number two you get
the soup of the day or tomato juice, salad w/Walnuts, steak w/French fries,
and for dessert, Profiteroles au chocolat'.

The environment was serene... beautiful, classic bistro decor, of which
I am a somewhat an aficionado / connoisseur. We began with the traditional
Baguette bread basket w/butter (a traditional bistro signature), accompanied
by a 'Domaine Tour de Pech Merlot Cabernet, 2012, Château Pech-Céleyran
(private import). It was a subtle blend offering flexibility and red berries
associated with Merlot Cabernet material… an elegant and silky wine. The
first course… a fresh Boston salad seduced us and it was all top-notch from
that moment forth. The Strip loin steak was seasoned just right and perfectly
grilled topped with a world class sauce... which we devoured (both not being
big red meat eaters) with such ease and rapidity. We forgo of the soup because
of the heat…. and the dessert was a sin.

The first restaurant opened in November 1983 in old Quebec on the street
'St-Jean', hence the origin of its name. The founder Mr. Reverberi grew up
in France, where he was inspired by the restaurant concept which already
existed in the streets of Paris and Geneva... eventually established in the
heart of Montreal in March of 1991. Today, L'Entrecote Saint-Jean continues
to maintain the quality standards to which has benefited their reputation
as an institution... where it has upheld a high popularity amongst the
amateurs of the French bistro restaurants.


* From Where I Sit!
www.fromwhereisit.co
June 2, 2014

* Bistro L'Entrecote Saint-Jean
2022, rue Peel,
Montreal. H3A 2W5
(514) 281-6492
www.entrecotesaintjean.com