why Lego?

I decided recently that the only toys and games worth buying now are Lego's. Although I did buy a Transformer toy recently because it was 50% off, I will "invest" in Lego because even if I tire of them from time to time, they are infinitely reusable and compatible. 


ps: the nephews in California, can I have my Star Wars Episode 1 Lego sets back ?


I purchased the Lego Universe game recently and although it doesn't have as much content as World of Warcraft, it is very fun and has room for infinite play time with the built-in model designer. As part of your adventures you will collect pre-built models and single bricks. You can use the single bricks to form model parts and then manipulate the parts to form bigger models. The money that you also get from your adventures is not the main currency in this game and I think that's revolutionary for these kind of games.

Croissantcrawl

Last weekend we had Dishcrawl Montreal event #3, the croissantcrawl. As the weather was uncertain we decided to do it indoors and so we had 55 people tasting 9 different types. I'll let other people tell you about it.


Dishcrawl post
@FoodGuyMtl post

Dishcrawl "week" part trois

I wanted to write about the rest of the week's food experiences while @ladyleet was in town but I'll just summarize it now. 


Thursday - Kazu with @ladyleet
Friday - break
Saturday noon - Noodle Factory in chinatown with @ladyleet, @EatalianGirl, and @cgoldwax. We also went to Qing Hua dumplings
Saturday evening - I followed @ladyleet to Restauramt Biron where I met @massaymaha and @calliope27, two gals working in the social media scene at @Telegraphe. It's asian food made by a white guy and there are innovative preparations of the foods I know.

Dishcrawl "week" part deux

After the visit to l'Atelier, we walked to Macaroni Bar, a spot I would never step into. I would come back however to get a bigger portion of what we tasted, the fried gnocchi poutine. Instead of fries they deep fry gnocchi balls and then serve with a veal demi-glace and cheese curds. It's very rich tasting and very good. It's a bit expensive for a snack after drinking but it's all good. We also had pork meatballs served as lollipops but I didn't like the taste.


The night was officially over and some of us wanted to go to Juliette & Chocolat for dessert but it was already closed (11pm for a Wednesday) so we rushed to Lemeac as their kitchen closed only at midnight. I have never been to Lemeac even though I reserved there many times, thinking it was Laloux. Everytime I get to Laloux I'd have to ask the bartender to call Lemeac and cancel the reservation for me.


I'm told by the person in front of me at the table that everything is good at Lemeac. I had the chocolate tartelette with ginger ice cream which was ok.

Dishcrawl "week"

This week started on Wedneaday September 1st 2010. I had signed up for a dishcrawl where you pay $40 up front and you will be guided thru 4 courses at unannounced restaurants. It may be scary for you to surrender your meal decisions to a stranger but our local matchmaker @EatalianGirl was someone I trusted. We also had to wear walking shoes to go from place to place.

Our hostess with the mostess is @Ladyleet from San Francisco where she ran many successful dishcrawls. This event was to launch dishcrawl.com in Montreal. She is in love with our city and its food. As it turned out I got to show her many of my favorite spots in the city.

On our first stop of the evening we hit Restaurant Saluté on Laurier St for a porcini risotto served from a cheese wheel infused with saffron. I have had food served like this before but this was a first in Momtreal.

We walked to Lustucru, a market restaurant with a raw bar. I sampled salmon tartare (good), swordfish carpaccio with thin strawberry slices (meh), a beef tartare (not my kind of food), and duck carpaccio (i was praying for no salmonella).

The thrd stop was at L'Atelier where I wanted to go for the longest time. We had some foie gras on a toast (not for me) and a delicious cube of braised lamb. I will come back for sure.