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Hyang Jin is the best Japanese/Korean restaurant that I know of. Their lunch specials continue during the week-end, and for the price, the quality of the sushi is excellent. If sushi isn't your thing they still have other quality dishes and their bento are big and generous. Probably my favourite restaurant in Montreal, though it's a bit far from my place so I can't go there that often.
- For poutine and good, generous, cheap breakfasts (also really good pasta and pizza), I recommend the Mont-Royal Hot-Dog. Don't let the name fool you, it ain't just hot-dogs or fast food
It's cheaper than La Banquise (same area too) and there's no stupid line-up full of tourists either. They have breakfasts all day too.
- Le Milsa is pretty amazing Brazilian barbecue. A bit pricey, but the meat is delicious.
- Il Focolaio has fantastic thin-crust wood oven-baked pizzas.
In Chinatown:
- Pho Saigon has the best pho in town. Their non-soup dishes are also really good.
- Dobe & Andy has the best BBQ pork and duck I've ever had, and their noodles (Singapore noodles and Shanghai noodles especially) are delicious too.
- Nudo is good, cheap and filling, good bang for your buck. Hand-made noodle franchise, you can get a very filling meal for $10 with tax and tip.
- Kanbai is a recent discovery of mine,
amazing Szechuan place. Fully endorsed by my Chinese co-worker too, who took us there
- Little Sheep Mongolian Hotpot is fun too, especially for small groups. I've only been there 2-3 times though but I always enjoyed it.
What is it with you guys recommending Schwartz's so much? The quality has gone WAAAAY down in recent years. Apparently when the old owner sold a lot of the older kitchen and buying staff left, and with that all the contacts for the good briskets. Their meat has gotten to be so damn dry it's not even funny. You go asking for the fattiest cut of meat and it's barely what their medium used to be (and with this you want the fattiest cut ever).
La Banquise is also a tourist trap - there's a TON of better poutine joints in the city. It's basically the place where all the people from France bring their visiting friends, but it's really ordinary poutine.
Agreed. Two very overrated places.
And hey OP, you went to the Korean place in the Eaton Center. If I think you went where I think you went, their bibimbap is okay but it's really missing kimchi (that you have to buy separately, ugh) and fried eggs but otherwise it's good.
Whaaaaaaat
A Korean restaurant that won't include kimchi? That's pathetic, LOL. Every single Korean place I've ever been to included kimchi and other side-dishes (banchan) automatically.
Man, other than Hyang Jin, it seems Korean food is really pathetic in Montreal compared to Toronto. If anyone knows of a really good Korean place I'd love to hear it.