After taking a food tour in New York City, I was thrilled to be invited to take one in Montreal. Whenever I show Montreal to visitors, I always end up giving a mini food tour around my guests’ tastes. So I was curious to see what was shown in readymade tours and eager to possibly discover new places.
As it turns out, I did visit one new place. It is a cooking equipment store called les Touilleurs on Laurier west street. They also run a cooking school out of that store. I had heard about it but never visited. It is very fashionable and the displays are quite creative. Some of the cookbooks they carry are pieces of art.
The other stops were predictable, though not unpleasant: a maple place called “Les délices de l’érable” in Old Montréal, a wonderful bakery called “Le fromentier” on Laurier east street, a chocolate store, a bagel bakery on St Viateur street, a smoked meat restaurant as well as the “Marché des saveurs” in the Jean Talon market. This was a bus tour, which made things easier as these various places are quite far apart. It also allowed our guide to give quite a bit of information about Montréal and its history and about the influences of various communities.
Obviously these tours are made for tourists, as a local I prefer more in depth tours of a specific area or theme…but I had a good time nonetheless.
