MTLàTABLE for dessert lovers

Mayssam Samaha

Mayssam Samaha is a food and travel writer and blogger and the founder behind the blog Will Travel for Food. She travels the world in search of the next culinary discovery. From Iceland to South Africa, she’s already visited over 30 countries and there’s nothing she enjoys more than wandering around a farmers’ market in a foreign city. She is also the founder of the SAISONS intimate dinner series highlighting Québec products and chefs.

This article was updated on October 16, 2023.

Over 135 restaurants are taking part in this year’s MTLàTABLE, Montréal’s Restaurant Week, by offering three- or four-course table d’hôte menus at set prices ($38, $53, $68 or $83). If you’re the type of person who checks the dessert menu before placing your order, then this food fest is a must since plenty of restaurants have included outstanding desserts on their menus. Below are a few that have caught our eye.

 

Caribou Gourmand – 5308 Saint-Laurent Boulevard

Little pistachio and honeyberry cloud - crunchy choux pastry filled with pistachio mousseline and homemade honeyberry jam from the Eastern Townships

Babacool  40 Notre-Dame Street West

Knafeh with orange syrup and pistachio

The Blind Pig – 3882 Ontario Street East

Fried Maple leaf: Québec’s most iconic cookie

Bloom Sushi – 288 Sainte-Catherine Street West and 368 Saint-Paul Street West

Dessert maki: soy paper, sushi rice, apple, mango, banana, strawberry, lychee in syrup, maple syrup.

Hang – 686 Notre-Dame Street West

Pandan cake: pandan-infused sponge cake, condensed milk, sesame, almond, candied kumquat

Brasserie Bernard  1249 Bernard Avenue West

Chocolate crémeux, sea buckthorn marshmallow, maple caramel and gingerbread

Rita – 3681 Wellington Street

Calzoncini fritti with chocolate, cinnamon and orange chickpea filling

La Bêtise (Verdun) – 3807 Wellington Street

Fried pecan pie with apple compote, vanilla ice cream, and homemade salted caramel

 

 

Le Marché Italien Le Richmond – 222 Richmond Street

Tiramisu, pumpkin, Québec Chic Choc spiced rum

La Raclette – 1059 Gilford

Tourtière Landaise, Armagnac-flavoured caramelized apples, orange sauce, crumble

Bar Waverly – 5550 Saint-Laurent Boulevard

Mitarashi dango in a sweet soy glaze

Perles et Paddock – 403 Des Seigneurs Street

Winter spice donut with cranberry glaze, pecan crumble and gin-candied cranberries

Le Virunga  851 Rachel Street East

Plantain and Tanzanian chocolate chips from Cacao Barry soft cake, chocolate cloud and caramelized cashews

Terrasse William Gray – 421 Saint-Vincent Street, 8th Floor

Apple and Sortilège whisky cheesecake

 

 

Lawrence  9 Fairmount Avenue East

Malt loaf, black tea caramel and pink apple sorbet

Lloyd 1050 De La Gauchetière West

Arabica: chocolate, coffee, bergamot caviar

Beaver Hall by Europea – 1065 De La Montagne Street

Caramelized floating island with white chocolate chips and mignardises

Ratafia – 6778 Saint-Laurent Boulevard

Beet cake, white cheese ice cream, cranberry and Québec fortified wine caramel sauce

Chez Victoire – 1453 Du Mont-Royal Avenue East

Carrot cake, hazelnut butter cream, carrot and sea buckthorn sorbet, caramelised pecans, sliced carrot garnish, pecan powder

Le St-Urbain – 96 Fleury Street West

Lemon tart with basil syrup and black sesame meringue

 

 

Magnolia – 2600 William-Tremblay Street

Chocotorta, homemade dulce de leche cream, Avril amarettol, chocolate biscuit

Ibérica – 1450 Peel Street

Chocolate ganache, crouton, olive oil and “fleur de sel’’

Stanley – 1201 René-Levesque Boulevard East

Tarte Tatin with caramelized apples, spicy squash and ice cream

Tendresse – 1259 Sainte-Catherine Street East

White chocolate ganache, burnt orange marmelade, crunchy honeycomb and shortbread crumble, caramel and dark chocolate

The Farsides – 690 Notre-Dame Street West

Sweet Hawaiian buns: caramelized buns, condensed milk, brown sugar, butter, fresh fruit

Monème  1041 De Bleury Street

Olivier Potier’s signature lemon cream, lime zest blancmange, almond streusel biscuit

Les Cavistes – 296 Fleury Street West

Chocolate financier, vanilla and Jerusalem artichoke mousse, toasted bread ice cream and artichoke chips

 

 

Our restaurants are eager to greet you! Out of respect for them, please honour your reservation or, if necessary, contact them to postpone or cancel in advance.

 

Fun idea: The CINEMANIA film festival (November 1 to 12) coincides with MTLàTABLE, so why not include a movie with your dinner plans?

 

Follow MTLàTABLE on Instagram, X (previously Twitter) and Facebook and don’t forget to use the official event hashtag, #MTLaTABLE, in your tweets or Instagram photos. 

Mayssam Samaha

Mayssam Samaha is a food and travel writer and blogger and the founder behind the blog Will Travel for Food. She travels the world in search of the next culinary discovery. From Iceland to South Africa, she’s already visited over 30 countries and there’s nothing she enjoys more than wandering around a farmers’ market in a foreign city. She is also the founder of the SAISONS intimate dinner series highlighting Québec products and chefs.

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