On restaurant Cabane a Sucre Au Pied de Cochon Sugar Shack Chef Deck says:

I’m in love OINK! I won’t be able to sleep until the next sugaring off season OINK! My Spoon Man is now Marin Picard OINK! I need that sweet maple syrup OINK!
This was one of my top 5 meals ever (and added my favorite 5 pounds to my sweet man belly)! As far as your preconceived notions about sugar shacks, poop scoop them, put them in a paper bag, light it, and leave it on Bobby Flay’s doorstep (because Martin Picard, chef of restaurant Au Pied de Cochon has reinvented the cabane a sucre (sugar shack). The highlights of the mains were:  pea soup with lardon and fois gras, the oreilles de crisse salade with ham, walnuts and mixed greens, buckwheat pancakes, fluffy skillet omelet with cod and scallops, deep fried lobster and beet sushi with maple syrup soya sauce, and a meat dish with magret de canard, rabbit, feve aux lard, and other yummyness. For dessert we ate pancakes cooked in duck fat, a burnt marshmallow maple ice cream baked Alaska, and a banana split with maple syrup cotton candy, candied nuts, burnt marshmallow, and hardened sugar pie filling stuff. The restaurant is now closed for the season, but if you want to partake you should think about reserving now for next year’s maple syrup season. We also have to thank Martin Picard for giving us these great pics for our gay website. So all in all this redone barn rocks harder then Alanis Morissette’s naked video(you know the one)!

Tastiness: 9.567864826/10
Ambiance: the barn from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly/10
Price; $45 fixed menu + drinks and tax /10

Chef Deck signing out!

Cabane à sucre Au Pied de Cochon Sugar Shack Information

11382 Rang de la Fresnière, St-Benoît de Mirabel
Laurentians, Québec J7N 2R9
Phone: 450-258-1732
Email: reservations@cabaneasucreaupieddecochon.com
Hours: Thurs – Fri 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Sat & Sun 11:00 am – 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Payment: Credit Card, Cash, Interac
Web: cabaneasucreaupieddecochon.com

*UPDATE: See our coverage of the one year anniversay of restaurant L’Orignal

Monika Terlecki and Travis Champion two of the people behind Old-Montreal hot spot Garde-Manger, have opened a new restaurant, L’Orignal right around the corner. They have already created a buzz, hosting a party before the official opening for media, and friends, with champagne, oysters, apps, and fun. L’Orignal’s menu will feature traditional Quebecoise cuisine (fish, game meats and top local products) with a modern twist. The decor features features plenty of wood and original stone walls and is located in a heritage building. If you are looking for a new place to try in the increasingly popular western Old Montreal area check it out. Look for rue Saint-Alexis the small street (almost an alley) one block east of Saint-Pierre, L’Orignal restaurant is on the right with a little moose on the door.

click the read more link below for the full menu at restaurant L’Original.

479 Saint-Alexis, Old Montreal
Phone: 514 303 0479
Payment: Visa, American Express, Mastercard
Hours:
Mon – Tues: 12:00 pm – 12:00 am
Wed: 12:00 pm – 3:00 am
Thurs: 12:00 pm – 12:00 am
Fri: 12:00 pm - 3:00 am
Sat: 6:00 pm - 3:00 am
Sun: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Chef: Francis Cote
General Manager: Shannon McGarr

MENU

Entrées ~ Appetizers

Endive salad with red wine vinigrette and aged cheddar $7
Simple garden salad $6
Arugula salad with sesame dressing $7
Salmon gravlax with maple syrup and trio of salt $11
Marinated mackerel filet $10
Scallop ceviche with gingerale and orange water $15
Lamb mini burgers with Migneron cheese $9
French onion soup $6

Tartares
Concombre ~ Cucumber 7$
Thon épicé ~ Spicy tuna 16$
Saumon ~ Salmon 13$
Canard et foie gras fondant 32$
Duck and foie gras
Bœuf ~ Beef 15$
Cerf ~ Venison 16$

Principaux ~ Mains

Filet Mignon with Foie Gras and Maple Whiskey $52
Filet Mignon in chanterelle sauce $35
Ribeye Steak with green peppercorns and fries $25
Braised lamb shank $21
Seared duck breast in coca-cola and cinnamon $26
Surf’n turf 35$
Absinthe sauteed scallops $28
Chai poached salmon $20
Seared tuna steak with white truffle oil
cornflake cod fish and chips $18
Sauteed shrimp in cream back bacon and lime leaves 24$
Duck leg confit served on salad greens $18
Mushroom risotto $19

Desserts

Trio of sorbet $6
Chocolate lava cake with lavender cream $7
Fromage Quebecois 2 pour 10$ 5 pour 22$