?> {"id":6049,"date":"2013-07-11T18:00:56","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T22:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/?p=6049"},"modified":"2013-07-11T18:00:56","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T22:00:56","slug":"canada-wrap-up-beer-shawarma-bagels-and-sugar-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2013\/07\/canada-wrap-up-beer-shawarma-bagels-and-sugar-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Wrap-Up – Beer, Shawarma, Bagels, and Sugar Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"
In addition to imbibing on some great wines over the weekend, we tasted a few local brews in both Quebec City and Montreal. At Le Sacrilege in Quebec City, we tried the blonde, red, and white beers. Josh loved the refreshing crispness of the blonde, while I thought the finish on the red was a bit too bland. It did have an interesting coffee flavor component to it that I didn’t expect. The white beer was a hefeweizen with a strong wheat flavor. I enjoyed it a lot, even though it was freezing outside and I typically associate hefeweizens with summertime. It was served with both a lemon and a lime wedge.<\/p>\n
In Montreal, our bar of choice, Brutopia on Crescent Street, was way too crowded for us to bring J in, so we settled for Les 3 Brasseurs, which is much bigger and had space for us and J’s stroller at the front of the bar. Les 3 Brasseurs looks like a chain restaurant, but they do brew their own beer (the name translates to The 3 Brewers). We tried the brown and the amber. The amber packed a decent punch, but the brown was slightly disappointing. It had won a few awards so we were expecting a bit more complexity in flavor.<\/p>\n
After leaving Les 3 Brasseurs, we walked up Crescent Street towards Amir for a late night snack of shawarma and shish taouk. It was always our post-drinking destination back in college when we would visit Montreal. We got one of each on pita and took it back to our hotel room, where we ate it with the leftover pied de cochon<\/a>. Sadly, the sandwiches were not as good as I remembered. The beef shawarma was a bit too spiced for my liking, but Josh enjoyed it. The shish taouk (chicken shawarma) was always my favorite, but this time I found it exceedingly dry and under seasoned. The garlic mayo was bland, and the pickled vegetables were sparse. I was disappointed, but I’m sure there are other places to get better shawarma and shish taouk in the city. Amir was just a nostalgic place for us to visit.<\/p>\n