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Meals in Montréal
One local family creates memories to savor on a trip to Canada K I R STEN H AR R I NGTON
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ome families wear matching pajamas for Christmas; others binge-watch Netflix shows or have family game night. For my husband and our two teenage sons, it’s sharing a meal that brings us together. Sometimes we eat with chopsticks or steak knives; other nights, it’s a quick, handheld burger that bonds us. This is especially true when we travel. Whether it’s katsu curry in Japan or scallops at a sidewalk café in Paris, we collect food memories the way some people collect refrigerator magnets.
With one son in college and the other about to leave home, I knew these memorable moments would become scarcer, so last March we took a family trip to Montréal. Hop on a plane in Orlando and three hours later you arrive in the largest French-speaking city outside of Paris. Warm baguettes with none of the jet lag or sticker shock of a transatlantic flight? I’m sold. With one of the highest densities of restaurants in North America, this cosmopolitan city on the Saint Lawrence River is foodie paradise.
The author at Jean Talon Market, one of the oldest public markets in Montréal.
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