Montreal Restaurants
Restaurant La Maison Kam Fung
1111, Rue Saint-Urbain, Montreal, QC H2Z 1Y6
Kam Fung is arguably one of the better Cantonese-style Chinese restaurants in Greater Montreal and certainly the best for dim sum on the island. Though one can argue what “best in Montreal” in this case actually means. Albeit the convoluted path one has to take in order reach the restaurant inside the building, there is nothing significant to complain about. The food is good and consistent in quality, the restaurant is clean enough, and service from the regular wait-staff is quick and friendly. As with all Cantonese restaurants in the city, many of Kam Fung’s dishes are sufficiently “de-Easternized” to suit the Western palate but not enough to ward off Chinese clientèle.
Dobe & Andy
1111, Rue Saint-Urbain, Montreal, QC H2Z 1Y6
Dobe and Andy is an unassuming restaurant/BBQ store/bakery in the style of Hong kong “tea restaurants” (茶餐廳) located in the same building as Kam Fung. They produce okay pastries and good Chinese BBQ items, but the best thing about the place are the cheap and good quality meals that they provide. Randomly point to anything on the menu (sandwiched inside acrylic holders placed on each table) and eat what they bring you. Unless you’re unlucky, it should be pretty good or at least palatable.
Jardin de Jade Poon Kai
67, Rue de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal, QC, H2Z1C2
Jardin de Jade Poon Kai has two parts. One of them is the actual restaurant which is basically your typical North American Chinese buffet deal, with everything from tubs of spaghetti and sugar-soaked spareribs to trays of chow-mien and very colourful desserts. The other part is more like an over-the-counter Chinese pastry shop serving your typical baked and steamed HK Chinese items, like hot-dog-in-a-bread-roll or charsui buns. Here you can assemble your mid-afternoon snack or lunch for $2–3. I think the pastry shop part is better than the buffet, though the latter seems to be very popular as well.
Restaurant Beijing
92 Rue de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal, QC, H2Z1C1
Restaurant Beijing is definitely a restaurant, however I’m not sure where the “Beijing” part comes into play. That being said, their “Pork chops with Beijing sauce (京都排骨)” is pretty good, albeit a bit too saucy. The food for the most part is quite decent and there isn’t much to complain about. Still, other than the location and decor, I would be hard-pressed to tell the food they prepare here apart from many of the other North American Cantonese restaurants in Chinatown. What I do like about them is that their quality is consistent. The price is also about the same as all the other AC restaurants (~$30 for two people).
Keung Kee
70 Rue de la Gauchetière O, Montreal, QC, H2Z1C1
Keung Kee an American Cantonese restaurant serving Cantonese dishes tailored to more Chinese tastes. They are located above a Chinese BBQ (烧腊) store and can be reached via a pink flight of stairs. I have had several good meals here at this restaurant, though I have to say that the distribution of my experiences here has been a bit bimodal. Their steamed and stir-fried dishes are better than those involving deep-frying.
Restaurant Ruby Rouge
1008 Rue Clark, Montréal, QC, H2Z 1J9
Restaurant Ruby Rouge is the other large Chinese restaurants in Montreal. The restaurant features “cart-pushed” dim sum dish of rather large portions, however these items are coarsely prepared and many of them are rather greasy and unappetizing. That being said, the quality and portion of the food is consistent. As for ordering a la carte, I do like the fact that the “soup of the house” (老火湯) is included and served to without asking. The fact that they have many wide-screen TVs playing kitschy HK dramas is a definite plus.