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Desert Island Dishes Yeah, yeah, we've heard it all before. What if you were shipwrecked and you had the chance to bring ten of "xxx" with you? I personally hate these things when I'm asked because I usually have trouble coming up with three. But I love asking other people! So here in no particular order are some responses, plus some culled from the Web. Barry Lazar's Desert Island Dishes Grilled vegetable and wild mushroom antipasta at The Restaurant With No Name (9700 boul St-Michel) Espresso at Café Italia Breakfast at Cosmos Bagel & lox at Beauty's #3 roast beef at Chez Magnan Poutine at Le Globe (served with a wine appropriate to the cheese) Foie gras at Toqué Deer tartare at Les Caprices de Nicolas Any fish at Milos Fresh large BC oysters with black bean sauce at Kum Kee (in Chinatown) Grilled Portuguese sardines at this little place on the corner of Rachel and Clark. Nicholas Robinson's Desert Island Dishes The steak at Ferreira The Magret de Canard at Les Caprices de Nicolas The dill pickles at Schwartz's The weird dipping chutney sauce for pappadams at Mysore The shallot butter at Maestro S.V.P. The Caesar salad at Maestro S.V.P. The fries at Firegrill Potato salad from Atlantique Seekh kebab at Star of India Rusticella pasta from Douceurs du Marché, Atwater Market Lesley Chesterman's Desert Island Dishes Nan bread at Le Taj Sugar pie at Au Pain Dore Hot foie gras with lentils at Les Caprices de Nicolas Kamikaze roll at Sho-Dan Fish Soup at Chez la Mère Michel Crispy Pekin duck at Globe Antipasto platter at Bice Seared scallops with grapefruit beurre blanc at Auberge Hatley Cajun mahi mahi at Delfino My mother's Hungarian goulash with egg noodles (and she's not even Hungarian!) Avril Benoit's Desert Island Dishes Best hang-out joint for coffee & newspapers: Open da Night Best bistro to convey Montreal's appeal to visiting Torontonians: l'Express Best patio brunch in my old neighbourhood: Café Souvenir Best place to feel welcome home: Nantha's Kitchen, when Nantha's in Best comfort soup: Zazium Best grazing: Jean Talon Market Best energy: Schwartz's Best Chinese: Kam Shing, opposite the Côte-des-Neiges Plaza

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