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Those up for Szechwan and Hong Kong- style Chinese food formally served in posh surroundings will be more than pleased. Plate presentations are enticing, ingredients are of the highest quality, and – unlike so many restaurants that drown dishes in the same sweet soy-based sauce – l’Orchidée de Chine features a unique combination of flavours with each offering. Reservations are essential.
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;Located on the trendiest stretch of The Main (Boulevard St.Laurent), Red Thai, with its mounted elephant heads, statues of Thai dancers, and leopard-print chairs, could easily be dismissed as another pale imitation of the real thing. Wrong. Thai food in Montreal doesn’t get much better than this. Don’t miss the soups, the Thai imperial rolls, the Pad Thai, the duck breast with kumquat sauce, and the chicken in red curry. The wine list is well-priced and interesting, and there’s a wide selection of martinis and exotic cocktails.
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Montrealers have a love affair with sushi and those up for some of the finest should head for Sho-Dan. The modern, sleek setting is ideal for risk takers willing to try the sushi pizza or the blueberry-and- pineapple maki roll known as the 'Romeo and Juliet’. The traditional sushi-bar offerings are also delicious, everything ultra-fresh and beautifully presented. For a bit of entertainment, sit at the sushi bar and watch the chefs do their thing.
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The man behind the hype surrounding Treehouse, one of the city’s most exciting Asian restaurants, is Tri Du, a chef revered for his form-equals-substance inventions. Using traditional Japanese cuisine as a starting point, he relies on the freshest local and imported ingredients to fuel his endless imagination. To date, he has won over the most discerning fashionistas, who collectively rave, not only for the inventive sushi and sashimi, but also for such daring concoctions as sea urchin tempura, misomarinated black cod, and oysters that are suitably [name]d 'Tri-afeller’.
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