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My wife and my best friend were both visiting me in Montreal at the same time and this was the place I knew we had to go. We'd all heard about it and it was going to be our 'special meal.' Unfortunately, Au Pied de Cochon was just blah. We started with cocktails. A Manhattan, Lemon Slush, and a Raspberry Mojito were ordered and tasted. The service was cool for the slush because they bring you the vodka in a little tea pot to add as you want. The Raspberry Mojito was refreshing and definitely the most attractive drink on the table. Cocktails = 4.5/5 Our appetizer was the "Salade de Croustillant de PDC" which we were sold on because of the 'crispy pork belly.' Unfortunately, it was pork belly in some sort of breading, which didn't have much taste to it. The salad itself was 'meh.' 2/5 We shared Duck in a Can (1/5) and Foie Gras Poutine (4/5) as the main courses for between the three of us. The presentation of the Duck in a Can was really cool, I like the art on the can and I like that they open it up in front of you. Unfortunately, the contents of the can didn't taste as good as the can looked. This was the worst dish of the night. The duck breast was just ok, the skin was chewy and not at all appetizing (and I love me some duck skin), the rest of the dish was extremely salty. If it had one more grain of salt on it, it would have clearly been too much and I'd have sent it back. Foie Gras Poutine somewhat lived up to its reputation and I would maybe recommend just grabbing a couple $5 beers and sharing a Poutine for those dead set on hitting this place up. The foie gras really tasted good on and the gravy had good flavor. We decided against dessert, not because we were full, but because the meal just wasn't that good and the dessert menu was full of boring stuff. I'm ready to pay for a good meal, but this wasn't even a mediocre meal. Au Pied didn't live up to its reputation at all and I wouldn't recommend that anyone go. The next night, we tried for round 2 on the nice meal and had much success at O'Thym (which is also Apportez Votre Vin). Take your APC dollars there....Available choices:
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negative