Nouveau Canada Chien Chaud (2200, rue Beaubien E.): I've been living in Montreal for a few months now, and Nouveau Canada is the kind diner you can find in any neighbourhood - the one with an ugly sign and the ubiquitous "chien chauds...spaghetti...sous marins" tagline that makes you wonder who are all these people that actually order spaghetti at a diner. I've been to a few of these already (off the top of my head, Bonne Bouffe Souvlaki at 2301 Rue Ontario E, which is technically a Greek place, but they also sell a $4.25 breakfast and plates of spaghetti). This type of diner makes for an okay/mediocre breakfast. There's always a table available, the food comes quick, and it's cheap. But not very fulfilling.
I had higher expectations for Nouveau Canada based on a blurb I read in this month's issue of En Route Magazine, the Air Canada monthly. There was a feature on "Canada's Next Great Neighbourhoods", and for Montreal they focused on Beaubien street. These articles need to be taken with a big chunk of salt, but I'm always up for a new diner recommendation, so on Saturday morning (or, early afternoon since we slept in) we went up to Beaubien to check it out. There were at least 2 old ladies in fancy hats, a group of men that ordered 3 steamies each, and an older couple beside us who got an order of fries and 2 coffees. I like that kind of thing. Ate 2 eggs over-easy (requested over-medium, but they were pretty yolky), greasy sausages and home fries. Andrew got his with bacon and regular fries, which was better. There were some actual orange and banana slices on the plate, which I don't expect from a diner like this.
Overall, not great, not bad, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you were in the neighbourhood.
I had higher expectations for Nouveau Canada based on a blurb I read in this month's issue of En Route Magazine, the Air Canada monthly. There was a feature on "Canada's Next Great Neighbourhoods", and for Montreal they focused on Beaubien street. These articles need to be taken with a big chunk of salt, but I'm always up for a new diner recommendation, so on Saturday morning (or, early afternoon since we slept in) we went up to Beaubien to check it out. There were at least 2 old ladies in fancy hats, a group of men that ordered 3 steamies each, and an older couple beside us who got an order of fries and 2 coffees. I like that kind of thing. Ate 2 eggs over-easy (requested over-medium, but they were pretty yolky), greasy sausages and home fries. Andrew got his with bacon and regular fries, which was better. There were some actual orange and banana slices on the plate, which I don't expect from a diner like this.
Overall, not great, not bad, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you were in the neighbourhood.
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Hi! Also, look at what I found today: http://thebreakfastblog.blogspot.com/
this is the thing: we are always going on about how unhealthy we are but everywhere in the world there are men like the ones u saw in this diner who order THREE steamies each. who needs THREE of the same thing in their stomach all at once? (i mean, unless its mini cookies or something :/) thats just piggery. it reminds me of that episode of viva la bam! when bam margera's fat uncle and dad want a mcdonald's breakfast and order, like, 4 mcgriddles, 3 hashbrowns, 4 egg mcmuffins...you get the idea. i feel positively gastronomically zen next to these folk.
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