Thursday: fancy sushi tasting dinner, Montreal Underground, Universel Resto

I took A. out to Universel Dejeuner et Grillades and we had lunch. The fries were greasy, but in the diner greasy kind of way, so that was fine. I had mussels with tomato sauce and fries, because there was a whole mussels section of a very large menu. Seemed like a thing so I tried it. Mussels were great. A. was not a fan of her chicken sandwich, but she loved the molten lava cake.

We went to Complexe Desjardins. The Artisans shop is either closed or moved. Oh well! We bought some groceries at the IGA, so I could feed her dinner in the hotel while the rest of us went to Okeya for Omekase, a sushi tasting dinner. It was awesome. They were very accommodating, and we all had a great time. We had a couple bottles of sake, both were great, but we didn’t know the right word for unfiltered at the beginning so the first was clear and sweet and the second was unfiltered and legit amazing. Since I couldn’t have cheesecake, I got matcha, which was divine. Fatty bluefin showed up a couple times, partly because I couldn’t have some of the options.

At the Reso, A. voluntarily rode the escalator up and down more than once, so I’m basically feeling like the trip has already justified itself.