Former Orange Rouge Chef Minh Phat Is Opening a New Restaurant in Mile Ex | Eater Montreal

"Meaning “little sister” in Cantonese, I see Mui Mui as Phat’s homage to the spot that gave him his start: a one-and-a-half-year sublease pop-up in the former Jiep Jiep space that he’s positioning as a takeout-focused project. The menu is intentionally small — 12 items — and blends influences from his Chinese-Vietnamese-French background; highlights include a beef tataki salad carried over from Orange Rouge but refreshed with a charred pepper vinaigrette and parmesan crackers, and barbecue pork spare ribs glazed in a gochujang-soy sauce that remain unchanged because, as he says, “if the recipe works, why would I change it?” Much of the Orange Rouge team will be reprised here, and Phat is working with childhood friends-turned-partners (an engineer and two accountants) to open amid the pandemic — a risky move he expects to be proud of if it succeeds." - Valerie Silva