Di H.
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Very authentic Polish food uncorrupted by other influences. I highly recommend this for anyone hoping to eat authentic Polish food. For people used to french/Italian food, this would be a journey to a different section of the palate, but a worthwhile one for sure.
Haven't had good Polish food since Chicago, and I'm glad I found this place in Montreal. It's in the middle of the old town and the decor was filled with Polish cultural posters. The atmosphere was lively and there was someone playing the piano as well.
We orderem the żurek, flaki, gołąbki, strogonow and bigosz. Żurek and flaki came out pretty quickly since they're ready made. The żurek was spot on, it was as sour as it should and was perfectly seasoned with parsley, the only thing missing was the small strips of pickles. Flaki was good as well, although it was a bit more watery that I was hoping and lacked a bit more carrots and black pepper.
After the soups, we waited about 15min for the rest. The strogonow was perfect in every sense, the gravy was exactly how it should be (maybe from cans) the beef was the right cut and was hard and would shatter into smaller pieces as you chew (thus the cut is important). To my surprise, the potatoes were exactly the way they should be, not too hard, not too soft, with tinge of salt and parsley, and as bland as they should be. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's tasty, just the simple fact that it's true to how it's cooked in Poland.
The bigos was great, a little too sour and a bit more bland that I'm used to, but good none the less. Surprisingly we had to ask for bread that's typically served with it (we also had to ask for bread with flaki as well). The only dish that's not amazing was the gołąbki. Perhaps the chef was a bit off today, but it had too much oregano in the filling, and it was overwhelming. It was also a bit short on the tomato sauce on the inside. It was served with mizeria and they got that perfect as well, the right type and amount of sour cream was used and it was very refreshing.