Tiramisu Saint-Laurent | Restaurant italien & japonais à Montréal
Italian restaurant · Downtown Montreal ·
Italian-Japanese fusion with creative pasta, pizza, and seafood
Italian-Japanese fusion with creative pasta, pizza, and seafood
"Italian-Japanese restaurant Tiramisu in Chinatown has recently added brunch to the menu, collaborating with chef Arnaud Glay to do so. The result brings French influences to the mix and ranges from sunny-side eggs on penne Romanoff to pizza with poached eggs, smoked salmon, and caviar." - JP Karwacki, Valerie Silva
"Located just behind the lion-flanked arches on Saint-Laurent at corner Viger on the ground floor of Hilton’s newly constructed Hampton & Homewood Suites hotel, I learned this swank new restaurant has settled into Montreal’s Chinatown and is currently in a soft opening ahead of an official debut planned for November 26. Incorporating Japanese ingredients into classic Italian dishes, the menu includes arancini made with sushi rice and served with a miso-based aioli; lasagna layered with a tonkotsu sauce and Asian celery; rigatoni arrabbiata seasoned with the Japanese spice blend togarashi and a yuzu-flavoured hot sauce to drizzle on top; panna cotta made with white soy and honey; and tiramisu spiked with Japanese whiskey. For skeptics of this kind of interplay—new to Montreal but well-liked elsewhere and sometimes referred to as Itameshi—there are still plenty of pasta and pizza options that fit squarely in the Italian camp. For drinks, I noted sakes and wines plus a cocktail list put together by Old Montreal favourite Coldroom where Italian standards (say, a negroni) get a Japanese twist (say, smoked plum). The project comes from the Lucky Belly Group (which also includes Le Red Tiger, Thip Thip, and Le Blossom) with executive chef Chanthy Yen, and the 3,000-square-foot space, designed by MRDK, mixes plush velvets, rounded furniture, retro light fixtures, terrazzo, groovy tile and upholstery patterns, and luxe marbles in a look inspired by 1960s Italian design. It also includes a café component called Caffè Misu serving beans from Café Saint-Henri plus Italian pastries and gelato, a sibling restaurant named Carla is planned for spring 2022 on the sixth floor, and the restaurant is open daily for lunch and dinner at 989 St Laurent Blvd." - Valerie Silva
"Taking over the lobby of the forthcoming Hampton Inn in Chinatown at 989 Boulevard St‑Laurent and opening in November 2021, Tiramisu from the Lucky Belly Group (with Chanthy Yen as executive chef) will offer Italian classics — lots of pizza, pasta and desserts — all tweaked with Japanese flavours; its sibling restaurant Carla is expected to follow in summer 2022." - Valerie Silva
"Located in the lobby of Chinatown’s forthcoming Hampton Inn, this 3,000-square-foot Italian‑Japanese restaurant will serve pizzas and pastas accentuated with Japanese flavours — for example spaghetti al limone with yuzu and a lasagna layered with a tonkotsu bolognese — while its design mixes terrazzo, marble, corduroy and velvet to conjure 1950s Italy; it’s a Lucky Belly Group project with Chanthy Yen as executive chef and is slated for July 2021." - Valerie Silva
"Perched on the hotel's sixth-floor terrace, Carla is planned as an upstairs French bistro‑bar that flips the usual colonial influences by putting Vietnamese flavors into French classics — imagine French onion soup made with pho broth and steak frites served with a herby Vietnamese‑style chimichurri and tamarind ketchup. I expect a restaurant whose design (by Lucky Belly Group and CAMDI Design) uses black-and-white damier flooring, verdant corners and furniture evoking French colonial Vietnamese mansions, with an unfettered view of Old Montreal and cocktails by Kevin Demers and Sam Kirk; the terrace’s capacity is more than double that of the ground-floor restaurant. (Note: the name was previously planned as “Caravelle” but is now Carla.)" - Valerie Silva