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Winter is in full throttle and as we all start slowly getting used to the cold, the list of things to do in Montreal continues to get longer.

This winter may be different than any other we've ever experienced before, especially with the current province-wide curfew. But that doesn't mean we can't do fun and exciting things before 8 p.m. comes around.

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2021 is a fresh start for just about everyone. And for some, that means finally heading to the kitchen and learning how to cook.

Cooking can seem rather overwhelming for certain people, so we decided to reach out to one of the best Montreal chefs, Chef Pamika Sukla, owner of Pamika and Mae Sri, two incredibly popular Thai restaurants in the city, known for authenticity and flavour beyond compare.

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Everyone loves fried chicken. And everyone loves Chinese food. Taiwanese-born Montreal chef Helena Han Lin realized those things and in November she opened a new restaurant in Pointe-Saint-Charles where she’s serving up Asian comfort food, pandemic be damned.

“Our idea was to provide something familiar but also to have fun and be creative with the kind of food that we cook,” she said.

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