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Thailand's Government Endorsed 8 Montreal Thai Restaurants It Considers 'Authentic' (MAP)

The Royal Thai Government, along with the Ministry of Commerce and Toronto's Thai Trade Centre, announced a new certification system for restaurants with "authentic Thai cuisine" in Canada.

Eight Montreal Thai restaurants made the cut with two achieving the highest level of recognition.

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This MTL Spot Makes Stunning 'Halo-Halo' Treats That Transport You To The Philippines

While we can't skip ahead in time to experience summer or international travel just yet, the feeling one gets from digging into the halo-halo from Montreal's Cuisine de Manille comes pretty close. 

If you're not familiar with halo-halo, it's a Filipino dessert made from a base of shaved ice blended with evaporated milk.

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9 Latin American Restaurants In Montreal You Need To Try This Year

Some of the best aspects of Latin American countries include the people and the food, two things that we're lucky enough to have here in Montreal as well.

The city has a lot of Latin American restaurants for anyone who's craving a taste of the region's diverse cuisines.

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4 Montreal Restaurants To Get Delicious Birria Tacos — The Trendiest Taco Of The Year

If you've never heard of birria tacos, you're going to want to change that — they're possibly the hottest taco trend of the year, and you can find them in Montreal right now.

So, what are birria tacos?

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6 Decadent Restaurants That Offer Free Delivery For Valentine's Day

It's almost Valentine's Day and romance is in the air. While your plans this year won't include heading out to your favourite restaurant, you can indulge in a decadent meal right at home with your significant other (or yourself, if you're happily single).

Using Skip, you can order delicious food and enjoy free delivery across Quebec until March 31. In addition to supporting Montreal restaurants with this promo, you can also add a romantic flare by preparing a candlelight dinner with the convenience of food delivery.

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This MTL Restaurant Combines Cantonese Food With Peruvian Flavours To Create Unreal Dishes

One of the best parts of the Montreal restaurant scene is the way that it blends multiple cuisines and influences here in the city, and the way they come together in a simple, yet sophisticated way that's just so quintessentially Montreal.

Take Chifa, for example, one of the coolest spots downtown, which combines Peruvian and Chinese cuisine in an unexpected fusion that once you have it, you think, "Why haven't I thought of this before?"

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7 Montreal Restaurants To Order From When All You Want Is An Authentic Greek Meal

Whether or not Montrealers have been to Greece, Greek cuisine is a super popular choice when it comes to choosing a restaurant. And we can see why — It's totally delicious!

Even while we're in lockdown, we find ourselves craving Greek food. But not to worry, because the Montreal restaurant scene is coming to the rescue.

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11 Montreal Restaurants That Deserve To Be On Your 2021 Food Bucket List

2021 means a new year filled with opportunities. And that includes food, too! With so many amazing Montreal restaurants, if you're going to make a list of things to try and do this year, why not include some of the city's most delicious spots?

Offering cuisine from all over the world, Montreal restaurants have something for those looking for lesser-known spots that make their favourite dishes and spots that offer a brand new cuisine if your New Year's resolution is to try new things.

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8 Montreal Restaurants That Sadly Closed In 2020

2020 has brought a lot of heartbreaking changes, especially for Montreal restaurants.

Such a key part of the city's culture, saying goodbye to any restaurant is always painful, but to have so many gone away before their time this year has been absolutely crushing.

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7 Restaurants On Rue Wellington For When You Want A Taste Of MTL's Coolest Neighbourhood

Verdun's a pretty cool neighbourhood. So cool, in fact, that it was just ranked one of the top 40 coolest neighbourhoods in the world. Not that we're bragging or anything... One of the most popular spots in Verdun is rue Wellington, also known as Promenade Wellington, for its many bars, restaurants and cafés.

And great news! Many of them are offering takeout and delivery.

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6 New Montreal Restaurants That Do Take-Out So You Can Explore The Food Scene From Home

Montreal is one of the world's greatest food cities — and not even a global pandemic could change that. New Montreal restaurants continue to open, which means there are new restaurants local foodies need to try. 

It's true that restaurant dining rooms are closed from October 1 to October 28, while Montreal and certain regions of Quebec are in 'red alert' — but take-out and delivery are still going strong.

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