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Everything You Can Eat At Montreal's Japanese Culture & Street Food Festival This Month

Montreal's celebration of local Japanese food, culture and businesses, YATAI MTL, has released its complete list of vendors. 38 in total — including 27 merchants and 11 street food stalls — will take to the Peel Basin between June 8 and 11. The festival will also feature 11 performers and DJs.

Here are the participating merchants:

  • ARTA Arts de la table
    • imported Japanese food products
  • ATELIER GIGI
    • jewellery accessories
  • Atelier Tsubaki
    • jewellery and accessories
  • Bcuit Mtl
    • hand-folded fortune cookies
  • Bosuman
    • anime, manga and cosplay-inspired attire
  • Boutique Kodama
    • clothes and accessories
  • Boutique Meico and Pâtisserie japonaise KotoAn Wagashi
    • two enterprises joining forces to offer accessories, kimonos and sweets
  • Centre Taiyo Inc
    • personal health services (massage therapy, acupuncture, etc.) and products (tea, oils, etc.)
  • Couteaux japonais Stay Sharp
    • knives
  • Kimono Vintage
    • traditional Japanese attire
  • Kimono Yuki
    • kimonos, photo sessions and kimono workshops
  • KoikiJPN
    • floral hair and ear accessories
  • Kyoto Fleurs
    • flowers, plants and home goods
  • La brasserie San-O Sake inc.
    • koji and other Japanese food products made with local ingredients
  • Les enfants sauvages
    • clothes and accessories
  • Loongese
    • tea products, art and home goods
  • LUNCH A PORTER
    • reusable meal containers and bento boxes
  • Maruō Works
    • clothes and accessories
  • MIKA
    • plants, ceramics and home goods
  • Okini Céramiques
    • ceramics
  • SA Design by SASA
    • clothes and accessories
  • Sakao Thé Japonais
    • green tea and matcha
  • SO:yA Bakehouse
    • bakery
  • STRATA
    • artful posters and stationery
  • Sweet Stationery Shop
    • imported stationery
  • Thés Guru
    • tea
  • Tokusen
    • terroir products

These are the participating restaurants and their YATAI MTL offerings:

  • BIIRŪ
    • rice bowl with truffle tuna and watermelon salad (donburi and suika)
  • Dano
    • chicken teriyaki skewers
  • Fleurs et Cadeaux Restaurant
    • BBQ meat and vegetables
  • Hanzo
    • BBQ calamari, octopus, shrimp and potatoes
  • MATCHA ZANMAI
    • dorayaki (pancakes with a red bean filling), mochi and cookies
  • Poke Bento
    • tempura shrimp, takoyaki and fried gyoza
  • Raku
    • okonomiyaki and yakisoba (noodles)
  • Restaurant Imadake
    • takoyaki, fried gyoza, Japanese curry fries and ichigo kezuri (strawberries and cream)
  • Tsukuyomi Ramen
    • ramen (no broth) with sesame sauce
  • Uncle Testu Montreal
    • Japanese cheesecake, madeleines (pastries) and cheese tarts
  • Yamoyamo Cuisine Japonaise
    • teppanyaki steak and vegetables

YATAI MTL 2023 will also include an '80s disco party, a piano concert Studio Ghibli film soundtracks, a taiko (percussion instrument) performance by Ame no ato, and the return of its popular shiba and akita dog party.

Get a summary of the details below.

YATAI MTL 2023

Price:

  • $3 entrance fee
  • food and product prices will vary
Where: Les QUAIS Peel Basin (end of the Lachine Canal in Griffintown), Montreal, QC

When:

  • June 8, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • June 9, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • June 10, 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • June 11, 12 p.m. to 9 p.m.

YATAI MTL website

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