Consider this Time Out Market project to be the crossroads of two great Montreal culinary masterminds. It's where Hideyuki Imaizumi, whose hospitality savvy can be found inside the Plateau café Osmo x Marusan, meets Chinatown's smash hit Fleurs et Cadeaux and the work of its chef and co-owner Tetsuya Shimizu. Together, they're creating some of the best Japanese fare in town with bowls of savory ramen and curry donburi, silky onsen (‘hot spring’) eggs, and crispy-on-the-outside, juicy-on-the-inside karaage. One bite was all it took for us, and that’s all it will take to get you hooked, too.
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Curry donburi
Karaage curry (Curry served with Japanese fried chicken)
Beef curry (Curry served with finely sliced beef)
Vegetable curry with ganmo (Curry served with fried tofu fritters)
Ramen
Triple soup — Broth made with dashi, vegetables and pork
Served with sliced green onions, menma bamboo shoots, fried garlic and roasted chashu pork
Tonkotsu
Roasted garlic tonkotsu
Spicy miso tonkotsu
Ramen extras:
Noodles
Green onions and shallots
Fried garlic
Menma bamboo shoots
Roasted chashu pork
On the side
Steamed rice
Onsen egg (with truffle oil)
Ganmodoki (fried tofu fritters with yuzu zest)
Miso soup (wakame, tofu, green onions)
Karaage (fried chicken, 4 pieces)