Paul Toussaint’s passionate approach to Caribbean fare has been catching Montréal’s attention ever since the chef returned from Haiti in 2017. Here, the chef serves up his home country’s savory and comforting cuisine, from crackling griot with piquant pikliz and fall-off-the-bone pineapple-and-rum ribs to sides of accra fritters and fried plantains. You won’t have time to lick your fingers before you find yourself ordering seconds of this soul food.
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The Haitian
Pork griot, riz au pois, pressed banana and accra
Fish ceviche (gluten-free)
Fish, lime, yuzu, green onion, scotch bonnet, thyme, sweet potato chips, mesclun salad
Roasted squash, coco sauce
Pumpkin, jasmine rice, coco, allspice, ginger
½ jerk chicken
Jerk chicken, riz au pois and plantains
Goat curry
White rice, carrot, potato, curry, coconut
Djondjon Jambalaya
Rice, djondjon mushroom, shrimp, mussels, crab, porc sausage, peppers
Rum Oxtail
Roasted carrots, riz au pois, plantains
Whole grilled fish
Sweet potato purée, timalis sauce, mesclun
Bokit Sandwiches
Griot
Pork, mayo, pikliz coleslaw, plantain fries
Jerk Chicken
Jerk mayo, mesclun, plantain fries
Sides
Cod and malanga accras
Cod, malanga, scotch bonnet, pikliz & pikliz mayo
Plantains
Plantains, pikliz & pikliz mayo
Dessert
Pain patate with raisins, rhum and yuzu syrup