Les étoiles filantes

The day after we went to Chez Victor, F and I were supposed to head out to Montreal for a birthday brunch. After a while on the road, we had to turn back because it was simply snowing too much. Since our brunch plans had fallen out, we decided to try brunch at a place we had been to a few times. The restaurant is called Chez Madame Charlotte. They have been serving brunch for a bit more than a month. The restaurant has been around for quite a few years, but it has only recently been taken up by some acquaintances of F and I. The new owners have vowed not to change things around too much. Brunch, though, is a welcome addition to the restaurant. F and I both had the same thing: it was a dish with eggs, cheese, sausage, bacon and spinach, all cooked up together. It was a delicious and comforting dish to have on a snowstorm. We also had a small fruit salad at the beginning of our meal. A fruit salad normally wouldn't be worth mentioning, but this one was covered with tropcial juice, which made it way better than other fruit salads. It was nice to take the time to have breakfast on a weekend morning, which is not something F and I often do. We talked a lot with the owner, because he loves politics as much as we do. A lot of the owner's political acquaintances often show up at his restaurant.

F and I went there for dinner twice. The first time, I had a lasagna, and the second time,  I had a typical Quebec dish, meatball stew. The two dishes were nothing fancy, but that is pretty much the point at Chez Mme Charlotte: to serve comforting food which could have been made by some Quebec grandmother. It is a nice place to go to from time to time and now, with the addition of brunch, we have even more occasions to do so.