Last night I might have had the most foie gras that I’ve ever eaten in one sitting. Au Pied de Cochon is certainly one of the top restaurants in Montreal! Casual setting, helpful and friendly staff, reasonable prices, and some amazing dishes are certainly worth a bit of a wait or a late reservation in our case.

Definitely try the foie gras poutine ($23). With a big slab of seared foie gras, rich gravy and super yummy cheese curds, this dish will not disappoint. The only complaint might be that there wasn’t enough fries for all that good gravy!

Have you heard of the duck in a can ($36)? I actually just read about this on Monday when I was flying into Montreal in Air Canada’s enroute magazine. But don’t worry, the ingredients are super fresh! Duck breast, foie gras and bacon cooked in a can for 40 minutes served over a bed of palenta and toast. The juices come pouring out when our waiter flipped over the can at our table.

Other dishes we tried are duck carpaccio and bison tartare. I’ve never had these raw before and they tasted great.

The other main dish we had was Plogue à Champlain, which is a nice piece of seared foie gras cooked with bacon over a bed of pancakes. The sweet sauce made this dish really tasty.

Believe it or not, all that rich food still allowed us room for dessert. That’s the beauty of sharing food. For dessert, we tried the bread pudding and a dark chocolate creme. The bread pudding had the texture of cake instead of bread and it was super sweet with lots of caramel sauce. Be careful not to burn your tongue boys and girls! It is super piping hot when it just came out of the oven. The dark chocolate was nice and creamy and came in a little glass bottle.

If you decide to try this restaurant, make sure you have reservations cause it is really busy. The alternative is to come late like around 10:30pm and get a foie gras poutine as a midnight snack. They close at midnight. We will try some of their pig’s feet next time we revisit this place.