Chinois Patisserie

I called from work to see if Shannon and her friend had dinner plans. They said they wanted to take me to a secret place they went to for lunch. It was cheap; they paid 80 cents for whatever they wanted to grab. It was something that I hadn't had so far this year. I was intrigued. They met me at the metro with my camera and we went down to Chinatown.

I knew it wouldn't be anything bizarre that I wouldn't consider eating, so I was trying to figure out what where we'd end up. We got off at the metro and down la Gauchetière street, which is a little pedestrian walkway through the center of Chinatown. After a bit of browsing, they said "this is it!" and there we were. I can't remember the name of the place for the life of me, but it's Patisserie something. Basically, a Chinese bakery.

The 80 cent whatevers were stuffed buns. The ones I sampled were stuffed with barbecued pork and a hot chicken curry. There's really no way to identify what one you're grabbing from the shelves, which seems horrible for food allergies. There was an awful lot of dough to filling ratio, but the curry was very good.

We ordered a la carte as well. I had some sort of satay beef noodle dish that was not very good at all. very oily noodles with little flavor and very cornstarched pieces of beef that had a slimy texture. I picked out the meat and scraped it slightly before eating it. I can understand the novelty of eating 80 cent buns in Chinatown, but when it comes to cheap eats I'd rather go for the 99 cent pizza.