Plateau Monte Royal experience...

Sometime, you plan to do something but end up doing something completely different, which remains in your memory forever! That's what happened to my last trip to Montreal!

This Tuesday evening, I started from my hotel in Montreal to dine @Au Pied de Cochon (http://www.restaurantaupieddecochon.ca/) in the famous Montreal neighborhood Plateau Monte Royal (http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/Discover-montreal/Neighbourhoods/Plateau-Mont-Royal). This neighborhood reminded me East Seattle - lots of local restaurants, shops, street parking and vibrant people...

I could not get a parking near the Au Pied de Cochon restaurant and finally few blocks away, got a street parking. As I was not sure of the parking, I asked a local guy (Simon!) crossing the street "whether it is OK to park in that spot". We ended up chatting for 15 minutes; Simon was a great guy and he told me a great deal about the Plateau Mont-Royal neighborhood and he also told me that Au Pied de Cochon is a great restaurant. The food @Au Pied de Cochon is very rich though! Also, he told me about the meaning of 'Au Pied de Cochon' - 'To the Foot of Pig'! Well, by then I was bit unsure whether I should go to this restaurant or not. I started walking towards Au Pied de Cochon, which was 4 blocks away from the parking spot.

On my way, I could not avoid noticing an unique wood framed entrance of an Afghan restaurant. The name of the restaurant was 'Khyber Pass'. Khyber Pass is a mountain pass in Afghanistan, very famous pass, which connects Afghanistan and Pakistan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/317182/Khyber-Pass

I ended up eating in that place. Food was delicious!

The next day, while discussing my experience with one of my local associates; I came to know that
Au Pied de Cochon is one of the most famous restaurant in Montreal, the cook is very popular for his style and on May 12th (4 days back) David Beckham dined @Au Pied de Cochon !!!