ice, a stick, and a puck. fred and dave and martin picard are joined by the original god of montreal gastronomy, the great chef normand laprise, to watch their beloved montreal canadiens lay waste to the carolina hurricanes. fred: yeah! anthony: all the while eating, of course, and drinking, as it turns out, the finest wines known to humanity. anthony: man, here we go. [ cheers ]
accepted, beyond excellent, too much excellent. yes, possibly. over the top? yeah, definitely. it all comes around in the end, the circle of life. we begin at the beginning, the heart and soul of every right-thinking quebecois, apparently. ice, a stick, and a puck. fred and dave and martin picard are joined by the original god of montreal gastronomy, the great chef normand laprise, to watch their beloved montreal canadiens lay waste to the carolina hurricanes. fred: yeah! anthony: all the while eating, of course, and drinking, as it turns out, the finest wines known to humanity. anthony: man, here we go. [ cheers ]
fred: jambon blanc. some salmon. gravlax of char. solomon grundy. beets and eggs. anthony: look at that. [ david speaking french ] anthony: unbelievable. look at the aspic work. fred: this is smoked eel and potatoes inside. [ man speaking french ] salmon pastrami. anthony: and wait a minute. this is super classic. david: oeuf en gelee. anthony: and this, oeuf en gelee. egg in aspic. soft boiled or poached egg in clear gelatin-set broth, classically garnished with white ham, tarragon leaves, black truffles. oh, my god. i was pretty sure that i would live the rest of my life without ever seeing this again. delicious. but tonight, after a full week of franco-canadian full-on assaults on our livers and our lights, fred and dave thought it would be both delicious and merciful to take advantage of the somewhat lighter and insanely delicious fare by their brilliant chef, omar, who is from pakistan. amazing, authentic pakistani food. so what do we have here? fred: butter chicke
david: yeah, we grew up on rinks like this. anthony: does everyone in in quebec? uh, it s pretty much obligatory. here s your stick, kid. david: yeah. what else do you do? there s no reason to live here if it s no hockey. anthony: hockey rinks pop up all over this city to accommodate montrealers desire to risk teeth, groin, and limb. and right behind fred and dave s restaurant, joe beef, a pickup game of chefs, cooks, and hospitality professionals is underway. some of these guys, to put it charitably, are a little long in the tooth to be out there swinging sticks at each other and, uh, uh, skidding around on the ice. this is a normal behavior? people actually do this for fun? david: yeah, yeah. absolutely. this is every day, québécois growing up, playing hockey. canadian national sport, man. anthony: right. and this young one is already being indoctrinated. hello, young man. david: you gonna play hockey? boy: yes. david: you re you re good at hockey? boy: y
from prince edward county, five hours from here. amazing wine. anthony: there s an allegory here somewhere. i m reaching for it. something about fred and dave s reckless abandon, coupled with precision and technique. a hockey metaphor, perhaps? ah, the hell with it. ooh, look, sausages. you wouldn t accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don t. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. flonase. yeah! (butch growls at man). he s looking at me right now, isn t he? yup. (butch barks at man) butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. (laughs) (vo) you can never have too many faithful companions.