Take a Look at This Past Weekend’s M. Wells Pop-up in Montreal
As we told you they would be, Hugue Dufour, Sarah Obraitis, and the rest of the M. Wells team were in Quebec over the weekend, throwing a hockey night feast with Montreal Mexican food truck specialists Grumman ‘78 at the latter’s HQ. Why collaborate with a food truck? Marc-André Leclerc and Gaelle Cerf, two of Grumman’s owners, worked as chef de cuisine and general manager, respectively, at Montreal’s celebrated Au Pied de Cochon, where chef Dufour once served as sous chef. Photographer Huge Galdones was at the event and sent along some shots, and from the look of things, the menu was as all-over-the-place as the one at M. Wells used to be. Among the selections: salmon crudo, tripe soup, buffalo chicken, smoked mussels, and a tamale that Galdones told us “tasted like Thanksgiving.” Sounds eclectic! It all just makes us wonder where and when M. Wells will be making its triumphant return to Long Island City.
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The kitchen, pre-service.
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Inside Grumman '78 HQ.
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Generous servings of Quebecois-style smoked mussels.
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Curried deviled eggs with breaded escargots.
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Smoked mussels.
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Tripe and clam soup.
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The M. Wells and Grumman '78 crews plate the fennel salad with salmon crudo.
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Chef Hugue Dufour (middle-left), Sarah Obraitis (right), and the M. Wells team.
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Fennel salad topped with Asian-inspired salmon crudo, sesame oil, tempura bits, and spicy mayonnaise.
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones/Huge Galdones/Gald...Fennel salad topped with Asian-inspired salmon crudo, sesame oil, tempura bits, and spicy mayonnaise.
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones/Huge Galdones/Galdones Photography 2011
Dufour plates taramosalata and eggplant-olive salad.
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Over 100 people showed up to take in a Candiens game and eat.
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A Canadiens hockey game demands buffalo wings.
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The M. Wells team plating up some chicken meatballs.
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More chicken meatballs.
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Plating the tamales.
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"Tourtière tamale": ground pork and spices with gravy and plum sauce.
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones/Huge Galdones/Galdones Photograp..."Tourtière tamale": ground pork and spices with gravy and plum sauce.
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones/Huge Galdones/Galdones Photography 2011
Running the tamales.
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Cumin-rubbed lamb spare ribs with sesame and cilantro salad.
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Whoopie pies! Pumpkin-cream-cheese and Black Forest cake were available.
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones/Huge Galdones/Galdones Photography 2011