662899 Tue Oct 27 23:07:29 -0700 2009 11 22 Quebec (including Montreal) 0 5136486 I'm curious, who makes the best challah in the city? I was spoiled in Vancouver by a small bakery on west 41st run by a chinese couple who made fantastic challah. I am still searching here in Montreal. Tue Oct 27 23:07:29 -0700 2009 259263 bigfellow 1 5136707 There's always the Kosher bakeries on Victoria, in the 6000 address range on down to Jean-Talon. Cheskie seems to be another favourite as well, although I find theirs a bit dry and am much more partial to their rugelach. However, your mentioning that the best you found in Vancouver was made by a Chinese couple leads me to make a heretical suggestion: Cavallaro (4865 Sherbrooke just west of Victoria). My family has always ordered our challahs there for high holidays, and they are always sold out well before the end of the day whenever I go. Tony, the Italian gentleman who runs the show, just seems to have a knack for creating the most perfect moist, eggy and sweet iteration I've found. Wed Oct 28 05:09:01 -0700 2009 5136486 286430 mtb 1 5136727 Ooohhh, I am a Cheskie's fan. I don't find it dry, as mtb suggests. But that being said I haven't tried mtb's Cavallaro suggestion! Wed Oct 28 05:22:57 -0700 2009 5136486 89969 moh 1 5137083 From last year: Best challah in Montreal and/or Laval? http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/395979 Wed Oct 28 08:03:32 -0700 2009 5136486 10520 carswell 1 5140939 As mentioned in the post that Carswell linked to and to reiterate, I love the braided challah from Atlantique (CDN x Queen Mary). It is on the sweeter side but has a very dense cake-like texture. It reminds me of the challah my bubby used to make on special occasions. Last time I bought one frin Atlantique, it did not make it home and was ripped apart and eaten in big hunks in the car. The also tend to run out early but I believe they bake them daily. Moh ... are you listening? I have eaten Cheskies challah but find that it tends to be a bit too well done for my liking. And the last raisin challah from Cheskies left me wondering where the raisins were! Now Cheskies Russian babka, that's another story.! Thu Oct 29 13:01:46 -0700 2009 5136486 43126 RhondaB 2 5141158 If you're lucky enough to snag a table at Fuchsia on one of the weekends they decide to make Challah for brunch, prepare yourself for yeasted beauty. Recently, a friend and I enjoyed an aubergine ragout over rosemary polenta with a vivid baby greens & purple cabbage salad, accompanied by challah, which emerged from the kitchen in an arm-length towel-wrapped basket for diners to tug steamy chunks from. Memorable, though made problematic by two factors: 1) the challah isn't produced (as far as I know) on a schedule, so you can't plan to get it, and 2) since it's a communal loaf making the rounds of the café, you can't just sit and eat the whole loaf, which is, of course, what we all wish to do. Thu Oct 29 14:18:27 -0700 2009 5140939 226731 julius_ii 3 5141392 Adress or website? Thu Oct 29 15:44:15 -0700 2009 5141158 228296 williej 4 5141907 Here's their site: http://www.epiceriefleur.com/ They spell it "Fuchsia." Thu Oct 29 19:45:40 -0700 2009 5141392 66614 kpzoo 1 5145406 Bought my challah at Cheskie's this week. Very nice. Sat Oct 31 13:04:31 -0700 2009 5136486 259263 bigfellow 1 5145585 My mother buys them raw and frozen from Loblaws, metro or IGA. (i think the kosher bakeries also sell them like that) defrost them, let them rise and bake them yourself. AMAZING!!!! My brother in law jokes it's the reason he converted to judaism. Sat Oct 31 14:41:51 -0700 2009 5136486 1120697 Bexmtl 1 5146831 A Cheskie's challah is, in my opinion, a different animal. I wouldn't compare it to others in the city simply because it's so different, but good in its own way. People who like it, love it. For a more "conventional", if you will, challah, I agree that Cavallaro makes a very nice one. The only issue I have is with their reservation procedure, which leaves something to be desired. I've "reserved" a challah on several occasions to show up and discover they either never put it aside or gave it away. The fact that they simply put a post-it with the person's name on it means that anyone can simply come in, read the name and say, I'm so-in-so and take it. It seems an silly complaint for something like bread, but anyone who knows about Friday night challahs knows that they run out! If you're going to take reservations for bread, then you should have a better system in my view. Sun Nov 01 09:39:44 -0800 2009 5136486 290885 berbatov 1 5149617 Kosher Quality on Victoria. By far the best. Mon Nov 02 12:01:06 -0800 2009 5136486 1111880 lovescone