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Avinash @aczoom.com · 13h

At Bulk Barn, #Montreal #Food. Sponge toffee covered in chocolate. Yummy!
In French: Morceaux de tire-éponge avec enrobage chocolaté.

Yes, they have healthy stuff too - nuts roasted, salted, unsalted, and milk and dark chocolate items.

"Morceaux de tire-éponge avec enrobage chocolaté" from Bulk Barn.
Sponge toffee covered in milk chocolate.

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Avinash @aczoom.com · 18h

Excellent kebabs. On bread, on salad, or with rice.
KBF (Kebab Burger et Frites)
1863 Saint-Catherine St W, #Montreal #Food

KBF (Kebab Burger et Frites) outside view on Ste Catherine.

KBF (Kebab Burger et Frites)
Sunny side salad with one brochette flame grilled beef kebab.

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Avinash @aczoom.com · 18h

Chaiiwala of London in Montreal. Indian street food. Good stuff. Slightly unique take on items, still pretty good.
1828 Saint-Catherine St W, Montreal.

Chaiiwala, Montreal, outside view on Ste Catherine.

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Avinash @aczoom.com · Jun 30

#Brooklyn Ace's Pizza. Yes, this is Pan Pizza and in #NYC! Nice thick crust. Mushroom pizza, size small. Side of ranch sauce. Near Bedford Ave L Train station.

Ace's Pizza. Mushroom Pan Pizza, size small. Side or ranch sauce.

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Avinash @aczoom.com · May 30

Monteiro. Piri Piri grilled chicken. Great with their extremely spicy sauce. On rice or on poutine. #montreal. Jean Talon and a bunch of other locations. monteirogrill.com/en

Bol Express. Piri Piri chicken on rice and veggies.

Poutine Express: Piri Piri grilled cheese on poutine.

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Avinash @aczoom.com · May 30

Jardins Gamelin music evenings is on. Until June 30. #montreal

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Avinash @aczoom.com · May 29

Two decades of eating this dish and it still wows. Chiche Kebab Terbialy at Le Petit Alep, Jean Talon, #Montreal.
Lemony spicy sauce on the grilled pita, medium-rare cooked beef on skewer, with a grilled onions.
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Dish: Chiche Kebab Terbialy. Le Petit Alep, Jean Talon, Montreal.

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Avinash @aczoom.com · May 29

Excellent hot chocolate. Juliette & Chocolat, Jean Talon, #Montreal. 2025 menu snippet. 55% is a good milk + dark chocolate ratio.
Menu item: Chocolat chaud à l'ancienne - Grandma's Style - "velvety thick hot chocolate"
Their web site: julietteetchocolat.com/en

Grandma's style. Velvety thick hot chocolate. $8

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Avinash @aczoom.com · May 28

My favorite #Montreal food. Poutine and Chicken Shawarma. Something I can eat every day I vacation here.
Two fast food joints both on same block that serve great versions of both:
La Belle Province for Poutine.
Boustan for Chicken Shawarma Sandwich.
Rue Ste Catherine corner of Boul St Laurent.

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Avinash @aczoom.com · May 28

#montreal bike trails. Route Verte 1 and Route Verte 3 sections.

Avinash @aczoom.com · May 27

That is the period when festival season is over, so somewhat quiet. I would recommend searching on the web for activities that interest you and then picking from there. From exploring neighborhoods, to walking, biking, etc many choices. Parks, walk or bike along the Lachine Canal, Jean-Talon market

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Avinash @aczoom.com · May 26

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3+hr nice bike ride on two bridges in Montreal. Pont Champlain and Jacques-Cartier.
From Montreal to Brossard and Longueuil and back to Montreal. Nice easy ride only complication is extreme difficult in getting to start of Pont Champlain bike path starting point.

Biking on Pont Champlain and Jacques-Cartier Bridges - ACZoom

Took me 3 hr 15 minutes for this bike ride. From Lionel-Groulx metro to Pont Champlain and then from Brossard to Longueuil and then on Jacques-Cartier Bridge back to Montreal and up to Petite-Italie M...

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Avinash @aczoom.com · Mar 24

Alps are melting? For now, still good skiing. This year first week of March was good at Avoriaz and Morzine too. Just 90 minutes from Geneva so easier to get to from an airport.
#skiing #Geneva #Avoriaz #Morzine

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Geneva, Morzine, Avoriaz - ACZoom

Alps are melting. So far, still good. First week of March in 2025 was still good skiing even at lower elevations where the sides of trails was all bare grass. The temperature was above freezing even a...

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Avinash @aczoom.com · Mar 23

Winter is best season and Montreal shows it off well. Today (2024-April), even on its way out it iced and felled trees and branches in #Montreal!

Avinash @aczoom.com · Mar 23

aczoom.com/travel/montr... #Montreal #Estacade #Champlain is a great ride at night too. Just be aware there will be lots of bugs. And some nights, like in the movie Birds, lots of birds on the bridge (scary, but was fine in the end).
2022-July

Avinash @aczoom.com · Mar 23

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Nice bike ride from Verdun Montreal to Estacade du Pont Champlain via Nun's Island and back. Anywhere from 11km to 30km.
2022-July

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Avinash @aczoom.com · Mar 23

Picture 2: G&D Marche (Chinatown) Banana Cream Biscuits. Schwartz's Mustard. MTL Jazz Fest giveway water.

Avinash @aczoom.com · Mar 23

Picture 1: Montreal Schwartz's sandwich,
Thali Cuisine Indienne samosas, St Viateur sesame bagels, Sweet Lee's brioche erable, Kouign Amann pastries, Bulk Barn honey peanuts, Croissants. Water bottle is 2021 Jazz Fest freebie.

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Avinash @aczoom.com · Mar 23

From Montreal, food to take back to the US!
Requires shopping the morning of the day before as well as a late night run on Metro, Bixi, Bus. Primarily for Kouign Amann pastry, Schwartz's smoked meat sandwich, St Viateur Bagels, and croissants from almost any place. 2021-July

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Avinash @aczoom.com · Mar 23

BOSSA Prêt-à-manger
Chicken Parm Sandwich, A+! Tangy tomato sauce, and hot peppers for occasional kick.
4354 Wellington St, Verdun, Montreal
2021-September.

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Avinash @aczoom.com · Mar 23

Weekend in LIC, Astoria, NYC. Fresh sugarcane juice from Steinway St @ Broadway vendor. 100ml of Bacardi White Rum. Mint leaves. Fizzy water. Mojito!
Bites: Mama's Empanadas, Steinway St. Biagra (shrimp, crab). Greek (Feta, Spinach). Wheat, fried.
Good stuff, happy July 4th 2020.

Avinash @aczoom.com · Mar 23

Poem seen in N Train to Astoria.
Faithful Forest - Alberto Ríos - poets.org/poem/faithfu...
Leaves. Wind. Bare branches. Shapes. Ideas. Saw horses.

2020-July.

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Avinash @aczoom.com · Mar 23

2019-December. A Dazzling World of Lights by Cavalia #Illumi.
Laval, Quebec. Tickets $30 each. Very well attended, but well managed show - restrooms, warming areas, parking. Very cold though -9C feels like on Sun night.
#Montreal #Laval

Avinash @aczoom.com · Mar 23

10 km from Montreal, accessible on the bike trail, is this large Parc Rene-Levesque. Worth visiting to see the sculptures, for the adjacent Lachine canal Historic site, and a couple of museums.
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Lachine Parc Rene-Levesque - ACZoom

Parc René-Lévesque, Chemin du Canal, Lachine, QC, Canada Parc René-Lévesque, Chemin du Canal, Lachine, QC, Canada Around 10 km from Montreal, in Lachine, is this huge park. Actually a couple of parks,...

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Avinash @aczoom.com · Mar 23

Places I travel to and food. Some tech stuff.
Mostly: #Montreal and #NewYork.
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Winter snow Montreal Place des Festivals

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