When I travel, I feel compelled to eat at as many different restaurants as I can.  I figure if you're only going to be there temporarily you should try as many different things as you possibly can!  On my recent 3-week business trip to Montr\u00e9al, there were only two restaurants that I visited more than once.  One of them was La Maison De Kebab.\n\nOf course, as others have previously said in one way or another, the meat here is delicious.  Well seasoned and cooked beautifully, the large slab of fillet was plated alongside white and yellow rice and a side salad with a creamy, flavorful dressing.  A random grilled tomato comes along for the ride, although I don't care for tomatoes so that stayed put.  The meal was massive, but fantastic. Photo: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/la-maison-de-kebab-montreal?select=XrjW5AYHYOMHJkywZcEizw#6H2k8BP3eImk5Dx9c9D5Nw\n\nNow as much as I love that meal, I know that I've also experienced other excellent meals in the city.  So why was La Maison De Kebab worthy of that second visit?\n\nOddly enough, lentil soup.\n\nBefore the meal came out on my first visit, I was given a bowl of lentil soup.  I didn't know it was lentil soup at the time, even getting it was a surprise because it wasn't mentioned on the menu as a part of the meal.  There's something special about it though, warming with a great thickness and texture. This tasty soup was topped with a drizzle of yogurt, and in the middle was what seemed to be some sort of mixture of blackened mint and maybe olive oil.  I'm not sure, but it was fragrant and delicious, and it really elevated the soup to something spectacular.  Photo: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/la-maison-de-kebab-montreal?select=XrjW5AYHYOMHJkywZcEizw#uc14oLnZD0l75_9HPClikA\n\nI went back to the loft and didn't stop thinking about that soup for the rest of my visit.  I posted about it on Facebook, attempting to enlist the help of others in determining what type of soup it was so I could try to find it locally when I got home.  I HAD to go back for a second visit, if only to find out what that soup was!\n\nMuch to my dismay, it was \""just\"" lentil soup -- there was no special name that I could refer to in a restaurant back home where they'd reply, \""Oh yes!  We have that exact soup that you are craving!\""  It's the best lentil soup I've ever had, but so much more than lentil soup, and in all likelihood I'll never see another like it until the next time I visit this beautiful city.