We think the food is as good as Paris or NYC. Last night we ate at Restaurant Initiale where it took us three hours to get through the tasting menu with the wine pairings. I could eat there once a week. The restaurant is in the old city, on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. On the top of the riverside cliff is the upper city a few hundred feet above the river and where the Chateau Frontenac, our hotel, is sited. We walked down to the restaurant and then back up to burn off a few of the ingested calories.
Today we walked around the lower city and had dinner after an après-midi nap, at Restaurant Legende, another extraordinary place. We again walked down to the restaurant and back up after the dinner event.
We drove up from VT, a four-hour trip with light traffic, on Tuesday. We had a small T-storm on the way. The dogs are vacationing in Orford, NH. We go back on Friday. More exploring tomorrow and another super meal at Ixpour Bistro.
Le Chateau Frontenac claims it is the most photographed hotel in the world. It is definitely unique.
The Quebec skyline is strewn with domes, cupolas, weathervanes, statues and flags.
Umbrella display only missing five dozen Mary Poppins.
Restaurant Initale is worth a journey, as Michelin says, we have eaten here before and made it our first stop this trip. working our way through the tasting menu with the wine pairings was a three hour event, but we walked down and then back up from the lower city to the upper city on the cliff top.
Cathedral-Bascilica.
Champlain statue looks down on street performers.
Restaurant decorated with flower pots. I wonder what else they might sell.
Quebec flag.
Old city church square.
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