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QUEBEC
CITY - EATING |
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It is when you start eating
in Quebec City that the French
ancestry of the Québécois hits all
the senses: the eateries of the city
present an array of culinary
delights adopted from the mother
country, from beautifully presented
gourmet dishes to humble baguettes.
Whether you are on a tight budget
or not, Quebec's lively cafes
are probably where you will want to
spend your time, washing down bowls
of soup and croutons (toasted
baguettes dripping with cheese) with
plenty of coffee. Decked out in a
variety of decors, traditional to
stylish, they are always buzzing
with activity, as students and
workers drop in throughout the day.
As you might expect, Vieux-Quebec
is home to most of the gourmet restaurants
and cafés, but other areas -
notably along rue St-Jean (quirky
and cheaper) and Grande-Allée
(generally touristy and expensive),
just outside the city walls - have
their fair share. Your best bet for
good-value mid-price restaurants is
to head for avenue Cartier near the
Musée du Quebec, with its numerous
terrace-fronted restaurants.
Snacks and
cafes
A.L. Van Houtte , 995 Place
D'Youville. Reliable chain with
sandwiches and salads until 11pm.
Internet access for $6 per hour.
Bistro St-Jean , 481 rue St-Jean.
Cafe/restaurant that serves late
breakfasts and decent hamburgers.
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Restaurants
In Quebec's finer restaurants
high-quality French cuisine is
easy to come by and, although
prices tend to be rather high,
even the poshest restaurants have
cheaper lunch-time and table d'hôte
menus. For a change of taste, the
dishes of other countries are also
represented, including Italian,
Greek, Swiss and Thai - as well as
the good old hamburger. Strangely
though, typical French-Canadian
cooking - game with sweet sauces
followed by simple desserts with
lashings of maple syrup - is
available at very few places in
town, although the many cabanes
à sucre on Île d'Orléans
offer typical meals to tourists.
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