Dining in Quebec City: Days 1 and 2
During a recent trip to Quebec City, I tried some of the most unique dishes I’ve ever tasted. We wanted our dining in Quebec City to focus on places that served authentic meals. The food was not only beautifully presented but also tasted amazing.
Dining in Quebec City
Aux Anciens Canadiens
On our first night, we dined at the historic Maison Jacquet, the oldest house in Quebec, built in 1675-76. Since 1966, it has been home to the restaurant Aux Anciens Canadiens.
They offer daily specials from 11:30 to 5:00. I chose the Table d’hôte menu, which came with a glass of wine, pea soup, Grand-mère and Grandma’s Treat. That included Quebec meat pie with fruit ketchup, meatball ragout, baked beans, vegetables, and a slice of maple syrup pie.
Pub Britannique Dorsay
We were craving mussels for lunch, and Pub Britannique Dorsay was perfect. There were other options, but we went for the mussels in blue cheese sauce. Neither of us had tried them like this before, and now we want to learn how to make them at home. They came in a fun mussel pot (I’d love to get one) with a side of French fries. I do wish we’d had some bread to soak up the extra blue cheese at the bottom, but that might have been too much. We finished with cappuccinos, which was a nice touch.
Sagamité
For dinner, we went to Sagamité, which offers a First Nations dining experience. After seeing it at another table, we ordered the Yatista, their signature dish. The set dinner comes with meats soaked in whiskey and hung from a small metal stand, then set on fire right at your table. It also included venison puff pastry, Sagamité soup or warm duck salad (we tried both), vegetables, a tasty potato side, maple pie, and coffee. We picked the Potence of the Three Antlers, which had deer, elk, and bison. It was a truly unique meal.
That was a lot of food for just a day and a half. There is so much more to share.
