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Stops on the gastronomic trails in Charlevoix: Quebec's Area of fine foods. TRAVELADY MAGAZINE 2008 April
|  Stops On The Gastronomic Trail In Charlevoix:
Quebec’s Area Of Fine Foods
by Habeeb Salloum
In the past I had travelled to Charlevoix, some one and a half hours drive east of Quebec City, but in the ensuing years had always yearned to return to this region, noted for its fine foods. A rich farming and tourist area with an enticing mountain and river landscape, inviting fiords, islands, lakes, parks and wilderness, it contains within its borders charming villages and rustic farms. As well the many tourist establishments such as art galleries, museums, quaint inns and restaurants combine to dazzle and delight visitors. Above all this region with some 30,000 inhabitants is noted for its organic foods offered locally to the some 800,000 annual tourists by its hospitable inhabitants.
Located in the heart of Baie-Saint-Paul this tiny 14 room Victorian abode oozes a friendly atmosphere made possible by its pleasant owners Evelyne Trmblay and Robert Arsenault. In its gourmet restaurant we dined on some of the finest dishes in the region made possible by its excellent chef Hank Suzuki who has a passion for preparing dishes from prime local ingredients with an exotic Japanese touch. The gracious and charming Evelyne who had lived for some time in Japan had learned to appreciate Japanese food and now her chef is imparting bits of Japanese cooking to visitors dining in this little gem of an inn in tourist-friendly Charlevoix.
The saying that ‘staying in one of Charlevoix’s quaint inns hid amid the beauty of nature is like drinking all evening without a morning hangover’ is truly exemplified by this quaint inn.
Copyright 1995-2008 TravelLady Magazine
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