Ok, I'm off in twenty minutes. Anyone been - I'm there till Wednesday - any advice on places of interest and good restaurants? I've been told to get "crepes with meat in them" which coincidentally I made last week. Other than that - I've no idea how to pass the time. I'm taking my camera and laptop so here's hoping I can actually get some advice when I get there.
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Don't eat that curd crap they put on chips. Poutine I think it's called.
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I have no idea where you're going in Quebec Bungle, but if you're going to Montreal you should go to L'Express on St. Denis. A top notch Paris-style brasserie. Also like La Boheme on the same street more of a cozy resto.
There's a chain dotted around Montreal called Bieres et Compagnie which, as the name suggests has wonderful beers from around the world and excellent mussels and other French dishes
http//www.bieresetcompagnie.ca/
Schwartz's on St. Laurent is absolutely compulsory for Montreal smoked meat and looks like something out of the 1940s. It's the best smoked meat (what the British would call salt beef) I've ever had served by chatty old school guys.
Montrealers also reckon their bagels are the best in the world. It's well worth visiting St-Viateur Bagel located at 263 St. Viateur in order to stock up on bagels and watch the guys their shove the bagels into flaming ovens in the same way they've been doing for decades. They don't do silly blueberry bagels - just sesame seed or plain.
If however you're going to Quebec City. I've only been once and I was working all the time.
Quebec cider is very good, their beers are excellent, similar to Belgian beer and their pies are also nop notch.
Dining in Quebec City can be somewhat hit and miss, but the best place we went to was called the Cochon.. something, can't remember the full name, but if you go down the steps (or the lift!) straight down from the Chateau Frontenac hotel, and then go down to the street right at the front, it's a bustling cafe style place but very very nice, v reasonable prices and great homemade desserts.
The other real treat is the bar in the Chateau Frontenac, windows overlooking the square, sadly for us we couldn't go in - no kids allowed.
Sight-wise, it's just a very nice place to walk around really. There's lots of street entertainment near the Frontenac, and a walk along the walls is very nice. The Montmerency falls (prob spelt it wrong) are worth a visit, you would need your car for that.Hope you have a nice time, it's a lovely city.