Quebec finds its footing as a culinary powerhouse – Montreal Gazette

Nov 06, 2024

Using mostly regional ingredients, the province’s food scene is flourishing as chefs break out of the mould of traditional dining.

It was already a remarkable experience, having to enter a code into an old stone wall down a quiet alley by the port. When granted entry, we made our way through a cavernous vaulted cellar dating back to 1686. Seated in white leather chairs in the heart of the kitchen, chefs buzzed around, some cooking and others plating with a variety of made and natural objects like stones and twigs.

Dinners at Taniere3 are planned to showcase a region and, this night, it was the ‘wastelands’ around Quebec City. That wasn’t exactly what we had in mind as we headed to the celebrated eatery a stone’s throw from the St. Lawrence River.

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