For summer 2007, our chefs are offering a gourmet escape that spans centuries and continents. We sifted through over 300 years of culinary history to prepare a menu that highlights Charlevoix & Quebec’s mouth-watering products in an assortment of flavours from here and abroad and tastes from the present & bygone eras.
Bon appétit!
Charlevoix emu tartar prepared New Zealand-style with volcanic salt & aged cheddar shavings
Charlevoix lamb moussaka with cumin, bread crust, tomato & olive conserve
Blue cheese mousseline with snails and oyster mushrooms in a salad
Calf sweetbread in puff pastry with forest sprouts
Selection of smoked products and their condiments $6
Our Foie Gras Specialties
Terrine & torchon foie gras duo, late harvest wine jelly $6
(from recipes used by Jean Paul Clause, the Maréchal de Contades et de Doyen’s chef, Alsace, circa 1780)
Pan-fried foie gras, fig marinated in spiced wine $7
Soup of the day
Lobster bisque
Garden salad
The Inn’s granité
Calvados Boulard $5
Calvados Boulard XO $6
I fell into an apple-fuelled stupor $7
Charlevoix-raised veal, prepared à la Orloff
(inspired by a recipe written for Catherine the Great of Russia, circa 1760)
Wall-eyed pike fillet with almonds
Marsala & maple filet mignon of western beef, blue cheese fondant
Rib of deer with a hint of port wine & cocoa
Small roast of country lamb with garlic flowers, tomatoes & herbs à la Provençale
Fisherman’s platter & lobster cooked in a court-bouillon
Oriental shrimp mikado, acidic peanuts, ginger and roasted garlic $6
Caribou rib à la Grand Veneur, pine jelly $9
Quail in a sarcophagus, truffled foie gras & morel mushrooms $11
(from the film “Le festin de Babette”. The recipe was displayed at Le Café Anglais restaurant in Paris circa 1860)
Small platter of fine cheeses $7.50
Large wheel of St-Uguzon cheese with homemade bread $12.50
Dish of fruit in season, your choice
Banana & goat cheese tart
Maple dunette
Chocolate profiteroles
Double chocolate fondant $3
Table d'hôte
( 52$ )
Our table d'hôte is a 5 course menu that allows you to choose a dish from the Prelude, a dish from The Kitchen Kettle, a Glass of Spirits, the main course from The Inn’s Signature Dishes or Large Gourmet Meals and our choice of dessert & coffee. Certain surcharges apply (indicated in parentheses).
For smaller appetites, an A la carte menu is also available. Ask your waiter.
The Inn’s staff wishes you an excellent meal!
**Taxes and service charges are automatically included in the bill.
