Charlevois is an area renowned for food extraordinaire. This sure was true at the Chatêau Richelieu in LaMalbaie, apparently named by Samuel de Champlain, presumably for the state of the bay at low tide, but take that idea from a flatlander with a grain of salt. I can imagine landing in the bay at high tide and not being about to leave at low, but I suspect mariners wouldn't make that mistake, and the ice might have more to do with the real story. All that to say, we ate VERY well at the hotel, with lots of local products - cheese, bread, strawberries. There were oodles of places to eat, but on a nice evening, the terrace could not be beat, and this is where we saw our very first Beluga whale on our very first morning there!
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| Cheese platter to share |
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| Way to much to share with one kid who only likes bread, but she did try two cheeses and ate the plain crackers |
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| Cavatappi pasta with garlic bread. It was yummy, but with the baby onions and the blue cheese, I ate way too much on this "shared" (unevenly) meal. I can't wait till my daughter develops a more complex palette! |
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| Perfect pyramid shape on a base of white chocolate and a simple presentation |
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| French toast with red pineapple, strawberry coloured with whipped cream that was supposed to fizz but was all fizzed out. Still, a generous french toast. |
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| Porridge and fixings - raisins, brown sugar and maple syrup. |
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| Fire pit viewed from the terrace. Great views but you can't climb down to the water unless you leave the property by road. Roasting marshmallows was a fun evening tradition. |
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| View up to the hotel. There were 3 pools and 2 spas! |
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| Coat of arms for the property |
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| The down-to-earth Malbaie. Bread and cheese two ways at our local haunt Chez Ginette |
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| Nothing like ice cream in the summer! |
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| Malbaie's bridge. The train and tourist town is here, just below the Fairmont, by road. Colder than it looks! |
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