We do like to treat ourselves on holiday. The small town of Tadoussac has a selection of restaurants and cafes. We checked out a few menus and liked the look of the one at Chez Mathilde. There was not a lot of choice, but they had five course tasting menus with a choice of meat, seafood or veggie.
It is not a huge place and not at all formal. We had booked,b so they had a table for us. A piano and double bass duo were playing jazz tunes. We both went for the veggie meal. You could have a different wine with each course, but we just had a bottle of local white.
The servers were very good and described each course as they brought it out. They even lined up the plates in a specific way. We started with a cashew terrine with a filo crust and green onion sauce. I will not remember all the details, but it was all good.
Next was a cauliflower risotto with what they described as a bee pollen sauce with hazelnuts. That was beautifully sweet.
Then we had beetroot in a creamy sauce. I do not know how they prepared it, but I had not had beetroot like this before. It just fell apart at the touch of the fork. The sauce was great.
My favourite was this lion's mane mushroom in a mushroom sauce with cranberries.
Dessert was an apple sorbet with apple sauce and popcorn that ended the meal nicely. They paced it nicely without rushing us. I think they expected us to be there all night
There was a couple from Montreal on the next table and we chatted with them. They had been before and said it was the best restaurant in town. Of course this was not cheap, but you could probably pay more in a big city.
Pur next day was nice with a walk around the bay in lovely weather. We went in the marine mammal centre where they have a cool collection of skeletons.
Lunch was at the fast food hut operated by the restaurant. I had their fish and chips. That was nice too.
