Winners of the Gastronomic Tourism prize at the last Lauriers de la Gastronomie gala, Didier Lortie and Édith Foliot, co-owners of Maison de Soma, in Mont-Tremblant, are on cloud nine because their project, launched a year ago barely, received this recognition from the industry.
The magnificent place, which is both an agricultural producer which transforms its own products (tomatoes and hot peppers in a greenhouse, among other things, but many projects to come on this immense land of 240 hectares, including an orchard which should give its fruit within a few seasons for cider production), a culinary laboratory and a country gourmet restaurant, pursues the same mission, namely a sustainable food model focused on proximity. To taste its full potential, there is the tasting menu, served in the evening, where culinary exploration and creativity are on the menu.
But for a more relaxed option, with the family, during the summer, it’s the return of the refreshment bar in the fields, until October. Everything comes in the form of delicious picnic boxes, whose amalgamations of flavors give a fairly convincing taste of what this table has to offer.
In a four-course formula, seated at a picnic table offering a view of the bucolic environment, we enjoyed an inventive veggie roll – cubes of kohlrabi, lacto-fermented shiitake, smoked daikon, lovage –, a refreshing sweet and sour cucumber salad with fire-roasted oyster mushroom and an incredible yogurt cake with fir syrup and strawberry compote.
The children are not left out, with the hot dog with homemade pork & honey sausage and some simplified accompaniments. With a house cocktail, a glass of natural wine or a cold beer, it’s great!
Wednesday to Sunday, reservation required
380, chemin Paquette, Mont-Tremblant
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