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These restaurants and catering services offer gourmet menus with which you can fully enjoy a good time with family or friends, without the pleasure of dining being compromised, quite the contrary!
Montreal
Extra menu
Known for their ready-to-cook gourmet meals, Chef Francis Blais and the Menu Extra brigade present their Christmas feast, which features sarcophagus partridge, inspired by the French classic sarcophagus quail. Boneless, the partridge is stuffed with pheasant, duck breast and trumpets of death and cooked in puff pastry. It is served with a partridge jus with holiday spices. Everything is accompanied by mashed potatoes, beet and goat cheese salad and cake sticky toffee with black Jerusalem artichoke. It costs $130 for a meal for two people.
The bread beast
Faithful to the appointment, the Montreal and Laval branches of La bête à pain are once again offering to cook their holiday classics for you. In addition to their generous tourtière, which some would rather call a meat pâté, note the seafood gratin, the cassoulet and the gratin dauphinois with black truffle. At the charcuterie counter, a fine selection of local products are offered, such as the Porc-Épique terrine with rabbit and pistachio. Unsurprisingly, you can also get one of their three delicious logs: the Royale, the Nutcracker and the Exotic Cheesecake.
Quebec
Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
Whether for an intimate meal of 4 people or a large table of 20 people, the renowned hotel presents Le Château at home. Among holiday menus worthy of its reputation, it is possible to choose between turkey, beef Wellington and a lamb crown. Each menu includes soup, accompanying vegetables, gratin dauphinois and a log. From $200.
La Tanière Group
New member of the Relais & Châteaux network, Tanière3 is a flagship address for Quebec haute cuisine. To enjoy the creations of chef François-Emmanuel Nicol and his talented brigade, you can get your hands on a game or vegan pie, or opt for the whole thing, the gourmet Christmas menu for two or four people. It includes three canapes, two starters and beef Wellington as a main course, in addition to the maple log and forest cream. From $195 for the full menu.
Gatineau
The Flavoreux
This catering service, known for its grocery store and its gourmet weekly menus, offers a three-course holiday menu. The customer has a choice of three main dishes, including a vegan option and two gluten-free options. You can also order ready-to-eat dishes à la carte, such as appetizers, including macaroni and cheese bites and mini pogos with Emmental and maple ketchup. From $40.95 per person.
The marriageable woman and Co.
For a gourmet version of the holiday meal, the La Femme à Marriage et C catering serviceie offers a menu for four people. The choice of proteins includes a stuffed turkey breast with the famous homemade brown sauce, a prosciutto and pesto pork roulade and a squash roast as a vegan dish. The chosen option comes with traditional accompaniments, such as cranberry sauce, stuffing, rolls as well as three vegetable dishes. It costs $175 for the full menu.
ODDO House
To impress the gallery with an unusual sweet treat, the Maison ODDO patisserie has everything to please. In addition to its essential Christmas logs, its German-inspired fruit cake and its collection of holiday cookies, there are also delicious savory dishes. Think of the festive aperitif brioche, the generous chicken pâté or the salmon gravlax flake with dill, a puff pastry garnished with leeks tossed in white wine, marinated red onion and sour cream infused with Malabar pepper.
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