Boulangerie Meunerie la Rémy is a bakery and flour mill that Tomiko and I visited along La Route des Saveurs de Charlevoix in the valley of the Gouffre. The bakery uses flour that is made from wheat grown in the Charlevoix area and milled on-site, and the bakery offers a variety of freshly baked goods. The […]
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La Route des Saveurs de Charlevoix
La Route des Saveurs de Charlevoix, or the Charlevoix Flavour Trail, crosses the Charlevoix region of Quebec and brings the traveller to the various food producers in the terroir. When Tomiko and I plotted our Quebec Culinary Adventure, we based our route on how far we could get in the time we had. That meant we […]
Boulangerie Blouin
On the Île d’Orléans, Tomiko and I stopped at the Boulangerie Blouin. We hadn’t planned on stopping, but decided we should buy some bread for our planned lunch with cheese. We had driven by but pulled over as soon as we noticed the bakery sign. Entering the building, we smelled the delicious aroma of freshly-baked bread, and […]
île d’Orléans – The Garden of Quebec
Just 5 km east of downtown Quebec City, the Île d’Orléans is known as the “Garden of Quebec.” Even at the Marché Jean-Talon in Montreal we started seeing fresh fruits and veggies originating from the Île d’Orléans, from tomatoes and potatoes to their famous strawberries. Since we were on a food tour, of course we had […]
Kiku Corner’s Quebec Culinary Adventure
For Kiku Corner’s Quebec Culinary Adventure, Tomiko and I spent six days driving up to and around the province of Quebec, stopping at farms and roadside stalls to taste as much as summer had to offer. Take a look at our route we took through Toronto, Prince Edward County, Montreal, Quebec City, Tadoussac, and Ottawa, and […]