'Doin' without' is not my modus operandi...
We just had a FABULOUS 'lunch' (2 PM) at the a hotel called Palais Royale (just outside of the gates to 'old town' (a UNESCO World Heritage site, btw) in their main dining area: she had beef tartare and I had salmonn tartare for openers and then she had crab stuffed mushrooms in a cheese sauce while I had their famous fish chowder (smoked salmon, very large shrimp, 3 clams, 3 mussles, 2 other fish pieces in a fantastic sauce) all washed down with a 2008 Pouilley-Fuisse. Linen, china, silver, proper glasses... - for lunch!
Now we'll walk it off before catching an evening of Cirque de Soleil and another light show - hot summer night on the weekend.
Oh yeah, the mushroom dish was $7, both tartares about $11 each and the chowder $14. The wine was $62 but Quebec has the highest liquor prices in North America...
The quest continues.