We Spent Our Sunday Eating Delicious Sugar Shack Food At Chef À l’Érable #cheferable

Spending an afternoon at a Sugar Shack or Cabane à Sucre is a longstanding tradition in Quebec and many of them are family owned and have been operating for generations. The shacks serve maple syrup complimented dishes and visitors can leave with the sweet sap to enjoy at home. If you’re too busy to leave the city, you can visit Scena in the Old Port of Montréal from March 11th to April 17th for a Sugar Shack like no other.

For a third consecutive year, Un Chef à l’Érable and Laurent Godbout, renowned chef-owner of restaurant Chez l’Épicier, has been entrusted once again with the task of developing a unique menu recalling the traditions of the sugaring off season. Yesterday, we enjoyed a diverse menu that featured dishes from around the world but that has been injected with the sweet and savoury tastes of traditional sugar shack dishes.

To make a reservation head over to Scena.

Here is the menu:

1st course:
Maple syrup won ton soup.
Sweet n’ spicy pork rind.

2nd course:
Oysters baked with maple sugar, dijon, and old cheddar.
Devilled eggs, salmon smoked over maple wood and salmon caviar marinated in champagne.
Smoked meat egg rolls, caramelized squash, labneh, quinoa, herbs and olive oil.

3rd course:
Cauliflower with maple sausage.
Braised pork cheeks, green beans, pecans and feta.
Bison back ribs with meat pie spices on creamy polenta.

4th course:
Giant fortune cookie.
Maple meringue sticks.
Bombolone maple-yuzu.
“Creclair” with praline cream and maple.

5th course:
Classic maple taffy over iced milk.