The menu offers several cuts of Alberta-raised beef, which is tender and tasty. Our six-ounce filet came with a choice of two sauces, and the garlic mashed potatoes and side dish of creamed spinach made it as satisfying as it was delectable. Perfectly- cooked salmon was imaginatively prepared with persimmons.
Dessert presented multiple temptations, and we fixated on the moist sticky toffee cake. Canadian ice wine, produced in the Niagara region (compare prices), helped to end the meal on a sweet note.
The Fairmont Chateau Laurier is also home to Zoe’s, an elegant room where traditional afternoon tea has been expanded to include menus for both Canadian High Tea and Champagne tea. All can be accompanied by strawberry jam, freshly baked scones, and Devonshire cream.
Note: Zoe was the wife of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and the two eateries are a tribute to the couples’ own romance.
