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| - I think that it's really vital to have the real, expérience d'antan, olde-timey rolicking fun of a cabane à sucre if you live in Québec and especially if you are not from around here. Now, there's the classic, middle-of-the-woods, magical winter wonderland book-it-half-a-year-in-advance kind, and then there's the roadside dive, which has all the traditional food, but is somewhat lacking in atmosphere. This is the latter variety, but I still think it's a great way to get acquainted with the quintessentially québécois pastime.
The food was fine. (I mean, smother anything in real maple syrup and you have a delicious meal.) You buy a meal ticket and then eat whatever the plat du jour is, family style. We ate a gigantic omelette with sausages and ham with boiled potatoes, coleslaw, beans, and many pickled things for accent. I have to say, the service was great. Everyone was really friendly and attentive.
So you can also go on a short horse carriage ride through the woods, which we had to do because it started snowing big puffy flakes right when we finished our meal. And there's also the tire d'érable (maple taffy made in the snow). There also seem to be a lot of other activities for kids, but, not having a kid, we didn't make it to any of those. This place is on the site of an old (currently working?) farm, so there seemed to be a lot of "d'antan" type fun.
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