MONTREAL!

Night One -- The Beaver Club (c.1785).  Pure elegance. A cart of chilled champagne and a menu that sings the praises and flavours of Canada and Quebec.  This is the experience of true dining with an eye to the future --foams and intensely concentrated flavours - and an eye to the best of the magnificent classic past...flambées and cloud-like soufflés (mine was lime with a crunch of sugar that coated the baking dish.  So delicate that it quivered).  The beauty of this extraordinary mirrored and richly paneled room, is that with the masterful guidance of the brilliant Michel Busch -- it works!  The crystal is crystal...the silver is silver....the service cannot get better.  Anyone who wants to understand gastronomy must visit this dining room at least once in a lifetime.