From Quebec City to Calgary

Our last night in Quebec City was spent at L'affaire est ketchup, a tiny fabulous restaurant outside of the old city and we struck up a conversation with the two diners at the next table. One of them happened to be John Robarts, Operation Manager for the Creative Restaurants chain and we held on to his contact info in the off-chance that we might visit Calgary someday. Well, that day arrived and off we went to the mountains! With 5 restaurants to choose from, we were spoiled for choice; after a conversation with John and a quick scan of the menu, we zeroed in on Posto Pizzeria & Bar. The space is contemporary and warm with an open kitchen (love, love, love). I don't say this quite often, but everything on the menu sounded delicious from the goose prosciutto to the turducken meatballs - argh, I wish we had a bigger party or, better yet, I wish I had a bigger stomach! After a few drinks, we narrowed down the list to one pasta and two pizzas. The first pizza was significantly meat heavy with sausage, salami, smoked pancetta and calabrese.

Not being a huge fan of meat-heavy pizzas, this was surprisingly not as salty but, unfortunately, a bit basic and I couldn't distinguish all the meat from each other. Thankfully, the next one was outstanding. I present, the chicken, almond pesto, goat cheese and red pepper pizza.

I loved this one; it was so flavourful and the smokiness of the wood-burning oven with the chicken was just stellar. It was light and tangy and took me back to summer. Finally, for the pasta, we chose the black pepper linguine with mussels, leeks, tomato, proscuitto and chilli.

Mamma mia! This one's got a kick to it that will linger on your lips. Thankfully, the chilli doesn't overpower the delicate mussels and adds a little extra bite to the broth. One thing I wish we had on the table was some bread, so I could soak up all that extra goodness on the bottom of the bowl. If it was socially acceptable to drink from the bowl, I would have been on it!

I didn't think Calgary had a food scene on arriving there, but Posto definitely made be a believer. See you soon Calgary!