The French Alps have recently emerged as a gastronomic destination on par with Burgundy and Provence. Many people now travel to the region purely to enjoy its outstanding and inventive restaurants. In fact, in the recently released 2012 Michelin Guide to France, the only new three-star restaurant is chef Emmanuel Renaut's superb Flocons de Sel in Megeve.
There was a time when dining in Montreal inevitably meant eating French. Nowadays, the restaurant scene is more cosmopolitan, but fine French food is still to be found in abundance.