L’Affaire est Ketchup.  The sentence is Québecois slang for “cool.”  It is also the name of a a very popular restaurant in Québec City.   Despite being so well-known, l’Affaire est Ketchup was a last minute additional to my Québec dining itinerary.  I had read about it, but it seemed a little passé, over rated, past its prime, the like.  I changed my mind on a whim on the day I left, after I saw it on Anthony Bourdain’s show while waiting for my flight.  I decided then that I should at least try to make a reservation.  I mean if its good enough for Anthony, its good enough for me.  Very lucky for me, it was off-season and the restaurant had one 6:00 reservation for two people, but we had to be out by 7:45.  Done.

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