else has. are you some kind of patriot? is that what's going on here? is it national quebecois fervor? >> very much a patriot. >> i say all the time this is one of the most important restaurants to me in north america if not the world. it's an art installation, in a way, if you look at it. >> the meal begins -- begins -- with a tower of maple desserts. good lord. sponge maple toffee, maple doughnuts, beaver tails, maple cotton candy, but wait, there's more. almond croissants, whip-it biscuits, some nougat. >> there we go. i think that's a first for me. i've never seen that done. >> no? >> not with a hammer. >> let the madness begin. next, a whole lobe of foie gras with baked beans on a pancake cooked in duck fat, of course, cottage cheese and eggs cooked in maple syrup.