Vitamin Daily

Hotel dining can be wonderful when you’re on vacation, but when travel is an inherent part of your job, the never-ending line-up of fattening steaks, pastas and club sandwiches can really start to weigh you down.

Select Sofitel hotels (including Montreal Golden Mile, Washington D.C. Lafayette Square, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Chicago Water Tower) have recently launched a new low-calorie gastronomy program to provide travellers with fine dining options to feed the soul without busting the scale. We sampled a 500-calorie De-light menu at the Sofitel Montreal and didn’t feel the least bit deprived. We loved the artichoke salad with tender shrimp on a sweet carrot purée ($15), and found our perfectly cooked roasted beef filet ($28) served with crisp, cooked veggies to be just the right amount of indulgence.

But it was the delectably light panna cotta with red fruit that left us in pure diet delight.

Bring your passport, but feel free to leave your will power at home.

De-light menu varies seasonally and among Sofitel properties, www.sofitel.com —JN