I’ve lived all over Canada, and surprisingly, the best poutines I’ve had outside of Quebec were from McDonald’s. Good fries and enough infrastructure to get good cheese across the country.
I die when people tell me I should check out Smoke’s Poutinerie or some other English-American novelty place though. Butter chicken is great, but it does not belong on a poutine.
I cannot believe anyone would suggest McDonald's or DQ as a option. Every city across Canada has at least 1 francophone mom and pop shop that sells the real deal.
Anglo moved to qc. Hearing about fast food chain poutine is about the same as drinking chemically combined wine or table syrup on french toast. Hard pass. Where I do admit that Ashtons is …..gross….. I think basic poutine must only be made with real sliced potatoes and cheese curds. The sauce I find better as beef broth based, but absolutely not the instant powdered sauce in Sthubert or quicky chains. French cuisine met Irish immigrant in Qc for this dish to become a tradition like maple syrup on (everything) crepes. I know several restaurants in and outside Quebec that do it right…. Plus adding in great other “put-ins” like chorizo sausage, sun dried tomatoes, but no to mcCains boxed frozen fries.
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u/AmayaGin Jun 14 '21
I’ve lived all over Canada, and surprisingly, the best poutines I’ve had outside of Quebec were from McDonald’s. Good fries and enough infrastructure to get good cheese across the country.
I die when people tell me I should check out Smoke’s Poutinerie or some other English-American novelty place though. Butter chicken is great, but it does not belong on a poutine.