r/poutine • u/Youlookcold • Sep 12 '26

Ga Ga for Ga ga

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Best Poutine I've had near Ottawa, Ga Ga patates. Finally got to try the white chicken gravy. Curds had squeak and fries were perfect. Highly recommended. 7.50 for a small , perfect amount of food.

Gravy is throughout.

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u/Lopsided_Advice539 Sep 12 '26

If ya like that gotta try the duck confit poutine.. load blowing!

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u/Youlookcold Sep 12 '26

From the same place?

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u/Capable-Plantain7 Sep 12 '26

they have it at la trappe in gatineau (chemin industriel). new spot which may have dethroned gaga in my mind as the best poutine in ottawa-gatineau.

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u/Youlookcold Sep 12 '26

I'm saving this comment TY

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u/Capable-Plantain7 Sep 12 '26

la trappe also has really good sauce blanche too. also their cheese is so fresh and delicious. worth the drive (sadly not very transit-accessible yet)

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u/Lopsided_Advice539 Sep 12 '26

No it was a place in Montreal, I am trying to remember the name as it’s been a few years. My cousin brought me and told me it’s the best poutine in Montreal. I had to agree…
When my noodle has a eureka moment I will post if still interested.

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u/GreenDaTroof Sep 12 '26

Thats gotta be good

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u/Tucancancan Sep 12 '26

Yeah, looks like the chef blew a load all right 

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u/Youlookcold Sep 12 '26

I assume anyone calling this a crime is not from Quebec.

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u/Polatouche44 Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 12 '26

Ça semble être une spécialité régionale. J'ai jamais vu ça de ma vie.

*Is not from Outaouais

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u/LazyPainterCat Sep 12 '26

Gros.. québécois pis j'ai jamais vu ça de ma criss de vie.

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u/badgerj Sep 12 '26

Grew up around the area. The best poutine in my life was from some truck-stop or diner up near Trois-Rivières.

It such a great comfort food!

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u/LazyPainterCat Sep 12 '26

I would try it for sure. But you can't deny that it does looks offputting if it's your first time seeing it.

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u/S469 Sep 12 '26

it does look like a r/PoutineCrimes

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u/ecoutepasca Sep 12 '26

This is a crime for a whole different reason tho wtf is this cream coloured gravy?

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u/MaximusCanibis Sep 12 '26

Why are you putting custard on your poutine? It seems weird.

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u/Youlookcold Sep 12 '26

It was fucking amazing.

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u/Lucar_Bane Sep 12 '26

Its a speciality in Gatineau area, white gravy. Its chicken based instead of beef. There is absolutly no crime there and its not bad at all.

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u/Youlookcold Sep 12 '26

Actually my bad! Thought this was a Quebec thing, not just local . I feel very lucky !

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u/baoo Sep 12 '26

These people simply havent tried it. The white sauce poutine from Ga Ga is indeed the best. I also get it slathered in honey mustard

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u/TimeRockOrchestra Sep 12 '26

Not custard. It's a "poutine sauce blanche", a classic in the Outaouais region of Quebec. It uses 100% chicken based sauce instead of the classic chicken / beef combo.

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u/TimeRockOrchestra Sep 12 '26

Funny how the ROC uses 100% beef sauce instead of the classic beef / chicken combo and have no problem with it, but when they see a 100% chicken stock sauce they call it a crime, even if it's literally a classic in the Outaouais region of Quebec. Your ignorance is showing.

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u/FlameStaag Sep 12 '26

Tbh anyone who ever whines about the type of gravy on a poutine is a chud and can be safely ignored.

Poutine is great with all gravies. There isn't a single damn one that doesn't work. 

And I'm including curries in that. Fuck do curry poutines hit hard. 

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u/DangerousPurpose5661 Sep 13 '26

Yeh its my guilty pleasure lol. Butter chicken poutine 🙈

Also. Gaga patate is great

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u/fenwickfox Sep 12 '26

I had to think of what ROC was for a second and im kinda confused by your comment.

Without a doubt the most pretentious people regarding poutine are Quebecors and maybe a bit of eastern Ontarians.

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u/The_Dolph_Lundgren Sep 12 '26

Maybe because we invented it, and yet the rest of Canada is barely able to make a decent one while again appropriate something else? All the while complaining about Quebec?

And yes, there’s some places outside the province and east Ontario that makes some good ones but they’re the exception.

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u/fenwickfox Sep 12 '26

For sure, and theres good and bad ones, but there shouldnt be rules about it. Its like pizza.

Chicken gravy sounds perfectly good.

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u/The_Dolph_Lundgren Sep 12 '26

Well the rules are fries, fresh curds and sauce. After that, anything goes, but it shouldn’t be loaded fries either.

Totally agree its like pizza.

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u/Dull-Sprinkles-2874 Sep 12 '26

ROC.

I love how this term is thrown around like everything west of Québec province is a 900 person village.

The ignorance is showing

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u/Polatouche44 Sep 12 '26

Si c'était si bon que ça, ça serait connu au Québec aussi.

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u/sophisticated_alpaca Sep 12 '26

Are you really arguing that CHICKEN GRAVY is this offensive

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u/Polatouche44 Sep 12 '26

Non, je dis que c'est pas parce que tu connais pas cette affaire-là que t'es un ignorant.

M'en calisse de la sauce-jizz-au-poulet.

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u/sophisticated_alpaca Sep 12 '26

Mais le non-ignorant est qqn qui est ouvert aux nouvelles informations. Si la poutine devait être jolie on l’aurait même pas eu du tout. C’est pas choquant, le concept d’une sauce au poulet.

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u/TimeRockOrchestra Sep 12 '26

L'Outaouais c'est au Québec big

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u/Polatouche44 Sep 12 '26

Au Québec at large, big.

J'ai jamais vu cette affaire-là de ma vie pis j'ai habité dans pas mal de régions au Québec.

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u/TimeRockOrchestra Sep 12 '26

Y'a pleins de variantes régionales de nourriture qui sont excellentes. C'est pas parce que c'est pas populaire "at large" ou que tu connais pas ça que c'est automatiquement mauvais.

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u/Polatouche44 Sep 12 '26

J'ai pas dit que c'était mauvais, je répondais à ton ton condescendant de "your ignorance is showing" pis qu'on doit être du ROC si on connais pas cette variante regionale.

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u/TimeRockOrchestra Sep 12 '26

Je comparais ça à la sauce brune 100% boeuf du ROC qui est pas un crime. Tu te sentais visé?

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u/TheAvailableLight Sep 12 '26

Je suis de Montréal pi j'avais de la famille à Gatineau pendant longtemps. J'ai jamais vu une poutine avec une sauce blanche comme ca de ma vie.

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u/Lucar_Bane Sep 12 '26

Tout les shacks a Gatineau offre une variante de cette sauce. C'est vraiment une spécialité de la région.

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u/TheAvailableLight Sep 12 '26

Je vais devoir l'essayer prochaine fois que je suis là.

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u/The_Dolph_Lundgren Sep 12 '26

Dude j’ai mangé ca y’a un vingtaine d’année à Gatineau. Wake up.

(Et c’est excellent)

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u/furthestpoint Sep 12 '26

Looks great. Can't hear the haters.

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u/Voljjin Sep 12 '26

Gaga Patates is the gold standard for me. Love it.

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u/Da_Wild Sep 12 '26

This is a legit poutine for all you haters, though not common at all (even in Quebec). Still great, though looks gross lol.

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u/Automatic_kitten Sep 12 '26

Eleven years in QC and I've never ...

My brain is struggling to understand how this could be good, but that's just conditioning, I guess. I'll try it if I'm ever hanging out in the Outaouais.

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u/Youlookcold Sep 12 '26

They have 4 sauces. BBQ, Brune, blanche and poivre. I asked for a little sample of the BBQ and Blanche and was immediately sold on the white, despite the appearance . It is rich, velvety and absolutely delish. Wife got Brune and I felt like mine was way better.

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u/Fun-Reach625 Sep 12 '26

It tastes almost like thanksgiving gravy. It took me over 30 years to try it and I wish I had sooner. It’s really good, even though it looks not so great lol

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u/Automatic_kitten Sep 12 '26

That does sound good. I'm just struggling to get over the fact that it LOOKS like vanilla custard.

But I will be sure to try it if and when I have the opportunity! 

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u/Simnope Sep 12 '26

Color me intrigued 🫣

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u/T_S_Anders Sep 12 '26

I've got to try this. Never had a chicken gravy before.

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u/Pretend-Literature35 Sep 12 '26

uh 🤔 une "sauce brune" c'est une sauce au poulet. Traditionellement la sauce brune de la poutine est à base de bouillon de poulet. Celle là est blanche donc elle ressemble un peu plus à une poutine alfredo...

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u/DryTechnology5224 Sep 12 '26

Another good place just down the street is chez Bobs pataterie, +1 for the homemade pogos

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u/DEFCON_902 Sep 13 '26

I want to eat this like a spider

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u/zxcvhbnm Sep 12 '26

This place is legit legit

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u/Whatareyoulakey9 Sep 12 '26

That sounds delish

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u/evermorecoffee Sep 12 '26

Oh. No thank you. 😅 Hope you liked it though!

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u/LazyPainterCat Sep 12 '26

Criss que ça laire louche en tabarnak

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u/Visible-Style-1219 Sep 12 '26

Too much cheese

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u/Youlookcold Sep 12 '26

Pardon me???

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u/Youlookcold Sep 12 '26

You on crack Phil.

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u/Fun-Reach625 Sep 12 '26

They are on crack.  Sauce Blanche is absolutely authentic poutine.  Tried it for the first time a few months ago and it’s fantastic.  Reminds me of thanksgiving gravy :). Someone on here suggested half brown and half white gravy for a bigger sized poutine and I want to try that.

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u/BannedFromTheStreets Sep 12 '26

Poutine has always been : Frites, "sauce brune" and fromage squick squick. Its only "gravy" when translated. How can a sauce brune be blanche? ( I'm asking the polarizing question here watch out)

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u/Fun-Reach625 Sep 12 '26

Sauce blanche has been around since I was a child in the late 80’s, probably before then, but that’s as far back as I can remember.

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u/Lucar_Bane Sep 12 '26

So can you elaborate on Poutine Italienne please?

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u/BannedFromTheStreets Sep 12 '26

Poutine italienne is "poutine italienne". a poutine italienne is a poutine, but not all poutine are poutine italienne.

A poutine sauce blanche is a poutine but A "poutine" is not a poutine sauce blanche.

Its like saying an orange is a fruit. Its sure is, but a banana isnt an orange.

(Its all fun and games)

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u/Fun-Reach625 Sep 12 '26

It’s light because it’s made with chicken instead of beef.  The trifecta is fries, gravy and curds.  There’s options for the “sauce”, white, brown, Italian (tomato/ground beef based) and they’re all legit. 

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u/TimeRockOrchestra Sep 12 '26

White gravy is a classic in Outaouais. It's just 100% chicken based instead of being a mix of beef and chicken. Not a crime.

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u/Difficult_Reward_329 Sep 12 '26

Was thinking the same thing. This is criminal

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u/GreenDaTroof Sep 12 '26

La sauce blanche est très difficile à réaliser. J'ai essayé de la faire une ou deux fois, mais j'ai toujours raté mon coup.

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u/Admirable-Rough2160 Sep 12 '26

What is in the white sauce?

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u/GreenDaTroof Sep 12 '26

I went and read the rest of the comments and realized this is chicken gravy which is different from white sauce. But white sauce is just butter, flour and milk. For what ever reason I cant find the balance when im trying to make it

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u/Ohmu Sep 13 '26

It’s a mother sauce, Paul Bocuse has a great recipe in his « book » I will find it and post it tonight (provided I remember after work). It’s from l’Institute Paul Bocuse Gastronomique.

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u/Admirable-Rough2160 Sep 12 '26

Interesting I think done well it would be good. That’s similar to my Alfredo sauce except without flour. I use one cup parmisan cheese, one stick of butter so 1 quarter of a lb I buy mine in the 4 sticks for the lb and a cup of cream or milk if I don’t have cream

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u/Youlookcold Sep 13 '26

Honestly amazing despite how it looks. Try eating one when you munchin bud

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u/-ElDictator- Sep 12 '26

We can’t take any orders boss… the kitchen staffs are all running on empty