A poutine in Montreal
ENFor once, I'm not in Asia. And I'm not blowing bubbles underwater. No, I crossed the Atlantic for a one week getaway in Montreal...
And for once, someone was waiting for me at the airport. My colleague from Quebec Marie-Julie Gagnon picked me up as I stepped off the plane on Sunday evening and took me straight to eat a poutine.
A poutine in La Banquise
Poutine? Great gastronomy... 😆
French fries and cheese puffs, drizzled with brown sauce. We needed something special to celebrate our meeting...
We were so happy to finally see each other, "in real life", after our long virtual exchanges, through blogs, tweets and emails! Despite the tiredness of the trip and the time difference, I let myself be "kidnapped" with immense happiness, for this first Quebec evening.
Moreover, as Marie-Julie doesn't do things by halves, I had the opportunity to be introduced to this supreme culinary refinement in a Montreal institution, famous for its poutine: The ice. The establishment is so famous, that even on a Sunday night, people line up for their portion of spongy fries.
I admit: more than the content of my plate, I enjoyed the place, the moment, the atmosphere. And I love this feeling of total disorientation when you just got off the plane... Besides, I was hungry.
In the warm hubbub of conversations, all vibrating cheerfully with a Quebec accent, I gobbled up my poutine with a good heart.
But never, in undertaking this trip across the Atlantic, would I have imagined finish on YouTube to taste this delicacy live. Thank you Marie-Julie!!!!
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Added October 11, 2009
Discover my mini-portrait sketched by Marie-Julie, when I arrived at the Montreal airport, in her other blog In transit on MSN.ca :
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You still have the shepherd's pie left! lol Wednesday morning, you absolutely have to go to brunch, just so you can try the "trucker's breakfast"! 😀
Is it as indigestible as the first (ex-president) of the same name? ❓
Even if this isn't an article about fish or Asia, I'm enjoying reading it! I can't wait to see your other photos of Montreal in autumn, it must be magnificent!
You lucky girl 😉 When's the post on Montreal's best poutines? Because I'm sure Marie-Julie isn't the only one who'll want you to try her favorite...!
@ Marie-Julie: Hmm... given the imposing appearance of the trucks here, I'm a little afraid of eating like a trucker.
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@Laurent: You make a good point: don't confuse Putin with poutine! The latter may not be very digestible, but it's definitely friendlier than the former.
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@ Helen: That's it, the autumn photos are in! See the next post. Too bad it was so gray. I wish I'd had better light for the photos.
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@ Chloé254: The best poutines in Montreal? Hmm... I'm willing to make a lot of sacrifices for a good story. But right now, I'm not sure I want to eat poutine every day!
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A Poutine, less fashionable than a Medvedev... Quebec “cuisine” in the same way as Mexican “cuisine”, they only evoke glorious stomach aches! You need Malox, Corinne, Malox.... 😀
@Max: Tss-tss... it's not nice for our Quebecois and Mexican friends, that, to put quotation marks around the word cuisine!!!! 😆 You've got a bad tongue, all the same: no stomach ache to deplore as far as I'm concerned!!!!
At the end of the month, I will also have the right to Putin (probably to the Ice too)
Your reaction reassures me ^^
@LeSquale: 😆 You'll survive, I'm sure... I discovered that in some fancier restaurants, they also make poutine with... foie gras!!!!
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Sacrilege!!! 😆
Ah well I wrote my previous comment a bit quickly, I just noticed that you went to La Banquise to test the poutine... great minds think alike 😉
Having said that, I don't remember ever having queued, but I used to go late at night (or early in the morning!)... Raaaaah, just thinking about it, I'd go for a poutine, right now... in Singapore, it's hard to find 😉
Enjoy Quebec ...
Thib.
@Thib: Well, poutine isn't too complicated to make yourself: French fries (available in Singapore!), cheese crumbles, brown gravy, and you're done!
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Ah, but that has nothing to do with the REAL Putin!
Good, ok ...
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@Thib: Yes, eating poutine is only really meaningful, tasty and authentic in Montreal...
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