AD Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 So I'm registered in a poutine crawl this Saturday afternoon. Pretty excited. Plus it's an event for charity so there's TWO good things going on. Here's where the crawl is going:Stops will include Murray Street’s spatzle poutine with shredded mariposa duck confit and roast duck gravy; as well as the Courtyard Restaurant for another duck gravy poutine; Zak’s dinner and Garlic Corner for a traditional take on the classic; Dunn’s smoke meat poutine, Island Flava for a jerk chicken poutine and D’Arcy McGees for a Guinness gravy poutine.Only 30 spots available. Click here for more details and for links to sign up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Is "Smokes" on the list...can't get to the list.I'm waiting for a review from that place...it's always packed.Love the Murray St. Speatzle Poutine. Some folk think it's a little salty...I think it's seasoned perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 I posted the list in the quote above, no Smoke's but I need to try that place soon. I've heard many conflicting reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 So I'm registered in a poutine crawl this Saturday afternoon. Pretty excited. Plus it's an event for charity so there's TWO good things going on. Here's where the crawl is going:Stops will include Murray Street’s spatzle poutine with shredded mariposa duck confit and roast duck gravy; as well as the Courtyard Restaurant for another duck gravy poutine; Zak’s dinner and Garlic Corner for a traditional take on the classic; Dunn’s smoke meat poutine, Island Flava for a jerk chicken poutine and D’Arcy McGees for a Guinness gravy poutine.Only 30 spots available. Click here for more details and for links to sign up With a quick stop along the way at Ottawa General for defibrilisation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 how much poutine can someone eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 pretty sure it's gonna be small servings, folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 pretty sure it's gonna be small servings, folks. WHAAAAAATTT!! SMALL SERVINGS!!!???!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Good luck AD! I've had the Murray Street restaurant spatzle/duck poutine. Very interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 holy shit. sounds awesome! i will be away on saturday but report back pls!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Thought that may have been a partial list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 I posted this on OttawaFoodiesThis was a great event! Well organized, friendly, for a great cause and delicious. Correct me if I make mistakes, hard to remember everything, but here's the rundown on what was served: Stop 1 - Zaks. Breakfast poutine. Homefries, cheese curds, hollandaise sauce and a sprinkle of paprika. Not really all that good. Tasted fine, but wasn't really a poutine. Stop 2 - Courtyard Restaurant. Thin crispy fries, duck gravy, duck confit, foie gras torchon. Tasted amazing. Was a little disappointed that the foie gras was revealed to be in the dish only after I'd started eating (ethical issues), but this was by far my favourite poutine of the day. Stop 3 - Garlic Corner. Normal poutine. Thin fries, cheese curds, gravy. Average. Didn't register though when compared to the others on the crawl. Stop 4 - Murray Street. No fries, instead spätzle, shredded mariposa duck confit, roast duck gravy, Glengarry “Fen Squeaks†cheese curds. I didn't like the spätzle, but everything else in the dish was super delicious. Beautiful restaurant too, and Chef Mitton explained the origin of the dish and how the restaurant works. Stop 5 - Dunn's. Thin crispy fries, some sort of gravy, small chunks of smoked meat and curds. Very salty. Average. Stop 6 - Island Flava. Thin crispy fries, gravy, curds, and jerk chicken chunks. The jerk chicken made this poutine super delicious. I will definitely have this again. Stop 7 - D’Arcy McGee's. Advertised as a Guinness poutine. I had to leave (who knew eating so much poutine would take longer than expected, hehe) so I didn't try this variety. Paola from C'est Bon Cooking did a great job of leading the tour. Thanks to everyone who put this together. Great times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Sounds like fun AD. Thanks for the summary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 how much of this did you have to eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 they were small portions - they were asked to provide 3 forkfuls, ended up being about 5 trips to the dish to finish each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 This week's Ottawa XPress has a not-very-favourable review of Smoke's Poutinerie.Prices at Smoke's are expensive for what you get. At nearly $10 for the regular, a greasy dinner here adds up fast. For my money, I'd head to any other casse-croûte or chip truck in the city. Though you may not find as much choice, at least the flavour will be authentically Canadian.She also notesThe music is all hair metal all the time, and includes such gems as Cherry Pie by Warrant and Bad Medicine by Bon Jovi.Aloha,Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Which poutine place was the one that was featured in the summer? The dude started in TO, and opened up here. Anyone try that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted October 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 I believe you're thinking of Smokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 I believe you're thinking of Smokes.really? that's a shitty name for poutine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted October 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Poutine is the name for poutine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Smokes poutine is the worst. Hands down. Do not bother. The gravy is terrible, which in my opinion, if you fuck that up, you're done. I tried it 3 times in order to get a good sampling, and it was equally as bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Hintonburger's poutine is quite delicious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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