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Best poutine in Manitoba?
My review of Smokes:
Atmosphere - the restaurant is much much much much smaller than I expected. If I were to guestimate, there's only room for maybe a dozen people (or a few more) to sit down and eat. This will be bad for the lunch rushes in winter when people want to eat indoors.
Food - I ordered the bacon poutine. The bacon was chopped up. Most of my friends said it was gummy when they had it. I thought the bacon was fine, not burnt to a crisp, not gummy.
When I had the first bite, I thought it was pretty good, but that's where it ended. As soon as I could taste the gravy, my stomach sank. The gravy really ruined it. I wouldn't call it "gravy" at all.. to me it tasted like they made a combination of bacon grease and pizza hut grease and used that as the sauce, saltiest "poutine" sauce I've tasted in my life. The fries were a bit too sweet for my tastes, but they weren't bad. However, the fries that weren't on the top were all soggy. I ate it quite fast, and even then, almost all the fries were limp and mushy.. yuck. The curds - I really really really appreciated that it had a bit of squeak in it when biting into it, but they were a bit too mozzarella-y for my tastes, but that was probably my favourite thing about the poutine. I'd rate it a 4.5/10 as the "gravy" is really what ruined it. It was just under $10 for a regular bacon poutine and a root beer.. not cheap by far.
Will I go back? Likely, but I'd rather go to Chez Ashton in Quebec City. Is it the best in Manitoba? Heck no. There's a pub/bar in Brandon called Joe Beeverz that just opened, I think their poutine is much better and you get a mountain of poutine for around the same price but they only have montreal smoked meat poutine, lobster poutine and regular poutine.
Best poutine in Manitoba?
I still haven't. It's on my list still. I'm avoiding Smokes until hype and lineups die down. I checked out a new pub here in Brandon, Manitoba called Joe Beeverz, all Canadian themed, I had to give their poutine a try. It was actually pretty good. Only downside was curds not squeaky and it was a bit warm instead of hot.
Best poutine in Manitoba?
I haven't gone yet, and it's not opening until the 30th (monday) now, but I'll certainly give my picky eater take on it. I'm not expecting much, just hopefully a poutine that can fill that poutine-void.
Best poutine in Manitoba?
Sorry for bumping this - Smokes Poutinerie is opening up in Winnipeg next week. This could shake up the poutine "industry" in Manitoba. In the nearly two years since I first posted, curds have become increasingly easier to find at supermarkets ranging from 100G bags to 1KG. I hope Smokes will push restaurants in Winnipeg to move away from shredded cheese. I have a feeling Smokes will have the "best" poutine, which isn't saying alot. I'm not holding my breath
Best poutine in Manitoba?
I gave Lo Pub on Kennedy a try, they became an entirely vegan/veggie pub/restaurant last year. I enjoyed their poutine. Wasn't perfect of course but their home cut fries were tasty, they used fresh Bothwell curds and the vegetarian gravy was better than some other local places' gravy. The servig size was a bit too large for me but if I was really hungry it would fill me up.
Best poutine in Manitoba?
Thanks shadowscyth and mrmr! I've basically given up on my poutine search, whenever I crave poutine I just try to suppress it.
Can you go to the costco cafeteria without a costco membership?
I'll give a few of those places a try next time I'm in Winnipeg, as for Brandon - I'll stick to buying botwell curds and making my own (even if Bothwell curds aren't anything great)
Best poutine in Manitoba?
Merci sterlingblue, I've in fact tried their poutine, but had bad experience with it, in my experience (maybe it was a one time thing - but happened to my friends as well), they used GOOD fries but la sauce was room temperature and the cheese was hardened shredded cheese (that at one point, melted, then reformed back into hard cheese), I will not be returning there.
Five Guys Burgers and Fries
There was a rumour a while back that they were going to open a restaurant in my hometown of Brandon, Manitoba too, but so far it hasn't materialized. This town needs a REAL burger joint instead of McWendy King
Best poutine in Manitoba?
That's very unfortunate! But I agree, it seems to be one of the best poutines on the prairies. Whenever I had a poutine craving for the longest time, that was my only real option, but I found a chicken place that has better poutine than everyone else here (but still not as good as in Quebec)
Best poutine in Manitoba?
Well I finally found a poutine that's edible, and it came by surprise to me. It's from a chicken fast food restaurant at Brandon University, while the fries are your standard frozen shoestring fries, the gravy is much different than what every other restaurant in Manitoba uses, chicken based and not beef based, reminds me more of a Quebec style poutine, has cheese curds on it too, although not squeeky. This is the first poutine that can fill my appetite, although it's no Chez Ashton! Nothing in the west will EVER compare to Chez Ashton!
Best poutine in Manitoba?
je fais ça!!! errrr I already do that, and that's the BEST poutine in all of Manitoba! Some local Manitoban grown potatos.. but not red potatos (too small, too sweet, too starchy), Bothwell Cheese curds and McCormick's poutine gravy.. but I'm not keen on it. I need to find a better gravy.
Best poutine in Manitoba?
I'm actually very familiar with that thread, I've tried many of the places mentioned there, and nope, nothing that I can call "good poutine".
I guess the best poutine in Manitoba would be buying a $500 plane ticket to Montreal and having poutine there! ;)
Best poutine in Manitoba?
Hey everyone, new user here.
I lived in Quebec for a few months last year, all my life I thought poutine was a heart attack waiting to happen, but after months of telling friends "no" to poutine, I finally tried one.. and fell in love with it.
However, coming back to Manitoba, I just can't seem to find a good poutine, I've asked many many people, gotten so many different responses, but nothing ever turns out good. Five people think that A&W's poutine is the best thing in the universe.. when it's not, then another recommends me a run down diner poutine (usually those are the best places).. but nope.. they use shredded cheese!
Basically what I'm looking for is a GOOD/Great poutine in Manitoba, I live in Brandon but I go to Winnipeg once in a while. Does a good poutine exist? I shouldn't settle to second best, none of us should! I'm looking for a poutine that uses squeaky cheese curds first of all, preferably fresh cut fries but that's not important for me, and for gravy I'd prefer something that doesn't taste like soup (like A&W and Burger King's poutines). Any recommendations?
Right now.. I think New York Fries has the best in this province.. and it's not even a good poutine.
Merci
