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| - Being a true Montrealer (born and raised) who just moved to this fine city, I was hit with a craving for poutine. Not knowing anyone here, I decided to venture on my first Toronto culinary adventure. My goal was to find a good poutine, one whose fries are nice and crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside, whose cheese is actual squeaky curds, and whose sauce is salty, thick, and velvety.
I stumbled across POUTINIS after having done some research. YELP, several other sites, and word of mouth all pointed to POUTINIS. I asked myself if I just found the place that will give me some sense of familiarity in this large unfamiliar city?
Walking in, the first thing that hit me wasn't the smell of gravy, rather the sound of blaring loud music! I overlooked this though, hoping that the poutine would make up for it.
The menu had shown me variations of poutines that I had never seen before. Pulled pork on a poutine? How about "the works"? Seemed like everyone was ordering the works... traditional poutine + bacon + sour cream + chives. After carefully reviewing the menu, I decided to get the "layered" poutine, traditional poutine with an extra layer of curd cheese in the fries. You can't get more Montreal than that right?
So... I go to the cash and ask "can I have a layered POUTSIN please?" with the true Montreal pronounciation. The sound of the word POUTEEN just makes me cringe every time I hear it.
I got my poutine and hit the stools. The look of the poutine was not bad, the fries were nice and golden brown. Reminded me of the type of fries that you could easily find in any "La Belle Province" or "Lafleur" across Quebec. golden brown on the outside, and fluffy on the inside. The cheese was actual curd cheese, the type that squeeks in between your teeth with every bite. Impressive indeed. But damn, that sauce... that's where it all went downhill for me.
The sauce reminded me a lot of the sauce that you get for the chicken at KFC. It had that thick, almost starchy texture to it. It didn't remind me of a poutine sauce at all. Also, It had this nasty reddish color to it, possibly due to the ridiculous amount of chili powder that I tasted in it, or cayenne pepper. Whatever the spice mix was that was added to the sauce, it was VERY overpowering. The only good thing about the sauce was the temperature, not piping hot but not too cold either. Just the right temperature to start melting the curd cheese slowly. After a few bites, I didn't want to continue eating it. But I took the courage to mix it all up into one mishmash of fries, cheese, and poutine "sauce" and forced myself to gulp it down.
The only reason why I am giving this place two stars as opposed to one is because they nailed it on the fries and the cheese.
Ths poutine might be good if you are a Torontonian who has never tried a real poutine, but if you come from La Belle Province like me, expect to be seriously disappointed.
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