My first take-out of 2014 and gotta say - Not Great.
I started eating a Smoke's when I stumbled upon the Queen street location 3 years ago when out for a walk. I HAD to have the Pulled Pork.
So its been my 'Litmus Test' to always have the Pulled Pork when I try other Smoke's locations. Queen street once. Annex location twice.
Tonight was my 5th time at the College street location and for the 3rd time I was displeased. So now I'm done with this location.
I'm not sure what's happened but this location is all over the map with inconsistency. Tonight the Hipstery bearded dude was on again. The last time he was there by himself I also didn't like the box.
So is it just "his cook" that's the culprit...?
I will not go back even though they are 1 and 1/2 blocks from my house.
I decided to get the Pulled Pork with some Peas tonight. just to brighten up the brown. Tonight's box contained: Very, very little Pulled Pork, which was sadly very dry as well. Hardly any 'squeaky' cheese. The Fries were a ball of mush. Yet oddly, not a lot of gravy. Two tablespoons of Peas. The whole order was tasteless.
How you can mess up fries is beyond me.
I think it's a timing thing. Know when to add the Gravy so the fries still have some crunch. Know how and when to add the cheese so some melts but not all. Know when to add the Toppings and of course how much.
After getting food poisoning from another neighborhood joint on December 6th. I was shy about getting another takeout. But I thought "It's potatoes. What could go wrong..?" Well nothing went right tonight.
After a hard day of us cleaning the house from top to bottom and packing up all the Xmas ornaments, taking down tree we earned our Carbs.
But sadly, this Smoke's Poutinerie didn't earn my return business.
Happy New Year Hipsters. Or not...