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There was a selection of 8-10 food trucks selling poutine. As someone who is a senior member of the Yelp Poutine Committee, and as a lifetime Montrealer, I have tasted many of Montreal's finest poutines. The food I had at this festival however was not up to par. The size and layout of the festival met my expectations, and I was happy to see ample seating was available. A number of country fair style games was also a nice touch. The event itself is free which always has my support, and the location in the old port made it easy to "walk it off" after gorging on some of the heaviest food our city has to offer. Thanks to the organizers for doing a great job!
Well that's the end of the good.
The food itself left MUCH to be desired. I saw no cilantro, no green onion, not a single "finishing touch" to ANY of the poutines, and we were a large group who tried one of everything. Have some pride in your presentation. There was ONE vegan / vegetarian option and every stall had the same 3/4 ingredients. Now, I know what you're thinking. ITS POUTINE! Of course it'll be the same ingredients... YOU'RE WRONG. At such events, it is no longer sacrilege to use an alternative to curd cheese (only 2 of the 20+ offerings had an alternative cheese including the vegan option). Where was the goat cheese poutine? Every gravy tasted exactly the same! Where was the peppercorn gravy? Where was the bourbon gravy or the flavorful BBQ based gravy? Not at this event. Interesting toppings? You mean like fishy tasting lobster or the overly watery braised beef? It's not like they were all terrible, but it was like no one was trying to stand out, just serve food and make them dolla' bills. No one bothered to garner repeat business. Particularly disappointing considering the prices included the (expected) old port / festival surcharge. They were mostly sizable enough for 2 people which makes it ok.
To end on a positive note; shout out to Seasoned Dreams! Which ones were they? Follow the smoke and it'll lead you right to them because they were the only poutine people actually cooking food on site rather than serving you whatever they had in their buffet style service trays. At least that's what it looked like after being served slop toppings on the "fresh" fries at every food truck.
Notes for next year: all stalls should use a branded wax paper base like some of the stalls did. We tried to find the creator of a brisket poutine that we all liked but we couldn't figure out which stall it came from because they all looked like the same brown mess!
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