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| - Cool little basement spot on St-Denis, perfect for the wandering tourist looking to try out poutine. How was the poutine? I wasn't impressed. Wait, you're in Washington? What do you know about poutine?
I'm a Quebecois-expat having lived in the US for 7 years. I taught marketing research in college, and asked my students to study the market potential for opening a poutinerie in Pennsylvania (I know - best term project ever!). Whenever I come back home for the holidays, I make a point of trying 1 or 3 poutines a day. I love poutine.
Yesterday, I stopped at Mache. I normally prefer to try original poutines without all the toppings, but decided to try Mache's Hommage a Quebec - hot dog sausage, spicy sauce (instead of gravy), fries, extra cheese at the bottom.
The poutine was just as described. 2 full sausage links were added (grilled was a nice touch). The sauce had a tiny kick to it (not spicy by any standard) and the consistency of gravy. The cheese was the standard curds (but cold, certainly not fresh). The fries were excellent, appropriately "blanchies". Everything served in a nice bowl, and extra cheese at the bottom.
It wasn't a bad poutine, and is certainly better than most eateries in the area (e.g. la paryse, mcdonalds !!) but I wasn't amazed. Despite the great service, there are too many poutines to try for me to ever want to go back there.
And please, only filtered coffee for a little bistro? Get an espresso machine, nespresso or heck even Keurig. The coffee was gross.
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