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| - Out with the boys on a late night? Looking to satisfy that food itch in a reliable & savoury way? Get your butt to Smoke's Poutinerie. Before we begin, I have to admit that I'm a little ashamed of having not known about this place before a couple weeks ago, despite being a proud card carrying Canadian. Thankfully, I've seen the light and righted my wrongs.
The Smoke's on Adelaide is a small establishment with some pretty hip decor. There's a bunch of art featuring an unsettling number of copies of the face of a man who I can only assume is "Mr. Smoke". There's also a chalk board, because everyone likes to revisit chalk board drawing memories from their childhood. Like I said, the space is small so bring one or two friends and leave the whole fam at home.
Surprisingly, the poutine is very good. "Why is that surprising for a place called a 'poutinerie'" you may ask. Because with so many franchises, I thought that I'd be dealing with fast food quality food, but that genuinely wasn't the case. The fries, though nothing ground breaking, were light and not over seasoned, leaving room for the gravy, curds, and toppings to do the work. I got the Pulled Pork version, which has fries, gravy, curds, and chipotle pulled pork. What I really appreciated about this was that the gravy wasn't just the predictable savoury, but also tastefully sweet.
Whenever the diet allows for it next, I'm definitely coming back to try out some of their other options. Let me be clear though, this is not the best poutine you'll ever have, but it gets the job done very well.
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