I had to settle for commercial Poutine and it was quite yummy!
Me and my cousin were craving Poutine but did not want to get stuck in the traffic from our hotel in Markham to the more established Poutine restaurants located closer to downtown Toronto.
BTW, traffic in Toronto is absolutely horrendous, and this is coming from somebody who works in NYC! NYC traffic is quite bearable compared to the logjams in Toronto.
So we drove to at least there places around our hotel only to try out this chain restaurant, which luckily had the famous dish on the menu.
The best aspects of the poutine was how the cheese curds melted ever so slightly from the warm gravy smothering the entire dish. Creamy yet salty this medley of cheese and gravy was delicious.
The fries were solid, if not unremarkable.
I would think the more specialized Poutine restaurants would have higher quality fries which would just put it over the top.
Overall Swiss Chalet's Poutine was good.
Now I see what the whole hype is about!