We’ve lived in Montreal for 3 weeks but until last weekend, we hadn’t ventured out to try the local grub. Oh, we’ve gone out to restaurants and had great meals but we had yet to try the Trifecta of Montreal foods: bagels, smoked meat, and poutine. Realizing that eating all three in one weekend would be overkill, we decided to try for 2 out of 3.
First up, bagels! Since I just got here, I’m not qualified to chime in on the Fairmount vs. St. Viateur debate. All I know is that both are supposed to be the real deal. Saturday morning, Husband went out in search of our first taste of Montreal bagels and came back with a dozen from St. Viateur. These are some excellent bagels, dense and sweet, and very different from the bagels we used to get at Brooklyn Bagel in LA.
Sunday found us wandering the Plateau looking for lunch. The line at Schwartz’s stretched down the block so we decided to skip smoked meat and find poutine instead.
I was a poutine virgin. I’ve had fries with gravy, but never with gravy and cheese curds. Picture hot, salty, oily (in a good way) fries napped in viscous gravy and topped with squeaky, melty cheese curds.
Don’t get me wrong, I liked poutine, but I think it makes more sense after a night of drinking. The next time I’m staggering out of a bar in need of drunk food, I’ll know where to go. Eating poutine in a park in broad daylight with an iced tea just felt wrong.
Coming soon in Eating the City, smoked meat. And stay tuned for my upcoming feature on maple syrup.
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