Well, you may love it or you hate it. But being a Montrealer, or even someone who’s spent a little time in Quebec, you’ll have come to realize it’s a way of life. Something you can’t avoid seeing on a menu or smelling in everyday life. While, I have never been a hardcore poutine fan, I won’t lie, I do enjoy some cheese, grazy and fries every now and again. That was until I moved to Australia. As you can imagine, (if you’ve ever left Quebec before) not everyone in the world eats it!? I know, foolish people right?
After over a month across the world travelling Australia, to my incredible surprise I rolled across ‘Lord of the Fries’ in Melbourne, which had a big sign claiming all the sorts of fries they had. And as I’m sure you guessed… they had “French Canadian ‘Poutine’ fries!” Ohhh boy, I whipped out that cash faster than you could say “oui, je veux un pop-tart.”
So like every other Quebecois who has ever walked by the ‘Lord of the Fries,’ I had to say, “Well, I’ll tell you if it’s good or not. I’m from Montreal.”
But, what I wasn’t prepared for was the fact the guy serving me would be from Montreal… more specifically Longueil. Oh, the poutine. Bringing Montrealers together since some drunk guy decied to throw some curd cheese in his fries and call it a meal.
March 21st, 2007 at 12:24 pm
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