OT: The Food & Drinks Thread
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Grate n Colorful Oz
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Calgary. I wouldn't dare to even try poutine here.
Didn't @Habs10Habs come from Calgary too?
I heard it's not so bad in Fort McMoney, because there are a lot of Quebecers there.
lol... I just realized I should've checked your profile info. It's right there.
groovejuice
Without deviation progress is not possible
Calgary. I wouldn't dare to even try poutine here.
La Poutine in Edmonton is legit. I think the guy who owns it hails from Trois-Rivières.
groovejuice
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There's a good deal more cultural diversity in Edmonton than Calgary. I do more restauranting there than here.
Edgy
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That's borderline blasphemous!
groovejuice
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Edmonton's scene is, on the whole, better than Calgary's. However, I have found some killer ethnic grub in Calgary for which there was no parallel in Edmonton (at least that I found). You also have the novelties like tubby dog and boogie's. But I didn't find any good poutine when I lived there.
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Been looking for a replacement of a favorite pizza joint I used to order from for years until ownership changed hands and their recipe went south.
Looking for great take out options east of St-Laurent boulevard or Laval. Anyone has a favorite to recommend?
Looking for great take out options east of St-Laurent boulevard or Laval. Anyone has a favorite to recommend?
Mrb1p
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Yeah, sorry, thats not a Poutine.
Probably good, though. Not sure about grated taters, small cut fries or wedges or something could work really well though
Mrb1p
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lo striver
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The lack of comments speaks volumes here. You would have to drive to 514 area /West End to get decent pizza.
Grate n Colorful Oz
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Is there still a La Vieux Four in Laval? I don't think they deliver though, but that's one of the best pizzas I ate in the GMA.
groovejuice
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I get your point, but my priority is non-mushy potatoes. Definitely it's not a classic template for a poutine.
Mrb1p
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Easy
Russets
Double fry in peanut oil
Tadam, crunchy as hell.
Make sure your sauce is thick enough too, it needs to coat a laddle.
For me poutine is all about the gravy although I’m not a great lover of fries so wouldn’t have it anyway. Gravy on buttered mashed potatoes is more my thing
ArtPeur
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So I attended the IKEA Crayfish buffet and it turns out it's not quite as advertised.
The crayfish tasted incredibly salty. And since the utensils were scooped up early, you could only break the tail part and scoop out the little meat it provided. Lots of meat in the claws went wasted.
Sure, it's all you can eat and you can gather a ton of them.
They sold 250 tickets at this year's event compared to 100 last year.
But, here's the disappointing part.
I spoke to an employee to ask where the crayfish came from. He said they were taken from a water stream located between Sweden and Norway. He said they were unlike the ones found in the southern US as they came from a fresh water source. They are cooked and frozen and then sent to IKEA in Montreal, in the first week of August. And then, thawed and served on August 15th.
Fresh water crayfish? Why the hell did they taste so salty?
Finally figured it out. There was a display box next to the crayfish. I took a closer look. There was no fresh water and no Swedish connection to them. They are Chinese crayfish.
At first I thought it might have been a type of crayfish they called "Chinese". But no, in the back of the box, it said "made in China." And checking the ingredients box, right there I saw my nightmare: 300 mg. of sodium for every 5 crayfish.
All you can eat crayfish? Nah, all you can eat sodium. They weren't all that tasty. It was a salt mine.
I don't know what they served at IKEA last year (it may have well been the fresh water ones from Sweden and Norway), but this year -- it wasn't worth it. I confronted the employee who had told me the fable about how the crayfish came from Sweden and showed him the box and he couldn't believe it.
It was only $20 but honestly not worth it. What was worth it was all the other stuff that came with it, which included lots of smoked salmon, a variety of cheeses and vegetables prepared in a variety of manners. But, why should I go to IKEA for that? It's OK but not worth buying a ticket for.
It was a bucket list item of mine to be there and glad I did it so I don't have to go through with this again. Kudos to those of you who didn't go for it.
The crayfish tasted incredibly salty. And since the utensils were scooped up early, you could only break the tail part and scoop out the little meat it provided. Lots of meat in the claws went wasted.
Sure, it's all you can eat and you can gather a ton of them.
They sold 250 tickets at this year's event compared to 100 last year.
But, here's the disappointing part.
I spoke to an employee to ask where the crayfish came from. He said they were taken from a water stream located between Sweden and Norway. He said they were unlike the ones found in the southern US as they came from a fresh water source. They are cooked and frozen and then sent to IKEA in Montreal, in the first week of August. And then, thawed and served on August 15th.
Fresh water crayfish? Why the hell did they taste so salty?
Finally figured it out. There was a display box next to the crayfish. I took a closer look. There was no fresh water and no Swedish connection to them. They are Chinese crayfish.
At first I thought it might have been a type of crayfish they called "Chinese". But no, in the back of the box, it said "made in China." And checking the ingredients box, right there I saw my nightmare: 300 mg. of sodium for every 5 crayfish.
All you can eat crayfish? Nah, all you can eat sodium. They weren't all that tasty. It was a salt mine.
I don't know what they served at IKEA last year (it may have well been the fresh water ones from Sweden and Norway), but this year -- it wasn't worth it. I confronted the employee who had told me the fable about how the crayfish came from Sweden and showed him the box and he couldn't believe it.
It was only $20 but honestly not worth it. What was worth it was all the other stuff that came with it, which included lots of smoked salmon, a variety of cheeses and vegetables prepared in a variety of manners. But, why should I go to IKEA for that? It's OK but not worth buying a ticket for.
It was a bucket list item of mine to be there and glad I did it so I don't have to go through with this again. Kudos to those of you who didn't go for it.
groovejuice
Without deviation progress is not possible
It sounded great in a vacuum. I'm sorry the reality didn't measure up.
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Classic taking one for the team.
I'm glad I did, if it saves any of you from going through it.
Plus, they scheduled it during the week, right in the middle of rush hour. I wish that alone had dissuaded me.
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I left around 7PM, and it was quiet then too. Evening shopping has to be the best in that place, no crowds, easy parking.
Grate n Colorful Oz
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I always wondered if Ikea is Swede for Maze, and was just some weird swedish humor
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