We spent Christmas weekend in Los Angeles, where we were fortunate to find the Redondo Beach Cafe, which is owned by a pair of brothers originally from Montreal. The menu features the Canadian classics, Montreal smoked meats and poutine!
We ordered both the regular, Montreal Poutine, and the Smoked Meat variety. Both were excellent.
The regular poutine was the most authentic I’ve tried in the USA. The curds were a bit cold and not so melty, but the fries and gravy matched perfectly the experience I had on a visit to Montreal a few years ago. This was not gourmet poutine, it was real poutine. The smoked meat poutine was heavenly – we seriously need more poutine variety and/or a Canadian restaurant in Portland!
Canadian Tourism
on Jan 6th, 2010
@ 11:58 am:
Nice to see French-Canadian culture seeping into America. Especially the food!
You’d probably be interested in watching this video we recently produced about food in Montreal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzg7GfKnsd8
Bon Appétit!
Meredith
on Jan 6th, 2010
@ 1:56 pm:
I tried it! Twas good! I loved the Montreal Poutine! Love me some meat on those deep fried potato sticks! Slathered in gravy!!
Jen
on Mar 4th, 2010
@ 4:49 pm:
They have the best poutine and try the steak Christine