Here's another poutine we had. This one is from a little place called Le Tournesol in the middle of nowhere... right before we got back to the US/Canada border.


poutine This one looks nice but the other one tasted better. The fries weren't fried enough here.

So we went looking for some poutine. I read this article from the McGill newspaper, and La Belle Province was the most convenient. It was also recommended on Chowhound... Another place called LaFleur is apparently famous, but it was a little far for us.


For those that don't know, poutine is an order of fries with cheese curds and gravy on top... a supposed specialty around here. This was actually really good... Fries had a lot of potato flavor, cheese was melted all over. All the artery-clogging factors that make something good. Mmm. Heading back to Boston now...

Went looking for a smoked meat sandwich for lunch today. After I did some online research, I found that Schwartz's and the Main were the two best. Schwartz's was packed so we went to the Main.


smoked meat sandwich, cabbage salad, fries Not bad... Tasted a lot like corned beef. I'd guess a corned beef sandwich from NY would taste similar. Guess I don't know enough about it to tell the difference. The salad looked and tasted like cole slaw without the creamy part. I also read that you're supposed to eat the sandwich with a black cherry cola, which we did... Drink was good. All in all pretty good, and cheap too.

Now reporting LIVE from Montr�al, Quebec... When we arrived we had a meal at Restaurant Julien right by our hotel, per recommendation of the concierge.


tomato and bocconcini salad


steak tartare


douceur caf� Good food all around, but it turned out to be more expensive than we were looking for (due in large part to the crazy Canadian sales tax we forgot about). Tomato and bocconcini salad was solid. Cheese had a nice texture. Steak tartare was very good, with a slight hint of heat. I do like having some kind of toast or something to go with it, though I'm not sure what the authentic way to serve and eat it is. The dessert was very good... It was a sort of two-layered coffee custard/cream thing. A tiny bit too sweet, but still great. Hopefully gonna grab a poutine and a smoked meat sandwich somewhere before I leave.