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I think I was misunderstood when I said it isn't Canadian food. It really isn't Canadian food. It could more appropriately be called North American I guess but I think the owner of the restaurant is taking liberties with southerners ignorance about Canada and Canadian food and Canadian tastes and eating habits.
Except for perhaps the poutine and the tortiere, all of the food on their menu is more southern based stuff that would more commonly be found in AMERICAN restaurants. I've eaten in Midwest and southern restaurants and homes, I know what people eat down there. Yes, that restaurant's food is familiar to Canadians but there really isn't anything especially Canadian about it. And some of it is stuff that would not be served in Canadian restaurants because customers would turn up their noses at it. Maybe it's customary to marinate a sirloin steak in maple syrup in the south before grilling it but I've never heard of that being done in Canada, definitely not in western Canada. It would be sacrilege to the beef and a waste of maple syrup. Bacon, yes, but beef steak no. Maybe in Quebec they soak beef steaks in maple syrup, but I wouldn't know? Maple syrup is a nice luxury food to indulge in from time to time but it's not that big of a deal and it certainly doesn't get put on everything.
See that whole thing with huge servings is another thing that makes it all so much more American themed than Canadian. The thought of trying to tackle something that gross is rather nauseating to Canadians. Yes, southerners absolutely would try it. They might even try the 25 pound one that is called the Humonga Kookamonga for 4 people, with 12 pounds of meat and 13 pounds of fixings for $99.99. Even though money-wise it is the least expensive and better deal of all three of the Kookamongas on offer, it's still far too expensive at $25 per person (if divided between 4 people) and the idea of it is so gross that most Canadians wouldn't even consider it, nor want to look at it let alone try to eat it.
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I wouldn't put something like that past Canadians, though.
This is a Toronto restaurant. Actually it's an Ottawa-based chain. I am pretty sure they offer the same deal in Ottawa too - but the Toronto one popped up first. This is a great restaurant BTW - founded by former Ottawa Rough Riders football players originally from (I'm almost positive)... Texas.
I wouldn't put something like that past Canadians, though.
This is a Toronto restaurant. Actually it's an Ottawa-based chain. I am pretty sure they offer the same deal in Ottawa too - but the Toronto one popped up first. This is a great restaurant BTW - founded by former Ottawa Rough Riders football players originally from (I'm almost positive)... Texas.
Food challenges are stupid IMO. It's just a way for the restaurant to get free press. It certainly isn't looked on as something normal.
I've never been to a place that had any, but looked up some here in Vancouver and they do exist..some have to do with time not amount of food, but still sends an unhealthy signal to people about food and respect for ones food. At least one place got it right. They called their burger a Flatline Burger.
The press on the place seems positive, but not sure how authentic the menu is.
As a side note regarding Tourtière, what a great dish that is. It was actually relatively easy to find it in New England. Not at every store or anything, but a relatively quick drive away. Cotes Market in Lowell, MA is one that is famous for it.
Alot of the traditional French Canadian enclaves throughout New England are starting to die out, like Lowell which now hosts the 2nd largest Cambodian population in the US or Lewiston which has a huge Somali population. So it is good to see that while the traditional "Little Canada's" have evolved, you can still find certain dishes that undoubtedly used to be common place in those cities.
Perhaps but as long as it was edible and not rotting, I would eat it. I have a thing about not throwing out food and will only do so if it is clearly rotten.
Show me a menu of a restaurant Canadian enough to make the late Stompin’ Tom Connors proud (Canadian beef, Canadian wine, Canadian oranges, etc.).
Canadian oranges do exist. Not in any great quantity and only grown in greenhouses. However friends here in Vancouver have a banana tree and it bore fruit last year, and it's kept outside.
Most Canadian restaurants use Canadian beef, Canadian chicken, pork, and seafood, but just because the products are Canadian doesn't mean that using chicken in a butter chicken dish makes the dish Canadian.
Places like this, use locally sourced ingredients. Their drinks menu as far as I can tell, is 100 percent Canadian.
The press on the place seems positive, but not sure how authentic the menu is.
As a side note regarding Tourtière, what a great dish that is. It was actually relatively easy to find it in New England. Not at every store or anything, but a relatively quick drive away. Cotes Market in Lowell, MA is one that is famous for it.
Alot of the traditional French Canadian enclaves throughout New England are starting to die out, like Lowell which now hosts the 2nd largest Cambodian population in the US or Lewiston which has a huge Somali population. So it is good to see that while the traditional "Little Canada's" have evolved, you can still find certain dishes that undoubtedly used to be common place in those cities.
I am not an extreme purist when it comes to Cuisine X or Cuisine Y, so I'd say these people are probably on the right track.
Plus I googled them and I found this article, where one of the owners references the guru of deluxe cabane à sucre cuisine in Quebec, Martin Picard. So they know their stuff!
That restaurant would empty my wallet instead of filing my belly.
Well, it is a nice place. I've only been for brunch.
Lots of other choices here in Vancouver....thousands of restaurants to fit all tastes and budgets.
Asian food can be very affordable...and OMG so good.
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