Poutine — or french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy — is an iconic Québécois dish.

In Quebec, there's an entire fast-food chain famous for it called Chez Ashton.

I sampled two kinds of poutine — the classic and one with sausages on top — and found it to be fast and cheap.

I found the poutine delicious, though I felt a little sluggish afterwards, as I do after most fast food.

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Poutine — french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy — is probably the most iconic French-Canadian dish there is. So it comes as no surprise that, in Quebec, there's an entire fast-food chain famous for its poutine.

Despite finding the dish on the menu of even the most high-end restaurants around Quebec, when researching the best poutine in Quebec City, I kept seeing recommendations for the fast-food version at Chez Ashton, so I had to try it.

Here's what the poutine at Chez Ashton was like.