Day 1



I don’t generally count the day of driving to a destination as a day, but when we arrived in Montreal we went straight to La Banquise for some smoked meat poutine. La Banquise is open late + has over 20 varieties of poutine. The line of late night diners was both intimidating & comforting - at least we knew the food must be good, but do we really have to wait on that line ?? Luckily, the take-away line is much shorter and from what I saw while waiting for my order, service is quick.

Smoked meat poutine

The poutine at La Banquise is hands down my favorite. The cheese curds (dipped in gravy) are squeaky fresh - cheese curds are supposed to squeak! The lactic acid in cheese curds lowers the pH and causes them to lose their squeak after ~12 hours. This is a good test for seeing if your poutine place is using fresh cheese curds.

I liked the taste of the smoked meat but wish the ends were a little more burnt for texture. One large order fed 4 of us with leftovers so a small would…