[Gh0stRider]

ALL YOU CAN EAT POUTINE!!!

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poutine2011.eventbrite.com

Attention poutine lovers of Vancouver, there is now a festival to honour the wonderful culinary delight. Francouver.ca is proud to present The Vancouver Poutine Festival on November 19, sponsored by “La Belle Patate”, Quebec Government and The Poutine Festival of Drummondville aka Poutine’s Motherland. The festival features an experimental poutine contest; open to all, family activities, a poutine crawl, open mic for teenagers, francophone concerts & more!
Like the food itself, the festival is meant to celebrate the warm and flavourful Quebecois culture. It’s an all-ages excuse to hang out with some good people, relive some fond memories and indulge in some of the best comfort food this side of the Gatineau. Grab a napkin and a friend and come see what all the fuss is about!

Poutine Festival info:
When: November 19th 2011, noon until late.
Where: Hellenic Community Center, 4500 Arbutus Street
How much: Tickets for the evening are $20/person and include all you can eat poutine: Festival de la Poutine de Vancouver: Saturday November 19... - Eventbrite (http://www.poutine2011.eventbrite.com)
What: Daytime (until 5:00pm):
Admission: Free 
Family activities from noon to five including an *open stage* for teenagers, tonnes of children’s activities such as face painting, arts & crafts & abundant and low-cost good poutine for everyone.

Admission: $20/person at (poutine2011.eventbrite.com)
A guided “Poutine Crawl” in downtown Vancouver will take place during the day, from noon to 4:00pm, showing you secret pockets of the best fries, gravy and cheese that the West Coast has to offer. For the poutine crawl, tickets are $20 and sold online at poutine2011.eventbrite.com and include poutine tasting at each location! Details of the poutine crawl will be sent to participants prior to the actual event.

Evening (starts at 6:00pm until late):
Admission: $20/person at (poutine2011.eventbrite.com)
The evening starts with a poutine contest including 10 experimental creations that you will be able to taste in limited quantities. The poutine contest will be judged by local food critics, restaurant owners, and various poutine specialists. The evening will also feature a music open mic, francophone music, karaoke & special musical guests. And the best part: as much free poutine as you can handle. It is open to everyone above 19 years of age as we will be serving low-cost beer & wine. There will be a dancing area.
What: Festival de la Poutine de Vancouver
When: Saturday, November 19, 2011 12:00 pm -
Sunday, November 20, 2011 2:00 am
Where: Hellenic Community of Vancouver| 4500 Arbutus Street| Vancouver
Phone: (604) 266-7148
How: Official Website
Tickets Cost: CA$12.00 – CA$25.00

[mike313]

helllz yea =D

[orgasm_donor]

So French!

I'll pass.

[dinamix]

$20 for cheese and fries. What a ripoff
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[ntan]

$20 for cheese and fries. What a ripoff
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Does seem a tad expensive
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[Jayboogz]

Lol. 20 bucks is too expensive.... They shud of made it 10 dollars.
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[MG1]

20 bucks?????


You know how many peep shows I can get for 20 bucks? LOLOLOLOL

Right, Tachy?

Now if they had hot French chicks prancing around in short French Maid outfits serving ooey, gooey concoctions, then I may consider it......... I mean I'll be in there like a dirty shirt.


EDIT: I'll be in one like a dirty shirt.........

[CRS]

20 bucks?????


You know how many peep shows I can get for 20 bucks? LOLOLOLOL

Right, Tachy?

Now if they had hot French chicks prancing around in short French Maid outfits serving ooey, gooey concoctions, then I may consider it......... I mean I'll be in there like a dirty shirt.


EDIT: I'll be in one like a dirty shirt.........

:suspicious:

Not sure if I would want to be around ooey, gooey concoctions if this were the case....

:heckno:

[vafanculo]

May comsider it

Or just may go straight to brado's
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[fliptuner]

Damnit I was hoping there would be a bunch of different vendors and a list of what they're making. I'd love some Montreal fois gras poutine with the fries cooked in duck fat.

I realize there's tasting but I'm sure that'll run out pretty quick and one can only eat so much free $20 poutine.

[Gh0stRider]

wheres the best poutine in town anyways? sick of the costco/ny fries ones

[dangonay]

^ Haven't been there in ages, but Belgian Fries on Commercial Drive was always good.
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[CRS]

wheres the best poutine in town anyways? sick of the costco/ny fries ones

^ Haven't been there in ages, but Belgian Fries on Commercial Drive was always good.
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Belgian Fries is alright but I would still stick with Brado's as the best poutine.

Both are on Commercial Drive and are about 4 blocks apart from each other.

I have posted pics from Brado's in the Food and Fine dining section somewhere...

[murd0c]

For all of your poutine questions

http://www.revscene.net/forums/565620-best-poutine-11.html

[1exotic]

Just buy 2 Costco Poutines

[donjalapeno]

poutine topped with montreal smoked meat and pickle bits = the best thing that ever happend to quebec.

[Bahhbeehhaaaa]

YUmmmmm !!~~ but yeah.. 20 bucks is a bit too much.

[1990TSI]

Good news! we had heard that it was the 11th, which is babies due date. GF being from montreal she was sad to miss this, even for a baby.


see ya'll there!

and $20 is not too much for what you get

[ynot-llat]

wheres the best poutine in town anyways? sick of the costco/ny fries ones

FRITZ on davie handsdown

[MG1]

We had a poutine thread on RS, didn't we?

Place I like is in NewWest. Trying to remember the name...... something Dairy. Will post if I remember. Chick who runs the place is from Quebec.

[Gh0stRider]

ya $20 is a bit much, but meh

[murd0c]

We had a poutine thread on RS, didn't we?

Place I like is in NewWest. Trying to remember the name...... something Dairy. Will post if I remember. Chick who runs the place is from Quebec.

look 5 posts above ;)

[donjalapeno]

Made this and it only cost me 9 bucks. sorry for shitty ipad photo

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[Kilinim]

We had a poutine thread on RS, didn't we?

Place I like is in NewWest. Trying to remember the name...... something Dairy. Will post if I remember. Chick who runs the place is from Quebec.

Anny's Dairy Bar?
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[bloodmack]

dry cottage cheese + tater tarts and custom made gravy = :sweetjesus: i wish i had a camera to take pictures..

im so going to all you can eat pouting.. 20 bag + festival = worth the 20$ haha

[Eatman]

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[Vansterdam]

20$ ayce poutine? :fuckthatshit:

[Alatar]

wheres the best poutine in town anyways? sick of the costco/ny fries ones

Crave on Main has a good poutine. Not so much a saucy gravy as actual roast beef on the fries. Mmmmmm.

[punkwax]

:facepalm: @ all the cheap asses on RS.

It's a FESTIVAL meant to celebrate Quebecois culture which INCLUDES ayce poutine for $20. Its not a restaurant where you sit down and try and eat $20 worth of poutine.

[drunkrussian]

for $20 i can get four large orders of poutine and only finish 1.5 of them. great that something like this is coming but pricing is ridiculous. if it was really a celebration of poutine and they wanted us to try different ones while still earnig money they shudda charged $3.50 for a small portion of poutine at each vendor. then id try 3 or 4 for 11.50-14 bucks
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[drunkrussian]

:facepalm: @ all the cheap asses on RS.

It's a FESTIVAL meant to celebrate Quebecois culture which INCLUDES ayce poutine for $20. Its not a restaurant where you sit down and try and eat $20 worth of poutine.

wrong. the festival is entirely about poutine. hence the name "the poutine festival"
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[punkwax]

Yes poutine is the focal point, but if your pointing out $20 is too much for poutine, you're kind of missing the point imo
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[q0192837465]

I'll agree that 20 bucks is asking too much. Should have been nominal admission and u can purchase different kinds of poutine from various vendors. Face it, even if it's ayce, how much can u really eat.

[fliptuner]

Ding ding ding ding ding

I'd totally pay $5-$8 admission to purchase different recipes from different vedndors.

[Happy]

inb4fatpersonhasaheartattack

[JdmProbe]

I think 20 bucks is fine.. its ALL you can eat. If i prepare for it im sure i can eat 20 dollars worth. And there's going to be so many different poutines. mmmmMmm poutine

[flagella]

Having been to a lot of poutine places including Brado's, I still like Costco one at the end.

[Obsideon]

:sweetjesus: ... Poutine is the BEST food EVAR!

But let me get this straight... so at this festival.. you can't individually order poutine?... you must get the $20 All-You-Can-Eat?... I'm down for some good poutine... but AYCE seems excessive... it would have been great if all the best poutine shops around town came together and opened vendors so we can try them all ... Brado's, La Belle, Fritz, Belgian Fries, etc ... would have been EPIC! :fullofwin:

[3klipze]

Cost - Day (Adult): Free & Free for kids too (great deals on Poutine! With activities for kids & teens)

I'm pretty sure if you go during the day time, you get in for free and buy poutine off different vendors.

you guys are all complaining about 20$ for admission and ayce poutine. but its not only the poutine. There are activities and other events going on as well besides the food (shit ain't free). 20$ isn't bad at all.

too bad no one to go with :alone:

[Vale46Rossi]

Oh my.

[you!]

$20 :fuckthatshit:

[dat_steve]

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poutine is one thing the Quebecois have done right.
i don't think i can eat $20 worth of poutine though. sober that is. with a bit of organic assistance i'm sure a few of us rs'ers will clear the place out no problem.

[minoru_tanaka]

Eat $20 of potatoes, cheese and gravy? Next day will be a rough one

[b0unce. [?]]

sounds like heart stopping goodness to me lol

[AutozamAZ-3]

Eat $20 of potatoes, cheese and gravy? Next day will be a rough one

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[sonick]

^ more like

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[see.lai]

Costco poutine is alright, just that the gravy could be poorly made.

but $20 for ayce poutine?:suspicious:

[minoru_tanaka]

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^ more like

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Hopefully they sell both at the exit

[optiblue]

for $20, I rather go to uncle willies and have my gravy fries with meat.

[Meowjin]

Man revscene sucks.

[hongy]

fuck the age requirement.

[Ando]

I drove by the Hellenic Community Center around 2pm and saw a line out the door, didn't bother to find parking.

Anyone made it in? How was it?

[604Playa]

heard the festival was a total bust!. Long line ups, and all poutine got sold out. ppl got their tickets refunded.

[Ando]

heard the festival was a total bust!. Long line ups, and all poutine got sold out. ppl got their tickets refunded.

Sounds like it was not a bust, it was too popular hence the sell out.

[Adrenaline Rush]

I went at about 1:30pm and waited about 20 minutes. There was a guy who came out and said they were running out of poutine and that they were trying to restock, but there would be no guarantee that they could do it, so I left. Guess they couldn't restock...

I had some friends who had gotten in earlier and said it was decent but nothing that special. Bear in mind, this wasn't even the AYCE event, but just the community center open house day with poutine being sold for $5.

I think they need to get a bigger venue and more supplies for next year!

[Obsideon]

Haha I went to La Belle Patate last night for a poutine run around 2am, delicious!

[Culverin]

I went, rode in from North Burnaby, turns out they ran out...
Frozen hands could barely hold my handle bars...

Not super pissed though, ended up eating out elsewhere with some friends.

[bloodmack]

pretty much made my own poutine with some friends instead of going to the festival.

[xmisstrinh]

A group of us were the first ones waiting outside just before 6. We were greeted with "If you don't have a printed ticket, you won't be coming in!", not, hello or welcome.


During an announcement, a guy asked the crowd if people spoke French and maybe 5 people put up their hands and cheered. He then said the rest of us English-only people must be linguistically challenged. I almost wanted to go up to him and tell him he's in the wrong city to say that. Hippy man's mother was one of the organizers and kept reminding everyone about how they want this event to be zero waste, which is cool, but they also told people to hold onto their forks and the bar ran out of glassware by 8pm. They ended up having to send someone to Safeway across the street to pick up red plastic cups!

In terms of the poutine, it was like a line up from Oliver's Twist. Most of the crowd were just constantly in line waiting for poutine. People were lined up, some were huddled by the entrances so they could be the first ones to get some. It sounds ridiculous, but it was necessary if you wanted to get any! Some were tasty, but some of the portions in the little gelato cups were so small, it was disappointing. For an event that had..... Maybe 50-75 people, they didn't have enough glassware, and only had 2 fryers set up for the 500lbs of potatoes they were wanting to serve to the crowd. There was supposed to be 10 gourmet styles of poutine along with the classic one. We spent most of the time waiting because it took 30 minutes for each style to come out. Oh, and entertainment was crap.

We left after having the classic, Italian, Chinese and Japanese styles. 2 hours went by and we decided to leave. Some people had been there almost as long as we had and they hadn't had ANY poutine. At that rate, we would of been there until midnight waiting to try all 10 gourmet styles and still wouldn't of been satisfied because of the small portions. I heard some had left and demanded a refund, too. The event was so poorly organized and was such a disappointment for everyone a lot of people. While we left, one guy opened the door for us and asked how it was and some of my friends said it sucked and never again will we go to this kind of event.

[melloman]

Good thing I forgot about this... =\

[Vansterdam]

chinese and japanese poutine? lol wtf was in it

[xmisstrinh]

the chinese poutine was peking duck poutine served with a sweet sauce (hoisen right?) cheese curds, green onion and a shrimp cracker. it was actually quite tasty.

the japanese one was more like an imitation poutine. 10/10 for creativity but 3/10 for taste. it was deep fried taro, with a miso sauce with shitake mushrooms and bamboo shoots (i think) and the "cheese curds" were actually tofu. Wasn't very tasty, but the concept was interesting.

[Vale46Rossi]

Thank god I forgot about this...

I was at fritz yesterday and it was goood

[3klipze]

fuck, missed out.

craving poutine right now. wish costco didn't close so early on sunday

[twitchyzero]

where's the best montreal smoked meat in town?
dunn's new spot no biggie because they were always served at costco?

[Sentinel]

My friend won the competition with his Peking Duck Poutine.
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[InvisibleSoul]

Wow, sounded like it was a terrible event.

[skiiipi]

where's the best montreal smoked meat in town?
dunn's new spot no biggie because they were always served at costco?

Zako's deli at the corner of broadway and cambie has good montreal smoked meat. Decent poutine too.
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[Ando]

Zako's deli at the corner of broadway and cambie has good montreal smoked meat. Decent poutine too.
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Tried it and was disappointed.

[Culverin]

Tried it and was disappointed.
I was very disappointed with Brados.


We left after having the classic, Italian, Chinese and Japanese styles.



chinese and japanese poutine? lol wtf was in it



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[truth]

it was not a successful event. We were unsatisfied and asked for our money back. The guy turned it down and later on offered to put our names down for free admission next year. It was so bad we wouldn't even bother wasting our time next year.

[Durrann]

yikes and i wanted to go to this event too

[Obsideon]

Sounds like this event was quite the epic fail ... lucky I didn't make an extra effort to go!

Zako's deli at the corner of broadway and cambie has good montreal smoked meat. Decent poutine too.
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I went there a while back, not impressed with the sandwich or poutine.

where's the best montreal smoked meat in town?
dunn's new spot no biggie because they were always served at costco?

Are you sure that new Dunn's restaurant serves the EXACT same Smoked Meat Sandwich as Costco?... if so ... damn I was looking forward to trying this new famous shop... but I was very disappointed with the Costco sandwich... :considered:

Best Smoked Meat Sandwich I've had so far is at Le Belle Patate, you have to go before 9pm as they don't make it anymore later at night, but their poutine is excellent too!