The Diner Dash is drawing to a close, and for our penultimate diner review we stopped by La Belle Province for some steamies and poutine.
Visiting La Belle Province breaks with our general attempt to find local and independently owned diners to review for our trip, but since we were in Montreal and I grew up there, I insisted we stop and get some steamies and poutine instead of trying to find a diner.
What can I say about a steamie if you’ve never had one? Well they’re small, regular hot dogs that have been steamed instead of grilled or boiled. When I was growing up in Montreal there was a restaurant near the Concordia west end campus that sold them for $0.25 each, and I would go there with a dollar and pig out.
The steamies were just as good as I remember, however the poutine was a thorough disappointment. The gravy wasn’t really hot enough to melt the cheese curds, and a poutine without melted cheese is a bit like a blt without bacon.
La Belle Province is a franchise restaurant though, so results will vary from location to location. Stop there if you’re in a rush and just want to try a steamie.
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December 31, 2008 at 6:41 pm
brdy t
…and of course it’s a Pepsi you’re drinking. GF is a poutine connaisseur and quite seriously said “OMFG it’s a disaster if the gravy isn’t hot enough to melt the curds…[long pause]….What a huge disappointment for him! Hope he learned a lesson about chains and poutine.”
January 1, 2009 at 7:36 am
monkmonk
Have you been to frite alors? I enjoyed the poutine there. Also, FYI there’s a new poutine place above the B Boyz on adelaide.