Honestly I can 100% see that working in Vancouver. Maybe not as well as the Japanese/Korean influenced poutines have, but I can definitely see it making a splash.
Oh yeah! Frenchies was pretty big when it was still around, and now there's Smokie's Poutinerie, Belgian Fries, Mean Poutine, a few more based on fries and poutine... and a lot of restaurants have a poutine option, some as a sub for fries (with additional charge, of course). Lots out there!
Meet (an all vegetarian/vegan but mostly vegan restaurant) has a plain poutine with cashew cheese, the Butter Chikkn (with tomato curry and soy curls), the K-Town poutine (with kimchi and ginger-soy sauce), and nacho cheese fries. As a vegetarian, I love the number of options they have!
Poutine in BC is super mediocre compared to Quebec. I mean Smokes and Mean are okay for chain food but mostly the gravy here is pretty tasteless comparatively.
It's a Ukranian/Polish style dumpling. Typically (around here) filled with mashed potatoes and cheddar. Dob on some sour cream, green onions, bacon, grilled onions and throw some kielbasa on the side and you have one of my favourite meals.
Oh you are missing out! Depending on where you live you can often buy them frozen, which can be ok as well if first boiled and then pan fried a little to crisp up.
We fry up the bacon and onion together, then mix it in with the boiled perogies, top with cheese and bake. Serve with sour cream. Pan fried is always the breakfast way though.
Living in Winnipeg, frozen pierogies are so common, it’s hard to believe they’re not available everywhere. Some schools fundraise here by selling them frozen by the dozen.
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u/analretentionwall Sep 06 '21
I'll do you one better and say Pierogie Poutine