Food, More Food...Oh, and Some Other Stuff

Each visit to Canada involves a trip to the "big city" to stock up on the goods. You know...Canadian chocolate, Canadian potato chips, and other various goodness. In addition to this typical mission, I had another goal in mind this year. I wanted to sample some more Poutine. For those of you unfamiliar with the term...allow me to enlighten you. 

Poutine (pronounced Poo-teen) "is a French Canadian dish, made with french fries, topped with brown gravy and curd cheese. Sometimes additional ingredients are added." (see Wikipedia)

My past Poutine experiences have been at Costco. (Apparently other international chains, including McDonalds, have been known to serve it as well.) While walking through the mall, however, I was excited to see that one of my favorite places (from when I was a teenager) had embraced this Canadian food. Yup, that would be New York Fries serving Poutine. (I know, I know...it's hilarious.)  

But not just any Poutine. Oh no...they've gone and ramped it up. They have the regular old Poutine (fries, gravy, cheese curds) AND they have 1) Pulled Pork Poutine 2) Butter Chicken Poutine 3) Braised Beef Poutine 4) The Works Poutine and 5) Veggie Works. SO MANY CHOICES!!!

They let us sample each kind (boy, Canadians are friendly!) and Ian and I finally settled on the Braised Beef and the Butter Chicken. 

I can't possibly explain how delicious this stuff is.

No, really...it's AMAZING. 

Now...as if our arteries weren't taking enough of a beating, we also stopped at our other favorite place, Tim Horton's. 

Oh. My. Goodness.

Their honey crullers are enough to make you weep! The only other place I've had something this light and delicious was in Paris (France, not Idaho).

Do me a favor. If you ever find yourself near a Tim Horton's (there are a few in the USA here and there) make sure you go in. Try a cruller. AND, trust me on this one, try a 40 pack of the Tim Bits. You won't regret it.

In case you think our entire Tuesday revolved around food (well, it kind of did)...we also took the kids to see Madagascar 3 (we all loved it), spent some time people watching (quite interesting), and stopped to appreciate Canada's commitment to dry grocery carts.

They really are such nice people.

And, no wonder...they have happy stomaches.