Big Red’s Poutine

Sauce taste like yuck, no flavor and the so called hand battered chicken taste like frozen chicken from the cheap section of the local supermarket. BLAH, terrible stuff

Meh had this out of the food truck last night and honestly it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t amazing. Had the Italian sausage poutine and wouldn’t order it again. Just found it to be very dull and boring. Basically 9 $ for fries just isn’t for me.

My good friend Peta and I found this truck outside the Make-​It craft fair this weekend. There was no arm twisting needed to try the poutine since my first option for lunch was sold out at another cart. We both had the same basic poutine. My gravy was light, however, there was lots of it = amazing and fair french fry coverage. Her and I raced to see who could finish theirs first even though she had a head start. Prices for the portion were very fair = $ 5 = best deal compared to the other food cart options. I was served in a timely manner even though there was 10 people before us.

How one takes three tasty ingredients and combines them into something so flavorless is truly impressive.

$ 5 for a poutine, and it’s pretty good, as in beats the pants off the local fast food versions. Add-​ons for $ 1 – 2, fresh fries not too salty but a little too greasy, just enough cheese curds, and good gravy — not the best gravy but definitely honest and tasty. Quick, service with a smile… I don’t know if they’re usually there, but the corner of Dewndney and 240^th was where their food trailer was spied today, by the outpost liquor.

I just Carmen Sandiego’ed these guys.
Having very little web presence and being based in Mission — there’s a fair chance I would never have stumbled upon this little poutine heaven had it not been for the Make It festival. In fact, I left Make It the last day without so much as a note or a photo to remind me who they were. But they mix four of my favourite things and therefore, are worth a few minutes of google investigation. One «Poutine Make It Festival» search later and ta da — my mystery food truck is found and now safely on the Unilocalisphere for future reference.
These guys do poutine.
Nothing more, nothing less.
And when you’re running a one-​item truck, that one item better be DAMN fine or else, you sir, are toast. Thankfully, Big Red gets a big thumbs up from this poutine-​a-​holic. They don’t beat around the bush, this is poutine at it’s simplest and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
$ 6 buys you enough for a day long food coma. But the most pleasant surprise of this most recent discovery was their Montréal Smoked Meat poutine.
Why it’s awesome:
Unlike a lot of other trucks that would jack the price exorbitantly for meaty goodness, this add on is $ 1. Damn straight.
The fries are crunchy, not overly salted. Plus one.
They don’t skimp on the cheese curds.
They are REAL cheese curds. (Seriously people, shredded cheddar & gravy on fries does not a poutine make)
Real montreal smoked meat. And again with the healthy portions.
The folks that run this truck are lovely.
Four delicious things smashed together with a smile gains a fandom from me.
So why not the fifth star? Though this is a solid poutine choice — the gravy is not phenomenal. And that’s my make or break for five star love. This isn’t see fireworks, shut out the world while you eat food. But what it is, is damn good, heart stopping, gravy laden lunchables for a reasonable price. I will definitely keep an eye out for these guys next year at Make It.