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April 18, 2006
Poutine... in Los Angeles
This just made my day:
Canadian Cafe (Monrovia) - Coffee Shop
Until a few months ago, poutine was on a longish list of foods, from creole cream cheese to real Tuscan lardo, that were simply unavailable in Los Angeles. Even if there were a place in town that sold the cheese curds that are a necessary component of poutine, the implicit heaviness of a dish composed of French-fried potatoes smothered in gravy and molten curds seems more appropriate to the endless gloom of Quebec winters than to Surf City, USA. But the Canadian Cafe, in Monrovia, is a divey temple to all things Canadian, walls emblazoned with moose and Mounties, pennants and maps. The café specializes in Canadian-style rotisserie chicken, and it is possible to snack on raisin-stuffed Canadian butter tarts, Tim Horton coffee and a tasty sandwich called a “bacon buddy,� which is made with cured, unsmoked pork loin rolled in cornmeal, which I gather is the real Canadian bacon. The poutine at Canadian Cafe seems authentic enough: fries; shiny, clotted brown gravy; and gooey, runny cheese curds that the restaurant supposedly imports from northern Quebec. Poutine may not be as useful a Montreal import as Eric Gagné, but it’s nice to know that it’s around. Tue.–Sat. 7 a.m.–7 p.m. No alcohol. Canadian. Street parking. D, MC, V. JG
125 E. Colorado Blvd., Monrovia, CA, (626) 303-2303
I'll tell you more when I actually find the place.
Posted by KinCross at April 18, 2006 10:54 AM
Comments
Ah, the simple things in life. Tell you what I miss is a Double Double with fries at In-N-Out.
Posted by: Scott at April 20, 2006 08:50 AM
Tried to swing by the place last night and, guess what, it was closed! Not such a huge loss, I ended up going to Din Tai Fung for handmade dumplings.
They have some of the oddest hours. They're only open Tuesday-Saturday from 8 a.m to 7 p.m.
Like, if I want poutine, I'm really gonna have to want it to get there at that time, unless it's Saturday.
Probably just as well. Poutine would make me balloon out like a bear in autumn.
Scott, you want me to send you a Double Double?
Posted by: Ian at April 20, 2006 04:53 PM
Naw, the fries would only be cold.
Posted by: Scott at May 9, 2006 07:35 PM