Iron Duke

My colleague's wife defended her Ph.D. thesis last week, and we all went out to celebrate the occasion. Iron Duke is a very nice bar with mellow decor and is a lot cleaner when compared to other bars. Their food, I hear, is reasonably good... EXCEPT for their poutine. I have heard about their notorious poutine from time to time and I needed to try it to see how bad it is.

Location: 207 Wellington Street

Price: Poutine was not in the menu. I had to ask them if they had it. The waitress replied, "sure, we can do it for you"... According to the receipt, it was an a la carte.

Fries: 3.00
Gravy: 1.50
Cheddar cheese: 0.63

Adding up 5.13 (before tax)

Overall: This poutine, you can definitely skip. The fries were good but nothing else really stood out to mention. The amount was just OK but I found it it was a bit disappointing. With Bubba's poutine within a few blocks away, there is no earthly reason why you have to try this poutine. SKIP IT.

Fries: Good thick fries with skin on them. This was the only good thing about this poutine. They were fried nicely and the flavor was good enough to stimulate your appetite.

Gravy: Semi-dark, and it was a bit on the runny (thin) side, which is ok. However, the amount was on the skimpy side. It was not quite enough to coat all the fries. This had an intense consommé flavor. I didn't mind it but I think a lot of people might find it a bit too overpowering.

Cheese: As the receipt said, it was cheddar (pale, not the yellow kind). Again, there was not enough of it. When I started eating it, I thought the had forgotten to put cheese on my poutine. VERY disappointing.


**** digg it! ****


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