ext_167063 ([identity profile] plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2009-12-29 03:14 pm
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Poutine

A freezing day like this reminds me to share my recent discovery that poutine has been added to the menu at Eat At Jumbo's in Ball Square. Comfort soaked in gravy.

The owner told me (when I asked) that he unfortunately doesn't have local access to authentic cheese curds (the ones from Trader Joe's suck). But he substitutes what he described to me as "Vermont cabot," whatever that may be, and the flavor and consistency is similar to what I've had in Montreal. Gooey. Greasy. Glorious.
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[identity profile] plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com 2009-12-31 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
We don't have a car anymore. So sadly, it's not going to happen. :-(

[identity profile] pierceheart.livejournal.com 2009-12-31 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
There is always the train, and thence to Montreal, instead of Chez Tipolo.

[identity profile] plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com 2009-12-31 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
We actually looked into that last year. Basically, getting to Montreal from Boston via Amtrak would have required a train to NYC, spending the night in Penn Station (or a hotel for a few hours, at New York hotel prices), and then catching a train for an 11 hour ride to Montreal. Even if the poutine was studded with diamonds it wouldn't be worth it. Back then we had a car, so we drove.

[identity profile] pierceheart.livejournal.com 2009-12-31 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a real shame that Amtrak killed the Montrealer route, now it's simply the Vermonter.
Otherwise you could have done the Northeast Regional to the Montrealer.

I don't know why they killed service between snalbans and Montreal, seems like stupidity.
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