{"id":1613,"date":"2011-11-30T12:19:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T20:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=1613"},"modified":"2011-11-30T12:19:45","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T20:19:45","slug":"worth-the-trip-poutine-poopers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2011\/11\/30\/worth-the-trip-poutine-poopers\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth the Trip<\/i>: Poutine poopers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Campus Cafeteria<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lansdowne campus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poutine<\/strong><\/p>\n

$6.15<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Campus cafeteria poutine (photo by Tyler Rowe).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nPresentation and service<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason:<\/strong> The poutine at the cafeteria is simply massive. It\u2019s a veritable mountain of artery-clogging, gravy-infused, cheese-covered, deep-fried potato goodness. It\u2019s almost too much for one person to handle and, for $6.15, it\u2019s an amazing deal for the amount of food you get.<\/p>\n

Tyler: <\/strong>There\u2019s nothing quite like a crap-load of fries with brown sauce and white chunks served fresh in a hard paper container! Man, the guys who work the grill really are nice dudes, though.<\/p>\n

Taste<\/strong><\/p>\n

J:<\/strong> There seems to be a growing theme with the caf not having any flavour in their food, and this didn\u2019t disappoint. The gravy was just runny, nondescript brown liquid. The cheese curds were cold, and the fries were boring deep-fried spud sticks. I will say that it was really filling, though.<\/p>\n

T:<\/strong> You know I can\u2019t hate on the fries, as discussed in earlier editions of Worth the Trip.<\/em> McCain\u2019s, baby! As for the overall taste, there\u2019s not a whole lot going on. But for impoverished college students, there\u2019s nothing like a near-pound of starch to fill the need.<\/p>\n

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New York Fries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hillside Mall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poutine<\/strong><\/p>\n

$6.65<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New York Fries poutine (photo by Tyler Rowe).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nPresentation and service<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason:<\/strong> You get a lot less poutine in comparison to the caf, and for more money, so this better taste a lot better to make it worth it. This is New York Fries though; fries are what they do, so in theory the poutine here will be better.<\/p>\n

Tyler: <\/strong>The girl at the counter was actually pretty put out that we would interrupt her frowning by placing an order, but that\u2019s par for the course for mall food-court customer service. It\u2019s not that I expected the good china or anything, but that young woman certainly could have minded her manners.<\/p>\n

Taste<\/strong><\/p>\n

J: I\u2019ve always liked their fries, and covered in gravy and cheese just seems like a winning combination. The gravy was decent, and the cheese curds were actually melted. Overall though, it was a little underwhelming. I expected more from a place that has the word \u201cfries\u201d in their title.<\/p>\n

T: I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve had New York Fries since I was a teen, and frankly, I expected more. Honestly, between the sushi, gyro, and A&W options available at the Hillside Mall food court, I don\u2019t know why anyone would go for the New York Fries poutine.<\/p>\n

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And the winner is…\u00a0 <\/strong>The cafeteria.<\/p>\n

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Verdict:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s a classic case of quantity versus quality, and the quality of New York Fries isn\u2019t enough to outweigh the sheer quantity of the caf. Neither is great, so go for the one that\u2019s the best bang for your buck. Furthermore, if you ever really want poutine, go to la belle province<\/em>. What passes for poutine out here, simply isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Campus Cafeteria Lansdowne campus Poutine $6.15 Presentation and service Jason: The poutine at the cafeteria is simply massive. It\u2019s a veritable mountain of artery-clogging, gravy-infused, cheese-covered, deep-fried potato goodness. It\u2019s almost too much for one person to handle and, for $6.15, it\u2019s an amazing deal for the amount of food you get. Tyler: There\u2019s nothing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columns","category-november-30-2011"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1613"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1624,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1613\/revisions\/1624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}