we're here at Holy Chucks we ordered our "foie gras" I don't even know if I'm pronouncing
that right, poutine.. it's a $36 poutine.
We're gonna see if it's worth that.
You ready?
Alright.
Cheers.
Oh my god.
What's up everybody?
Today is a really good day because I'm joined by Tom!
Aye!
Tom's from Philly and he's not used to Canadian stuff.
This is his second time here but last time didn't count.
I was here for like.. two seconds.
You were here for two seconds.
All we did was play Pokemon Go..
And you DID try poutine.
Yes.
That was while you were here.
Did you like it?
I thought it was freaking awesome actually.
Good.
So there's this challenge that's been going around the internet- not really a challenge,
kind of like a.. like a thing.
If you're gonna be more specific, it's like a thing, ya know?
oh oh right right.
it's where people take a cheap version of a product and an expensive version of a product,
and compare it.
Challenge!
A.. challenge.
Since you're here in Toronto, since you're here in Canada, since you've only really had
one poutine, let's find out really what's out there, and you know I'm used to poutine
but I really only go to like one or two places for it so I'm curious to find out the difference
between cheap poutine and expensive poutine.
So first up..
McDonalds.
Let's go.
Let's do it!
$4 for the poutine.
2 poutines coming right up.
Okay so we're at Mcdonalds and we both got poutines and first thought just opening it,
what do you think?
It looks awesome.
I have the feelings I'm gonna like this more than the $40... what does that say as you
as a person?
Liking the cheap stuff?
That I'm a cheap, dirty little potato.
So $4 poutine, you ready to try it?
Yes.
Before we do, give this video a thumbs up.
You gotta smash that thumbs up button.
If we don't get at least like 2000 likes on this video then its probably just gonna make
us really sick cause, I'm mean, it's not very healthy.
and we gotta eat two more poutines after this??
We need some luck.
2000 thumbs up, let's go.
3..2..1.. go!
Oh my god that hits the spot so much right now.
That is SO GOOD.
I'm worried for the other poutines now.
$4..
I think this is gonna be better.
Even like the packaging I like.
Like for Mcdonalds this is like.. pretty gourmet.
yeah.
I'm done.
I was very hungry.
Like legit this is probably like better than any other hang over food that I've ever had
in America.
It's so good.
It's kind of a tradition for at least my friends and I to go to bars or whatever when we do,
and at the end of the night get a poutine.
Like get a big poutine so that you don't finish it, and then leave it in the fridge and then
have a much worse poutine the next day.
So final critique Tom, what do you think?
What do you give that out of 10.
I give it 8 and a half poutines out of 10 poutines.
Okay.
Yeah.
you know, I think its good.
I'm gonna give it an 8.
An 8?
Okay a solid 8.
It's an A. My parents would be proud of me if that was a grade I got.
My parents would like I was um, forging a report card.
hahahaha.
Okay so now we're gonna go to the next poutine place.. this is kind of a local, very popular
place, I think it's actually around Canada now.
It's called Smokes Poutinerie, so.. let's go there.
Okay so it was too loud at Smokes so we decided we were just gonna bring everything here.
So we got our poutines.
Also side-note, that Mcdonalds poutine was good, didn't fill me up though.
What poutine did you get?
I got um, aw yeah it was the bacon chicken ranch.
it actually looks awesome.
it basically has everything that a regular poutine has except it has bacon chicken and
ranch dressing.
Yeah so the difference is for those of you that don't know poutine is always just the
3 things, you know fries, cheese curds and gravy, but Smokes Poutinerie is known for
having this whole menu of tons of different flavours of poutine and I've been there many
times so I've got my favourite which was Chicken Inferno.
So I think it's roasted red peppers and jalapenos and sriracha and chicken.
And the other thing is that while Mcdonald's cost $4 this cost $8.99 so it was $9 for these
poutines.
So they're double the price basically.. let's see if they're double the goodness.
They're definitely way more filling, there's way more food than the other one.
Yes.
For sure.
It's a whole meal.
To be fair, we are partially paying for the larger portion.
3..2..1.. mmmmm.
You can tell the ingredients are fresh too, ya know?
oh that's good.. spicy though.
I can taste that it's higher quality.. like I can taste there's a difference.
The fries are NOT the same as the Mcdonalds fries at all.
That's the biggest difference but I like the Mcdonalds more.
The quality of the fries, the gravy and the cheese, it feels a lot less processed.
I have like whole jalapenos slices like they look juicy and the red pepper is fresh and
tastes good the chicken is good.
Let's say you take out all those ingredients and it was just.. it was just the regular
poutine?
Yeah what do you think you'd like more like bite for bite?
Probably the Mcdonalds more.
Yeah? it's only because the fries are like..
Mcdonalds fries.
Yeah.
I think what I learned today is that the fries might be the most important part.
So if I was starving this would fill me up and satisfy me way more than Mcdonalds would.
I agree.
So out of 10.. what are you gonna say?
I will give this....
7.75 poutines out of 10.
That's almost an A. and my parents almost respect me.
This holds a special place in my heart, Smokes, it's like, the poutine place.
You've gone here so many times it's like my second time here.
I would probably give this..
8.5 poutines out of 10 poutines.
Okay.
Freshness, flavour, fillingness.. this has it all.
And also like just as a company they have a whole menu of flavours so even if you don't
like this, if you wanted to, and you really wanna give it a shot you could go back and
order 9 different flavours that are totally different and see if there's one that speaks
to you.
Right.
We are currently on our way to the last place to get poutine.
We had to sit down for a couple hours and really think over our life decisions, but
um we're on our way to a place called Holy Chucks, so.. see you over there.
Can we get the uh, foie gras poutine?
We can't take it to go?
Alright then it's for here.
So they said that we have to eat it here we can't take it to go because the liver or truffle,
I didn't fully hear her, it melts really quickly so to fully enjoy it we have to eat it right
here.
Oh wow.
Okay.
Okay so we're here at Holy Chucks, we ordered our foie gras..
I don't even know if I'm pronouncing it right.. poutine, it's a $36 poutine.
On top of the truffle- I didn't even know what truffles were, we were talking about
this.
Tom thought it was related to Chocolate.
I didn't know what it was.
Everything thinks that.
Okay.
I KNEW it wasn't chocolate, I thought it was something like- it's like a fungi I guess
but it's a huge delicacy and that's why it costs so much.
So..
$36.. we're gonna see if it's worth that.
You ready?
Cheers.
It's SO GOOD.
Oh my god.
We googled it and it said it tastes "earthy" and I didn't know what that meant but I 100%
get it now.
Yeah.
And that's REALLY good.
we were talking about this earlier about how we almost kind of dreaded going to a third
poutine place cause that's all we've eaten today, and the second one was very heavy and
we just kind of felt like "I've had my fill of poutine" but this is very refreshingly
good.
Even just like, I guess the truffle melted into the gravy so the whole thing has this
earthy taste without it just being the truffle.
So.. final verdict.. what do you think?
Banging.
It was actually insanely good.
What would you rate that out of 10?
I gotta give it a 10.
That's a solid 10.
That's a perfect poutine.
I didn't know poutines could be that good.
What about you?
I'd give it a 9/10.
It was very very salty.
Okay so we just made it back and so I think now's probably a good time to do a final recap
of all the poutines and see how they compare.
Yeah cause I think like while we were eating it in the moment especially me with the Mcdonalds
one in the beginning, I was so emotional just because it was my first time having poutine
in like a very long time.
Also we were hungry as hell.
That's like another bias that was like really bad cause then went straight from that one
to the next poutine.
That was so bad!
We were STARVING for the Mcdonalds one, we were STUFFED for the second one, we had no
interest in that, and then we were hungry again for the third one.
yeah.
But also like we had two other things of poutine that day, yeah, so we were also kind of sick
of it, but like I feel like we've had enough time now to kind of take a step back and just
evaluate all of it.
I gave Mcdonalds at least like an 8.
I think you gave it an 8.5.
Yeah that was not accurate at all.
You LOVED that Mcdonalds poutine.
It was still bangin' like don't get me wrong, it's not the last time I'm gonna get that,
but I would have to say the second poutine is better just by sheer quality, the amount
that you're getting, I don't know, just overall..
I think it was just better.
I wasn't hungry at all, I wasn't in the mood for it.
The third one was just so gourmet so over the top I wasn't even used to it.
So I'd probably give the last one 10 poutines out of 10 poutines haha. okay.
I'll give the second one 9 out of 9 poutines and the Mcdonalds one 8 out of 10 poutines.
Wait 9 out of 9?
So 8, 9, 10.
8, 9, 10.
I feel like the first and the third one.. they were snacks.
They were not heavy.
Smokes is a very heavy meal but it would fill you up on it's own and that's why it's a restaurant
for just poutine.
The Mcdonalds one, it was delicious, it just wasn't that filling, but for $4?
I think that's a steal.
If you just want to taste poutine, Mcdonalds is a perfectly good poutine for $4.
My final rating?
I'm gonna give Mcdonalds 7 out of 10 in terms of like.. everything right?
So it's just like a little lower because it's not as filling.
Okay.
I'm gonna give Smokes 7.5 poutines out of 10 poutines.
Okay. it's just very, it's very fry filled.
A meal on just fries for me is just like.. a lot.
And the last one?
I'm sticking to my 10 out of 10 because that was a poutine experience that I'll never get
back.
I'm super glad I did it, and I'll definitely get it again one day.
I had no idea what a truffle was but I don't know when you walk away from it you're like
"hey now I have a story to tell".
You're not gonna tell a story about the time you ate a poutine at Mcdonalds for $4.
Good story, can I go now?
Anyways, if you enjoyed this video, please, give it a thumbs up.
We didn't get sick actually, all we've done is eat poutines all day so I think we're overdue
to get a salad.
but give this video a thumbs up just so we don't throw up, cause it's still possible.
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