Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Chip Truck no.1

Some of my friends have made the comment that a lot of my posts are related to food. This post is not withstanding that content, I figured I'd feature a chip truck that's located just outside my office. Since I've been living in Ottawa, I've had food from a handful of chip trucks and I tend to only eat that kind of food about 3-4 times a year. This is my first chip truck adventure this year!

The chip truck couple were looking at me funny, probably cause they saw me taking photos of their truck, but I figure, I'm maybe promoting your food, depending on how good it tastes, just like any ole restaurant reviewer.

So the chip truck is usually located on the corner of Queen and O'Connor. I also find it funny how most chip trucks in town advertise best fries, or best poutine. Read below to see my comments. Here's a few shots of the chip truck:



The food:

I ordered combo no.7, which is a poutine, sausage and pop. I got a Polish sausage. The sausage was quite tasty. It was cooked nicely and opened up to make sure that it was cooked thoroughly. I appreciate it when chip trucks make sure that the food is cooked properly and allow costumers to see it from a quick view that it is properly cooked. Also, by making incisions into the sausage, it allows for the fat to drain out, and you don't get any boiling surprises when you take a bit into the meat. As for the poutine, it was decent. The sauce was quite tasty, a bit salty (but being from the east coast, I like salt in my food.) If you don't like salt, it might be too salty for you. They had a good amount of curds in the poutine, it melted nicely in the middle with the warm gravy. However, I do like squeaky curds, and this one lacked some of that squeakiness. That being said, it still had a good taste. The fries were excellent! If you're looking for good homemade fries, this is a definitely a good spot. They didn't seem to greasy, however that could have been camouflaged by the sauce, but overall, they kept some of their crunch and had a good taste to them. The portion size was good, for a medium size poutine it was definitely big enough and the price was maybe a tad higher than what I'd expect to pay for chip truck food, but overall I'd go back, but that being said, I usually only visit chip trucks about 3-4 times a year, I'd probably go for a different experience.


4 comments:

  1. Jer, it's Phil. you're making me hungry. I checked out all your posts, you lead a sweet life man, and i'm jealous of your guitar (obviously). come back to NRCan!

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  2. Jer, this looks a lot like the place I used to go to all the time when I worked in Ottawa. What's on the corner of Queen and O'Connor, I can't place it.

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  3. It's at the corner of the World Exchange Plaza and kitty corner to that is the Zellers. If that helps any.

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  4. Hi Phil,

    Thanks for the comments, and glad you like the blog! It's a fun adventure, and no plans on going back to NRCan anytime soon, sorry buddy.

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