As we hadn't quite had enough junk food from Vegas, we thought hey why not have another afternoon of beer and good Canadian fast food?!
Starting off our mini crawl was dougieDOGs. We'd seen this guy on the Canadian version of Dragons Den. He didn't get the money, but his dogs looked and sounded amazing! Dougie had re-invented the hotdog and introduced all-natural dogs, free of hormones, preservatives and chemical additives.
Styled on the European hotdog recipes using only meat and seasoning and married these beautiful wieners with weird and wonderful toppings, like their signature DougieDOG with Italian Pastrami, grey poupon, mustard, horseradish and cheddar cheese – you can check out all their weird and wonderful concoctions here on the menu.
The Coney Island dog was the dog of choice. All natural hotdog slathered in homemade beef chili, chopped onions and mustard.
The first thing you notice when you bite, is the "pop". mmmm just tasted so good, and I didn't have to worry about biting on a piece of something I wasn't sure of - which is generally what puts me off eating that type of meat. The chili in a Coney Dog should be bean-less - just meat and spice, which it was here. Even though I do prefer beans, I was happy Dougie is keeping it real!
Next was WINGS. Yes the actual place is called WINGS, so I'm sure you can guess what their specialty is...
We also hit the jackpot when we arrived as between 3-5 is happy hour for wings, only 35 cents a wing - woohoo!! Not only are they award winning wings, but they also offer 21 flavours ranging from mild to the Bobby Wing where you have to sign a release form to eat them.
OK, so we weren't that brave, but opted for the original Buffalo wings ( I just can't get enough of that flavour) and some Texas Dry Rub. All washed down with a pitcher of Sleeman Honey Brown lager.
I'm sorry this picture doesn't quite do the wings justice, but to be honest the wings were so damn good that I couldn't wait another minute before I shoved them in my mouth. You could tell these wings were not cooked in the fryer as the meat just fell off the bones, and as good as the dry rub was, the Buffalo style sauce is still my favourite.
We had a bit of a break after to watch the Canucks (Vancouver's nhl team) vs the Predators, which they won. I'm starting to really like watching the hockey...
After the game victory and another pitcher of beer, we needed another food high and what better that Canada's own Poutine? We had walked past La Belle Patate a few times who boasted 24 different types of poutine, so we just had to make a stop there. You can get anything from smoked meat poutine to breakfast poutine.
Lots of places have game day deals, where of the Canucks are playing they have awesome deals on food and drink and La Belle Patate
was no exception. Two poutines for $8, we slightly considered the "all
you can eat for $19.95" but decided you would need to be able to eat a
lot of poutine to make that worth while!!
We sat and waited and after about 5 minutes a very red eyed guy came over and said he had forgotten about the fries and burnt them. Hmmm, I think this sort of thing must happen quite often in Vancouver judging by the general green aroma. But we didn't mind at all and he even offered us two larger sized portions to say sorry for the wait.
Now the picture below may or may not tickle your taste buds, but until you have tried poutine... you just don't know what you're missing. I'm totally hooked.
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