Street Food - Montreal - 28 Nov 08 - Part 1

Representing a slice of France in a predominantly English-speaking country, the Canadian province of Quebec has always been a fusion of cultures. This can be no better demonstrated than in its largest city Montreal and in particular, in its food.

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[bekkett]

so..this is more about politics than food?

this look like a bad info tourist video with lot of cliche, hope no one will judge Montreal from that!

and also, Montreal does'nt want street food vendor because:

1- all the junk that will end up on the street (paper plate, old napkins)

2-Sanitary laws, they don't have enough inspector to check restaurants and food store, so even less to check if a street vendor does'nt sell rotten meat

Anyway, Montreal is WAY more than what this video show!!

[quinnsans]

Good job but we need some more cowbell!

[CanuckTechNews]

Stop talking about tensions between the French and English. Show the nice city that Montreal is.

[rougesaignant]

@BayviewFinch

Actually, some studies suggest that Quebec's french is probably closer to what french was even in France during the 16-17th.

No offense behind that. It fact it does tell us that French from France not understanding Quebecois is just snobism...

[Caramelle22]

Foie Gras.. J'aimai ca quand j'etais jeune.. sans savoir d'ou ca vennait.. mais maintenant.. je ne mangerais plus de fois gras d'une pauvre oie qui a un tube dans la gorge et se faire engraisser son foie double, triple et plus la grandeur.. terrible.. mais a part de ca, la poutine par elle meme et la cuisine.. est tres bonne!

[Blitzsam]

@TrollOvgrimness

You're wrong, Montreal is a bilingual city and even more French then English. When are being served in restaurant or bar, employe talk in French first then in English, banner are in French , the metro is in French. Never say that montreal is an english city, cause it's not

[alldayjay502]

@bekkett maybe they should spend less on language police and more on inspectors. Street food works in places like Portland OR.

[DQFXPRESS]

INDOOR FOOD YOU NEED TO BECAREFUL, BECAUSE YOU COULD NOT SEE HOW PROPER FOOD IS PREPARED, BUT STREET FOOD YOU CAN SEE THEM PREPARE MOSTLY.

[wayfarin]

wow, that old bag at 7:00 has no clue what she's talking about. english quebeckers don't enjoy meals?

maybe her minds going.

[NickAgostino33]

@bunmeguy Uh disagree. I'm from Montreal and live here (and I am anglophone), and there are definitely language issues. Francophones DEFINITELY give a shit if you can't speak French, especially if you're in the work place (which usually has French managers/bosses). Maybe you don't realize it when you're visiting because you're only interacting with locals in the way that you are the customer and they are serving you, but in other situations there can be problems.

[meltingEyeballs]

Poutine, good, very good. Slurp...

[TrollOvGrimness]

Quebec is jealous of how lame Quebec city is and how awesome Montreal is. And Montreal is an english city btw this video is wrong. Although, I try to avoid the eastern end of the city. Since, it is lame. ANd fail. French is the least romantic thing ever. Are the nazis romantic?