Planning a trip and don’t want to miss anything.
What Canadian food must we seek out in Banff/ Revelstoke?
I’ve never had poutine.
I also need to try Toller beer since we have a Toller.
Anything else we need to experience?
It will be mini’s first time in a foreign country - so want her to experience the flavors of a new place.
kraft dinner
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gravy on pizza
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Planning a trip and don’t want to miss anything.
What Canadian food must we seek out in Banff/ Revelstoke?
I’ve never had poutine.
I also need to try Toller beer since we have a Toller.
Anything else we need to experience?
It will be mini’s first time in a foreign country - so want her to experience the flavors of a new place.
They won’t do the poutine correctly.
No such a thing as Canadian food anyway…aside from beer.
Ketchup chips. My US family swears by them.
gravy on pizza
Here’s your winner.
I will recommend a cup of coffee and a donut from Tim Horton’s. Also poutine. I have no idea where to get good poutine in the Great White North, by brother in-law makes a mean poutine and he’s Canadian.
Since you’ll be in my ancestor’s territory, Give a shot to some local salmon or trout. And don’t forget the bannock.
As for beer, I am partial to Kokanee, which is brewed in BC, or used to be.
Poutine with duck and gravy is some good shit.
Depending on how old the people are, consider Canadian candy that you can’t get in the US: Smarties, Coffee Crisp (I don’t drink coffee but don’t mind Coffee Crisp), etc.
If you’re staying in Banff, the Grizzly House fondue restaurant is worth it too. My kids loved it!
not that I like Timmies, but Tim Hortons is one of the experiences that is likely the same or close everywhere in Canada. everything else has regional variants. Poutine is a Quebec staple and not necessarily the same elsewhere. The cheese alone is a key component but so is the gravy. The others have had some great suggestions as well. I have nothing to add there because I live on the other end of Canad so we have our things and Banff is a tourist spot so unlikely to get anything really regional unless you look for it. One thing that might be available is a pastry treat called a Beaver Tail… look it up.
All dressed potato chips.
It’s like Salt and vinegar, BBQ and Sour Cream and Onion all mixed together.
Canada is a rather large country. The food varies depending where you are. I wouldn’t go to Banff to get good poutine, poutine is from Quebec, same way I wouldn’t go to Toronto for great wild salmon.
In Banff I guess you could get a bison burger?
Canada is a rather large country. The food varies depending where you are. I wouldn’t go to Banff to get good poutine, poutine is from Quebec, same way I wouldn’t go to Toronto for great wild salmon.
In Banff I guess you could get a bison burger?
Oh yes, get that. Yum.
You’re going there for a ski trip, right?
I don’t know if they would have maple taffy (they pour maple syrup on ice to harden it) then, but if they do, your mini may like it.
**All dressed potato chips. **
It’s like Salt and vinegar, BBQ and Sour Cream and Onion all mixed together.
All dressed tater chips are the finest thing to come from north of the border…
See also:
Coffee Crisp
Oh Henry!
Chocolate bars.
gravy on pizza
Gravy on pizza? Who the hell puts gravy on pizza? What’s next mayonnaise on french fries? ich!
ETA - if the poutine comes with melted mozza you’ve been had, must have curds! I did a reddit search, apparently Costco in Calgary is one of the better ones but Flavours of Montreal in Airdrie is supposed to be the best - but then again, the source is Reddit.
Apparently, there’s a place on Bear St. called Banff-Poutine that claims to have authentic Quebec-style poutine. They also claim to have Montreal style smoked meat and ‘des steamies’ (steamed hotdogs). I cannot vouch for it, but living within a few kms of some of the best bagels, hot dogs, smoked meat and poutine in Montreal, I’m somewhat skeptical… You’ll have to let us know. The good news is you’ll have no basis for comparison, so there’s that…
I haven’t been in a few years, but I recall Banff as being expensive…
Banff has a Beaver Tail shop and a poutine place. I can’t vouch for the poutine, but it’s tough to screw up a Beaver Tail. Tim Horton’s are everywhere.
Banff also has a number of restaurants that serve bison, elk, etc. Not surprisingly, The Bison is one.
The Candy Shoppe in Banff has all sorts of cool stuff
Slurpees at 7-11. Way better than the US. They don’t have all the air yours do.
Banff has a Beaver Tail shop and a poutine place. I can’t vouch for the poutine, but it’s tough to screw up a Beaver Tail. Tim Horton’s are everywhere.
Banff also has a number of restaurants that serve bison, elk, etc. Not surprisingly, The Bison is one.
The Candy Shoppe in Banff has all sorts of cool stuff
Slurpees at 7-11. Way better than the US. They don’t have all the air yours do.
Is there any special Canadian sauce on the Bison or elk? We just coming from Colorado- so that’s pretty normal here too.
Thanks for all of the suggestions!
I love that your slurpees are different from ours!
Apparently, there’s a place on Bear St. called Banff-Poutine that claims to have authentic Quebec-style poutine
**Do they give you a bunch of attitude if you don’t speak French? 
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I’d also say Quebec has its fair share of creperies. Not sure about the rest of Canada, but mini might like something like that.
One can only hope… 
Apparently, there’s a place on Bear St. called Banff-Poutine that claims to have authentic Quebec-style poutine
**Do they give you a bunch of attitude if you don’t speak French? **
I’d also say Quebec has its fair share of creperies. Not sure about the rest of Canada, but mini might like something like that.
One can only hope…
I was in Mont Tremblant last summer and pretended to be German in shops so the staff wouldn’t give me a hard time about being a bad canadian anglophone who didn’t speak French.