Anybody know of any good Canadian restaurants in Florida?

Question

I really like ethnic food. I'm going to be brave and try Canadian food.

Answer 1

I was in Quebec several years ago and wanted to try the local cuisine.  My French-speaking companion asked for "Cuisine Quebequois" and we  were offered pizza or spaghetti.  After asking several more people, we were directed to a place that was supposed to be the best, and were served overcooked fried chicken.  

I've never seen a Canadian restaurant in the US, and since my Quebec experience, wouldn't eat there if I did!

Answer 2

Well here's a hint:  It's just like American food!!

Thanks for thinking of us as "ethnic" though.  

If you want a truly  Canadian experience, try prairie oysters, or some tortiere. You'll probably have to come up here to get some though...

Answer 3

Is Canadian even a type of food?

Answer 4

Great question....

Answer 5

Pub Buddy is laughing...Just what is Canadian food?? A smoked meat sandwich??

Answer 6

A Quebec chain, St-Hubert, has some restaurants in Florida, but the food won't seem much different than American (with exception of the white-vinegary, sweetish un-smokey non-spicy barbeque sauce, which takes some time for an American to get used to).

Canadians don't have many unique dishes, except for a few of Quebecois, Acadian, First nation (Canadian English for American Indian)

and Inuit dishes.  More pork and less chicken is eaten.  More game is served at better restaurants and available more commonly in some provinces' supermarkets, as is horsemeat (one of the 5 greatest meals I ever had was a filet of horse in a mustard cream with herb sauce at a bistro near Montreal). Rose sauce is more popular for pasta than in the USA.  Much of the food is prepared, and condiments are, a bit sweeter than comparable foods in the USA (just compare the Heinz ketchup from each country) and if you go to

an ethnic restaurant outside of the ethnecitity's

neighborhood you have to ask "Authentic please, not to Canadian taste" (or, in Quebec, "Pas a la gout quebecoise!") to get it prepared so.

Pub Buddy should not knock the smoked meat sandwich, though.  One of the few supurb Canadian (actually Montrealais) specialties, like New York pastrami but leaner and better, cut from brisket.

Finally, there are some "American" foods which actually are more Canadian.  90% of the 2-clawed Atlantic lobster, for instance, actually is caught in Canadian, not American, waters; likewise for snow crab and maple syrup.

PS. And "Canadian bacon" as Americans know it is not known or served as such in Canada.  Rather the piece of smoked pork is rolled in peameal and baked, served more like a roast which is sliced.  However, the regular strip bacon that Americans call regular bacon is much leaner and better in Canada, something recently noted in an article in the N.Y. Times Food section.

Answer 7

go to the meat market. by some canadian bacon.

Answer 8

Is Canadian is exotic? Anyway Canadian food is pretty much American food with Canadian bacon & maple syrup. Also, a Canadian Burger is just a loaded cheese burger with tomato & Canadian bacon. Erm... you can also get elk & buffalo burgers in Canada. If you want to go exotic try Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese or Indian... a little more exotic than a different type of syrup or bacon. The Quebeckers have something called poutin  (i think it's called that.) Basically gravy & cheese on chips/fries.