I haven’t been posting much this week so I thought it long overdue for another cutting edge Pouter review!
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The VIP Lounge Pouter.
This pouter was purchased at the VIP Lounge in New Liskeard, it’s a relatively new establishment but its fully licensed and has a decent sized menu to pick at. A consideration that should be noted is that I ate it last night and was so full (cause I had wings and beer too) that I couldn’t review it until this morning although after completing this review I think ‘VIP’ stands for ‘Very Important Pouter‘.
Well when rating a pouter there are 5 categories to consider:
1) Fries
2) Cheese
3) Gravy
4) Extras
5) Presentation
Each of these are rated as a pass or fail toward its final grade:
1) Fries: As I have stated before, I like my fries with some crispiness to them. These fries weren’t terribly crispy and I found them soft but it wasn’t a soggy soft and not a greasy soft. They appeared to be fresh cut fries which was most likely helping out flavour wise as it was almost like each one was a mini baked potato. Not crispy fries, but still good fries.
Pass.
2) Cheese: I almost need to ask where these cheese curds came from, most local eateries use cheese curds from the Thornloe Cheese Factory and I’ve been eating those curds since I was a kid so I can pick them out usually. These curds were bigger, lighter, and fluffier than anything I’m usually used to, great flavour that wasn’t overly salty. Not as many cheese curds as I would expect in a pouter this size and the majority of them were near the top but the curds were nearly bite size themselves so I found myself forking them in half to pair them up with appropriate sized bites of fries. In my opinion they were a very distinct and enjoyable cheese experience.
Pass.
3) Gravy: I’m dunno if this gravy is made on site or ordered in but it’s consistency and flavour are in a league of its own. The gravy was not very runny but not so thick that it was static and lumpy. It had a great tan colour that you might expect from a chicken stock based gravy but nowhere near as viscous as chicken gravy. This was certainly not a dark beef gravy like I usually see on my pouters around town so thumbs up for taking the time to do something of their own. The flavour was all it’s own too, I couldn’t identify them but again I’m sure there is some custom spice action at work.
Pass.
4) Extras: No extras.
Fail.
5) Presentation: Look at it. As far as pouters go it has great gravy and cheese dispersement, when the lovely bartender placed it in front of me I could tell it was a carefully dressed pouter. Plus no styrofoam! The pouters are served in baskets with a piece deli paper to keep it from leaking anywhere. It’s perfect, when I go out I hate getting my pouter on a plate where everything just spreads out and the gravy escapes off the sides or in a soup bowl that turns it into potato gravy soup. Plus, this was such a huge pouter, I didn’t even finish it.
Pass.
Well there you have it 4 passes and 1 fail in the categories, each category is worth a single Quebecois.. so I present to you, the final results of Gerrorism.com’s VIP Pouter review:
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