Camion Au Pied De Cochon

Food: Only ordered the donut, I’m sorry but Tim Hortons cannot compare. Before eating digging in, the faint scent of chocolate filling is already to die for~ One bite is sufficient to conquer you! Perfect crunchy outside but soft and tender inside, with the liquid chocolate filling, not overly sweet but enough to fill your whole mouth with an explosion of chocolate taste, hm… I’m salivating again now…
Service: Staff are super nice and fast
Value: A little overpriced (like most food trucks)…

I know the point of this truck is to serve over-​the-​top made-​on-​a-​dare fatty dishes, but this is too much. This is food that is more fun to talk about than it is to eat. It’s the conceptual art of food trucks.
We had the Dumpling Sandwich, the PDC 2000 and the foie gras poutine. The Dumpling sandwich was OK, nothing memorable, mostly greasy and salty. The PDC 2000 sandwich was filled with delicious tongue pastrami, but the «bun» was an abomination. Might as well serve the dish in a bowl of warm melted cheez whiz.
The foie gras poutine was the lesser offender with its perfect fries and interesting gravy, but the foie gras was undercooked.
All in all, the truck didn’t make me want to visit again.

I feel terrible saying this, but this did not live up to the hype. The foie gras poutine was OK, good sauce, except the liver didn’t seem to be fully cooked (at least not compared to the foie gras I had before in Quebec.) The beignet was good, the homemade iced tea excellent. Still the poutine should have been the star of the show.

Je suis franchement impressionnée. Le service est ultra rapide, l’ambiance est festive. La poutine au foie gras et le beigne fourré à la crème cassonade étaient franchement bons.
Je suis aussi très surprise du rapport qualité/​prix. La poutine était à 8.75 pour une bonne portion. D’autres camions offrent des poutines plus petites à un prix plus élevé, sans foie gras…
Honnêtement, si vous devez essayer qu’un seul camion de rue, gâtez-​vous, prenez le Camion au pied de cochon, le service est impeccable, l’ambiance festive, une vraie fête

The truck was parked in Place du Canada. I normally do not wait in lines as there are usually other comparable choices available, but I made an exception and it was definitely worth the wait. I ordered the foie gras poutine and the donut. The poutine was succulent and wish I had a bit more but the winner is definitely the donut. My only regret was that I didn’t order it with cheese. Definitely worth the price and the line!
My experience at the truck was definitely better then the one at the restaurant, which I had high extremely expectations, which may not have been realistic.

Oreille de Criss
Ouf, je né savais pas ce que je m’attendais en commandant ça, car après tout l’oreille de criss est quasiment synonyme de pontage de coeur; des croustilles de lard grillées, ce n’est pas ce qu’il y a de plus santé! Mais la version du camion a été très intéressante, quoi qu’un peu trop énorme au niveau portion. Chose sure, vous n’est pas prêt de passer inaperçu en marchant avec ce côné de gras!
Poutine de foie gras
Petit frère du célèbre plat du pied de cochon, cette version a été pour le moins décevante; frites mouillées de sauce et morceaux de foie jouant à cache-​cache, la vraie version sera sans doute beaucoup plus à la hauteur de la réputation.
Beignet
Un des meilleurs beignes qu’il m’a été donné de manger, il était d’une texture ultra-​satisfaisante et rempli juste assez de confiture à l’intérieur. Chapeau!
En tout et pour tout, c’est définitivement plus justifié d’attendre en ligne pour le restaurant que pour le camion. La bouffe est moyenne-​bonne, les portions sont corrects… La prochaine fois, j’irais essayé un camion peut-​être moins connu au lieu d’attendre en file pour des lunes!

mind you, i really stay away from PDC and their truck as their food is really bad for me but this weekend, i learned they were offering some apple related items and a tourtière at jean-​talon market in collab with verger villeneuve.
so here i was standing in front of their truck looking at their menu and pondering if i should or not. walked away to only say screwed it and came back and ordered the combo which is fried jalapeño poppers (stuffed) and a maple apple glaze thick slice of bacon stick ($ 5) and a side of apple sauce filled maple glazed donut ($ 3)
the donut wasn’t bad. the thick maple glaze was really sweet while the apple sauce was just right. the glaze hid the hole away so if you bite on the wrong end, squirty squirt of apple sauce everywhere! at least, i had a fork so i wasn’t caught off guard.
as for the poppers and bacon stick. OMG! the slighty spicy hot jalapenos and the sweet sticky bacon. great flavor contrast that made me almost get a 2^nd serving. for $ 5, hard not to.
for that alone, its getting that rating otherwise, i’m very on the fence about them

Some sweet lady from my hood arranged for the food truck to arrive on the last day of the local organic produce market. There is some kind of irony in that as I wouldn’t associate the food of Au Pied de Cochon with organic and healthy, nor I would recommend it to vegeterians. Would I recommend it in general? Oh, yes! Must try!
It has been few years since I visited the actual restaurant and my memories of it were kind of blurry. The foie gras poutine of the food truck brought back immediately the flavours of that dinner. The size of the poutine is decent for a food truck as well as the size of the foie gras in it. What makes the dish unique is the foie gras gravy, it is just delicious. We also shared le verrat à l’érable, battered pork sausage soaked in maple, which was really good and filling. The maple soda went well with the food. Conclusion I’m quite happy with my PDC truck experience and will do it again!

The Camion Au Pied De Cochon was parked at Dorchester Square when I saw them. We ordered some fried pork rinds (skin I guess) dipped in a ranch flavour and some foie gras poutine.
At first I really liked the pork rinds as it tasted like greasy but saltier sour cream and onion rings. I always had a weakness for those when I was younger. However after a while, it got tired and too salty for my liking.
As for the foie gras poutine, I was not a fan of it at all. Too heavy and rich for me. I know that’s the purpose of this restaurant, but I couldn’t even have 4 – 5 bites.
On the bright side though, is that it was reasonably priced as both dishes were under $ 8.50.
Verdict: If you like greasy, salty food, you’ll like it. If you don’t and prefer your food a bit less adventurous, then I wouldn’t recommend.

After a disappointing experience at the actual restaurant I was quite pleased when the food truck lived up to the hype associated with Martin Picard’s food empire. This particular food truck is split up into two parts, savoury goods and sweet goods. One of the star food items is the famous foie gras poutine. Prices are in line with the other food trucks in the city.
Braving the crazy line-​up at First Fridays I was lucky to get my hands on some of the last foie gras poutine they had. Ever tasted something that felt so wrong yet so right all at once? Wrong because it is so heart-​attack inducing but right because it is just too delicious to pass up. That sums up foie gras poutine. The fries were very thick and crispy and there was just enough gravy so that they didn’t get too soggy without sacrificing the taste. There was also a good amount of cheese curds and the foie gras added a nice touch to the poutine.
The portion was a little small but maybe that’s best for my arteries. The line up was insane too compared to the other food trucks there that night. My friend and I waited two hours and like I said before we got some of the last foie gras poutine. Those behind us who had waited the same amount of time weren’t going to be so lucky. It might be best not to visit at First Fridays but the rest of the time when they’re out and about.

Sausage in a brioche, with foie gras sauce and grilled asparagus
Oreilles de crisse with Ranch sauce
Poutine Foie gras
Dr Pepper w/​maple syrup.
The sausage was wonderful and the brioche was a nice change from your standard buns. The grilled asparagus was perfectly cooked but there was some stringiness that made cutting though it a bit of a sport. This caused a bit of a structural failure that made eating the sandwich a fun and messy affair. The poutine was too salty for my taste, there being even a bit of salt burn on the tongue. The foie gras on the poutine however was a brilliant and soft counterpoint to the saltiness, as was the hyper-​sweetened soft drink. The Oreilles de Crisse were light and crunchy so texturally they were fun but again it was another experience in «too much». Deep fried fat will tend to do that.
I don’t know if I want to fall asleep or just curl up in a corner and have myself a heart attack. 4 stars. Would do this again.

This is only regarding the blueberry beignets. It was 1 for 2.50 or 6 for 10, thus we got 6.
It was super duper sweet and tasted basically like any fast-​food donut filled with blueberry jam. My dentist would not approve =(
Wish they still had Foie Gras poutine… the guy said it may come back mid 2014…

a 5 star food truck? Only in Montréal :)
The Au Pied de Cochon food truck serves heart attack on wheels. It’s the best and most delicious way to live if you ask me ;)
Beigne Cochon — My partner downed this in 5 seconds. Succulent and juicy said he.
Poutine Foie Gras — I have to be honest, watching this dish swimming in oil was a bit of a turn off. then i had more, and more, and more, and I cant eat anything else after it but I swear to god I cant stop thinking about it now.
Floater– Strawberry Soda with Ice cream. Oh drool. So sweet so thick, so yummy
Beigne Fraise — Ok this here, for me, is the piece de la resistance, This is Beigne filled with soda au fraise. Please hold me while I drool myself to sleep thinking of this beaut.
*Obviously don’t go here if you don’t like sweet, fattening delicious food. And yes, you are likely to get a heart attack or lose 5 years of your life. as long as I can eat those beigne fraise, I’m IN!

Finally a better outlet for their foie gras poutine than its destination restaurant, APDC’s poutine is priced just right at $ 8 per portion. I’ve had orange-​gravy-​shredded-​mozz poutines for more than $ 8.
Not typically being a fan of fancy poutine, the (large amount of) foie gras complemented well the noticeable saltiness of the gravy. The presentation was great, easily one of my favorite fancy poutines ever — not that I’d have it every day.
** Seriously, who reviews a food truck called Au Pied the Cochon for its bottle water price? Next, go review airplanes bathrooms for the comfort of their seats.

Un avis plutôt court parce que rendu à eux, j’avais déjà soupé. Je n’ai donc essayé que leur beigne aux fraises du Québec! Oh my! Un délice!
P. S. Le floater de soda à l’érable avec crème glacée à l’érable doit être débile! Je vous en redonne des nouvelles à ma prochaine visite!

I’ll keep it short: raw foie gras on my foie gras poutine? Hahahaha, hell no.
A waste of time (long lines) & money.
(I still love the actual restaurant mucho though)