Kracklin

One of my Canadian friends just informed the rest of the group exuberantly that she found a place that serves poutine! I am not a poutine connoisseur, but the menu revealed lots of enticing sandwiches, many of which have an American deli look to them, so my husband and I ventured off to investigate for lunch one Saturday.
Love the look of this new place — big menu on the wall, enticing displays of porchetta and other meats, as well as yummy homemade sweet things on display. We ordered at the front, and then our food was brought out to us at a communal table. We shared a salt beef sandwich, which tasted a lot like those back in my home country. Bread wasn’t as good as a proper American deli, but the flavor of the pickle and the mustard adding a tang to the corned beef (aka salt beef) was so familiar. The meat was really tender and felt fresh, not heavy and oppressive as these big sandwiches can seem. We got a side of kracklin with apple jam — this is, of course, pork rinds (fried skin/​fat). It’s crunchy like a bag of crisps, but tastes like pork, which is weird, but also kind of delicious. My husband wasn’t a massive fan, but I like all things salty and crispy, and thought the apple jam alongside was fantastic.
We met one of my friends there by total coincidence, who got the poutine, and said it needed more cheese. She was impressed that they actually managed to find cheese curds, as they don’t seem to exist in the UK, but they get them from a local dairy. Win! One of the owners said she was surprised and excited by how well the business was going, and hoping to expand the menu even more soon — right now it’s just a couple of sandwiches and sides, albeit very creative ones that you can’t get anywhere else. A welcome change from the usual boring sandwich shops you find everywhere, we’ll be back for sure!