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Review: Canada’s Wonderland Bistro 81 Montreal Smoked Meat

<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;170624-Canadas-Wonderland-Bistro-81-Montreal-Smoked-Meat-Sandwich-1&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;170624-Canadas-Wonderland-Bistro-81-Montreal-Smoked-Meat-Sandwich-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"170624 Canada&&num;039&semi;s Wonderland Bistro 81 Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich &lpar;1&rpar;" width&equals;"1155" height&equals;"768" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12543" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><P><P>The <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;park-food-guides&sol;canadas-wonderland-food&sol;canadas-wonderland-bistro-eight-one&sol;">Bistro 81 food truck<&sol;a> at Canada&&num;8217&semi;s Wonderland carries a more creative menu where guests can try a variety of chef favorites&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Take for example the Ontario BBQ Pork Belly&period; It is quite simply a magnificent creation and something we never even thought to try until we did at Canada&&num;8217&semi;s Wonderland&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Guests can also try on the current menu some Great Canadian Poutine&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One item off the Bistro 81 meal we had been wanting to try was the Montreal Smoked Meat sandwich&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The chef takes layers of Montreal smoked corn beef&comma; Swiss cheese&comma; sauerkraut&comma; thousand island dressing on a rye bread and served with tri-colour coleslaw&comma; dill pickle spears and spiral potato wedges&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During our visit&comma; we opted to have the sandwich on the potato chive bun served with the pork belly because we are not a fan of rye bread&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sadly during our visit&comma; the operation of the food truck was horrendous&period; Despite very few people in line&comma; there were many operational issues that resulted in very long wait times for food&period; By the time we received our food 45 minutes later&comma; the meal was completely different than that advertised on the menu because they were out of nearly all the ingredients for every meal&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Our meal featured the corn beef with Swiss cheese&comma; but that was pretty much it&period; There was no sauce&comma; there was no sauerkraut&period; There was no coleslaw or dill pickle and the fries were fresh cut instead of spiral wedges&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;170624-Canadas-Wonderland-Bistro-81-Montreal-Smoked-Meat-Sandwich-2&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;170624-Canadas-Wonderland-Bistro-81-Montreal-Smoked-Meat-Sandwich-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"170624 Canada&&num;039&semi;s Wonderland Bistro 81 Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich &lpar;2&rpar;" width&equals;"1155" height&equals;"768" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12544" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We can understand small changes like a swap of fry type&period; However&comma; this experience was a complete miss from what we thought was going to be a promising meal&period; While the sandwich was good as is and the meat was nice and crispy&comma; the flavor potential from the sauce and sauerkraut was missed&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While we work very hard to find the positive in every meal&comma; this meal sadly did not live up to its expectations&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When we tried the Montreal Smoked Meat sandwich&comma; it was on the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;park-food-guides&sol;canadas-wonderland-food&sol;">Canada&&num;8217&semi;s Wonderland dining plans<&sol;a>&semi; however&comma; during the week of July 15&comma; 2017&comma; Bistro 81 has been removed as an option&period; Given the horrendous operation during our visit&comma; we could see on busy days where lots of guests would be looking to use their dining plan&comma; the staff may have difficulty in keeping up&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It should also be noted that the Bistro 81 truck system was not scanning season passes for dining plans at the time&period; So guests had to walk over to Chicken Shack&comma; ring out a receipt redeeming a dining plan&comma; and then walk back over to the food truck to order food&period; By the time you waited in line at Chicken Shack and then back at the truck&comma; that alone wasted a big deal of time&comma; and could be a reason the dining plans are no longer offered at the food truck&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We are hoping during a future visit we will be able to try this meal option again and have a better experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Let us know below in the comments whether you had a good experience with the Bistro 81 food truck&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>&ast; If you liked this post&comma; join other readers who have signed up to for our <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;newsletter&sol;">free Newsletter<&sol;a>&&num;8230&semi;because then you will never miss another update&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- --><&sol;p>&NewLine;

Justin

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