From Russia with gravy: Moscow food truck puts own spin on Quebec staple
MOSCOW — Masha Klimova and Alexei Kolesov have spent more than a year driving around in their food truck to serve their fellow Russians heaping helpings of a hearty Quebec staple.
They’ve been testing their own twist on the French Canadian comfort food since opening up Poutinerie in 2017, finding what they describe as “a young, dynamic target audience that is open to new experiences,” as they drove from festival to festival perfecting the menu.
As the couple and business partners plan to open their first stand-alone restaurant later this year in Moscow, they found were clients hot for the grub, even if formal relations between Russia and Canada remain decidedly cold.
The couple have garnered more and more attention online in recent months, and said they’d welcome a culinary ally from Quebec or elsewhere in Canada who could provide the one essential ingredient that’s been missing: those elusive, squeaky cheese curds.