Pate chinois is Quebec's shepherd's pie, three neat layers of seasoned ground beef, cream-style corn and mashed potato baked until the top browns; in Canada we have verified places to eat it in Montreal. Start with where to eat Pate chinois in Montreal.
Pate chinois · Montreal
Pate chinois is Quebec's shepherd's pie, three neat layers of seasoned ground beef, cream-style corn and mashed potato baked until the top browns.
Pate chinois likely dates to the late 1800s, with folklore tying its name to Chinese railway-camp cooks feeding workers cheap beef, corn and potato. Whatever the origin, it became a defining Quebecois comfort dish, its steak-ble-d-inde-patates layering known to every household in the province. It remains a true weeknight comfort food across Quebec, as likely to appear in a Montreal home kitchen as on a diner menu, endlessly debated over ketchup versus none.
Where to eat Pate chinois in Montreal: the editor picks