Smoked meat

A Smoked meat, or Smoked meat sandwich is a Quebec dish. In French, it is called sandwich à la viande fumée or simply un smoked meat.

It is the Montreal style of corned beef, although there is a significant difference between the two. It is also similar in style and flavor to pastrami. It contains an Eastern European influence, as a large number of Jews from Eastern Europe settled in Montreal. This also applies to the Montreal style bagel. Many people from far and wide make pilgrimages to Montreal's four most famous smoked meat establishments (Schwartz's, Ben's, Dunn's, and the Main Deli ), to take briskets away for a year's worth of eating. Of the two, the Main Deli , and Schwartz's, several restauranteurs have offered to rebuild Schwartz's nail for nail to buy franchises in cities across North America. The owners have always refused. However, you can buy smoked meat from Schwartz's and have it delivered mail-order.

Smoked meat can now be found across Quebec, not only around the city of Montreal. It is even becoming popular elsewhere and smoked meat restaurants are starting to appear outside of Quebec.