(San Jose) Aside from a few details like the heat, the palm trees and people walking around in t-shirts at the end of November, this game day in San Jose wasn’t too exotic for the wandering Quebecer.

Among other things, there are always quite a few red jerseys around here in the stands, and if you listen closely, you can hear French spoken; During random conversations, we were able to hear a frank discussion on the importance of not forgetting your winter tires when going home.

The restaurant in question, Augie’s Montreal Deli – yes, with the acute accent on the e in Montreal! –, is an authentic Montreal creation, with formerly a real restaurant not far from here, in Berkeley, which has since closed. But there are still counters, including this one, in the corridors of the SAP Center.

The menu ? There too, we feel at home, with smoked meat dishes, without forgetting the essential poutine, obviously quite popular, but to which we had to say no, so as not to overdo it.

All of this is very nice, even more so when the Sharks players arrive passing through a huge shark head to the sound of a classic from Metallica, which is undoubtedly the most Quebecois of all American groups.