The NHL's Roberto Luongo ate poutine out of the Stanley Cup at a Montreal resto (VIDEO)

You can take the boy out of Saint-Léonard, but it seems you can never really take Saint-Léonard out of the boy — just look at the way Roberto Luongo chose to spend his day with the Stanley Cup.

The NHL Hall of Famer and Saint-Léonard native finally won the Stanley Cup as a special advisor to the Florida Panthers in June, following a (Cupless) 19-season goalie career. And, as every hockey fan knows, each member of the winning team gets their own day with the Cup.

Luongo's day started in a pretty predictable manner. He visited the Montreal arena named after him where he met with Saint Leonard's mayor, Michel Bissonnet, and posed for photos with exuberant locals relishing their chance to touch the Cup.

However, later on, things took an unusual turn. An extremely Quebecois turn. A turn that Philip Pritchard aka Keeper of the Cup (basically, the Stanley Cup's bodyguard) said could be a "first": Luongo and his family ate poutine out of the Stanley Cup.

Yes, that's right... the actual, bona fide Stanley Cup turned into a makeshift poutine bowl at Saint-Léonard's La Bella Italiana. More specifically, it turned into a makeshift gnocchi poutine bowl — a poutine-meets-pasta variation that the restaurant is known for.

All of this should come as no surprise to true Luongo stans.

First of all, Luongo was spotted eating pasta out of the Stanley Cup back in June.

Secondly, when asked by the WWE's Jackie Redmond about his plans for the Cup, Luongo flat out said, "Well, I had the pasta already at my brother-in-law's restaurant. So, this time, I'm thinking, my other brother's got a restaurant [in Montreal] — maybe some gnocchi poutine."

Now, no matter how many times the Habs lose in the future, at least we'll know the Stanley Cup has a little piece of Montreal in it — hockey championships may come and go, but poutine grease lasts forever.

This article's cover image was used for illustrative purposes only.