Why Belgium Has The World’s Best Fries | Food Secrets Ep. 2
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- čas přidán 18. 04. 2020
- For Belgians, fries are holy, something you shouldn't mess with. You might think: what can go wrong when deep frying potato sticks? Quite a few things. First of all: don't call it French Fries, at least not when in Belgium. Then, there's the right potato variety and special dripping you need to fry the potatoes in. Not to forget the special method of cooking the fries twice and the different sauces to choose from. So, even if French fries seem to be a simple dish at first sight, there are still some secrets to discover.
#Fries #Belgium #FoodSecrets
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I’m from Belgium, born and raised, and I can assure you that choosing where to go to get fries on a saturday night out is the biggest discussion you’ll have that day.
Yea we have 3 fries spots near me its always hard
I usually pass by two Fries places to go to the one I like 😄
suggestions?
Does it taste diccere t?
@@deantan4080 it actually does. Mostly when it Comes to Quality of the Fries. It is one of these things which you understand have a food which is supercommon in your country. I guess every country has something like that
No secrets, I love the openness. Sharing your techniques means that you are unafraid, because you know there is something about what you do that no one else can replicate.
Unlike the Quebecois that are
Just bcoz u see Bruce lee movies doesn’t mean u can do kungfu 😂😂
@@hbp437 - Wait, what? It just doesn’t look that hard.
I figured if I wore loose fitting clothes and proper shoes, the rest would be kinda straightforward.
Recently I am becoming a believer that perhaps Belgians make the best fries commercially. But that applies to 11 mm (0.433 inch) fries that are eaten on the street.
As an American I’m trying to make a 1/4 inch (6.35 mm) fry to be consumed at home. Heat retention is a big deal but not as important as it is in this video.
I have a 3/8 inch (9.5 mm) cutter and 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) coming so testing continues.
It was an excellent video that exposed many secrets. Just like Bruce Lee.
I admit, these words touched me
Belgium waffles are No secret but people will still travel the World to get them in the hearth of Belgium
you can know the ingredients but the experience of making them just right is an art of its own
never had Belgium waffles taste better outside of their Country
I lived in Brussels for a few months, and went to Friterie Pitta de la Chapelle regularly! To this day, they were the most glorious Belgian Fries I've ever had
I grew up in Belgium, lived most of my life there. This fills me with joy and pride. Please visit belgium, amazing country with a place for everyone
I agree! I'm from Switzerland, so its always a big joy for me to drink your delicious beer, what we clearly don't have here. And the fries. Omg. The first time i tried fries in Belgium i felt like i was being lied to my whole life... Can't understand why we don't them the same way here...
Belgium is too often overlooked. Sure, Paris has some great museums and the Eiffel Tower, but if you want to meet some of the kindest and most generous people in the world, go to Belgium! They are so willing to share their culture and will make you feel at home straight away. They have quirky museums like ones dedicated to the costumes of the Mannekin Pis, or comic books/cartoons, or even the ones for fries. They are the equivilant of the fun cousin from the Midwest in the US.
I went to Brussels once and the lady at this shop saw my friend dropped his fries so shouted us over and she filled it again! Never forgotten friendly service great people and even better fries. Buy some if you're in Belgium!
this one seems like a lie but il take it,your friend should have been kinda skinny
@@liderasstro4118 Whoa bud, we're not talking about the holocaust here alright
@@liderasstro4118 It's not a lie why would I lie about something so mundane.......😄😄
@@liderasstro4118bruh the story isn't that unbelievable lmao
Fries are the gold of Belgium... But we have to remeber, they're cheap potatoes. So this happens a lot, also if you order a medium pack of fries to go, just know you'll get enough to feed a family of four (in most frituren).
Waffles, fries, chocolate. Damn Belgium, chill.
You forgot the beers!
@Franco Mendoza without the fats
On ressemble sûrement un peu aux américains côté nourriture mais on préfère la qualité à la quantité a part ça ce que vous dites me réchauffe quand même le coeur 😉
Traduction : we are a bit similar to america when you think about food but here we prefer quality to quantity. Also what you said was realy sympathic otherwise 😄
@@akial4152 non, les américains copient mal la cuisine belge simplement.
@@Bakerygo Oui ils copient les plats européens et rajoute plein de sucre etc .. je sais mais bon c'est comme ça
McDonald's fries were also fried in beef tallow. They eventually changed to a vegetable oil in the early 90s, but I think the beef tallow is what skyrocketed McDonald's fries to their current global reign. However, I had fries in the square in Brugge once, and there is no comparison. Belgium makes amazing fries.
Agreed 100%. Ever since they changed to vegetable oil the fries never tasted the same. I stopped buying fries and just stuck to the burgers. The reason why McDonalds stopped using beef tallow was because cows are sacred in India, in order to expand into India McDonalds has to use vegetable oil.
@@sirxavior1583 I don’t believe that’s why… it came about at a time when consumers were getting concerned about their health and it was the anti-fat movement, especially saturated fats were deemed bad, like butter as well… I’m pretty sure I read that’s why they removed it, because consumers would turn away. Same goes for the transition away from using lard at places… deemed bad.
I went to Australia, the fries from KFC there are so yummy
@@elevenelevenlife3375 no it was because vegetarians/vegans got mad that the fries had beef in them.
@@elevenelevenlife3375 Now we are learning that the reverse is true, and that highly processed industrial grade seed oils are bad for you, due to high PUFA content.. and actually MORE dangerous for your heart health than butter
I was there over forty years ago and it's comforting to know that in an ever changing world some things remain constant.
I don't remember much about Belgium as we rushed through but I do remember the fries.
Dad warned us not to call them French fries. They were great and did stay hot.
We were not prepared for mayo.
ur dad was a smart man, if u call them french fries here ur guaranteed to end up dead or in a hospital or in a cage in someones basement
@@molrat lol guaranteed , as if :p were not monsters please don't make people think we are haha
Try Samurai. Hari-kiri in a cone.
@@molrat Unfortunately it's pretty stupid, because french fries are french.
@@Ken_Marinaris outside of USA they aren't called "French" at all. It's just "fries", or "chips" if you're British.
Cleanest oil/grease I've ever seen in my life!
Its not oil, its Lard. Lard is animal fat not vegetable fat.............
Of course as well they change the oil befor doing this video.
@@kamilfejtek81 Its not oil.
@@kamilfejtek81 I was going to say the same thing, hell the guy just opened , started the day with new lard, lets see it at 5pm.
@@arniekando6846 to be more precise, it's cow's lard!
I lived in Belgium for 6 months. I really miss the 🍟, the 🍺 and the 🧇!
The smells in the streets during winter were sooooo good!
I went for a few days,I travelled through europe,belgium was by the most boring place
@@cantagiousca5220 Boring?
can relate!
@@cantagiousca5220 yeh if you're a tourist who just visits Brussels, then yeh it's boring. Go visit the country side, go eat there and go ride a bike around in the Kempen.
@@cantagiousca5220 There's a difference between a fun place to visit as a tourist and a good place to live as a regular civilian
No trip to Belgium is complete without:
-Fries
-Moule Frittes,
-Filet Americain
-Pralines
-Rabbit with mashed Apple
-Boudin Blanc & noir
-Gauffres, Couque au chocolat & Merveilleux (but the eclairs are great too)
I grew up in the Peripherie of Brussels in the 80's and I miss it so much. Awesome country
Wow. What a mouth-watering list!🤤
Rabbit is nicer with prune-sauce! :D A belgian classic
You forgot the waffles. Their waffles ruined waffles for me after i left bussel😅
its prepare, not filet americain..
@@DWFood Lets get this straight. If you want the best Fries you need the best potato. Then south america is the place to go. In my honest opinion the yellow potato has one of the best textures. I like mine best with their skin on, about 2 cm thick cut and double fried. It turns kind of creamy and fried at the same time. For me thats perfection.
I am a Canadian Born and raised, but when I was 13 my Grandmother flew us over to Belgium, as that is my heritage, and the fries place I visited I asked for ketchup and they said no. I am one year from retirement and since then I have always ate french fry's with some salt and Mayo
The passion that man has for frites is outstanding.
And completely understandable.
I bet that you can taste this passion !
I want a burger platter too and a coke.
@@palomino73 I’m sure if you ask nicely he will let you taste his passion all you want, kek.
@@Groovy_Bruce ^^
As a young child we lived in Brussels for a few years. When we eventually returned to the UK after our travels my mum used to make fries for me and my brothers in a paper cone. She always put salad cream on them as a treat for us. She said she got the idea from Brussels! Back in the 60’s that was a new thing for people in the UK serving fries with Mayo or salad cream!! 😊
You have to appreciate people that are both passionate and knowledgeable about what they chose to do for a living. Can't wait to get to Belgium to eat some carbs.
Have visited several towns in Belgium but never aware of their culinary expertise with fries 🍟! Will be on top of my must try list next trip there!
I've been going to that first guy's place since I was a kid, he's right next door to me!
Not.true
You lucky bastard.
@@cap6741 you’re not true
@@cap6741 ah yes, you're his house, right?
Where the hell is this at im in the Netherlands currently I need to know where this location is at plz
You can tell those fries feed your soul after a night of bar hopping
100% facts
yo damn right
hopping or sexing
Actually, the correct Belgian way is to eat the fries before you go drinking (kroegentocht). This is called “een fond (dialect: foonke) leggen. When finished at night and just before going home, you have to pass a pita to make sure the alcohol stays in when sleeping ;-)
Unfortunately not with Covid 😒
I love this so much something about this is so adorable and so interesting the way they’re so genuinely passionate about it is really cool
This was a great video to watch and I learned about cooking fries the correct way. Its comforting to know that some things should and do not change. Thanks.
The featured frites-shop Pitta de la Chapelle seriously has one of the BEST fries in Belgium!!! Each time I visit Brussels I can't leave the city without having some fries from there! So glad they are in this video!
Apparently it is permanently closed on Google? 😭 was hoping to try these
@@aliceinherland2913 no, it's telling me they're open Tuesday through Saturday. Closed on Sunday and Monday.
look at him.
after doing this job for probably more than 20 years, he's still showing his fries full of proud to the Camara.
he's really loving his job ❤
Who is like this in the modern workplace ❔
Yes! Grew up eating them prepared and cooked this way. C'est magnifique!
So much passion for the most simplest thing in life, how beautiful
Dammit! Now I gotta fly 4000 miles for Belgian fries from a food stand.
👍
The best frites I’ve ever had were in Oudenaarde served with a curry wurst. Simply stunning
irish people eat curry cheese chips/ fries when drinking its better than it sounds honestly
@@___blaggard999___8 i prefer without the curry
I like mine with mayo and curry ketchup at the same time so you get a range of flavors from just mayo to just curry ketchup plus everything in between. :)
Lol, I live there. Which shop was it?
@@___blaggard999___8 lol, there is a reason why French fries are called "Irish pasta". :)
That is some of the cleanest fry oil I’ve ever seen! Definitely an indication of the quality of the fries 😳
yes i was thinking the same
you wouldn't show your dirtiest oil towards cameras.
It's not oil. It's beef tallow.
You can get better results with clarified butter (ghee)
@@paramadevi3218 even better 😍
They are regulated by the AFSCA / FAVV which is a government body in charge of food regulation, as one of my relative who used to be a friterie owner told me you are only allow a certain amount of cooking before you have to replace the beef drip / oil in the fryer. Old cooking drip/oil carry carcinogens that is why it needs to be replaced on a regular basis
Great video, showcasing the legendary Belgium 'french' fries.
I'm a Carni, my family have been Carnis for the past 5 generations, an our "shop" is a Fries shed "Friterie", we do fries, waffles and Doughnuts/Beignets.
And they are absolutly right, Fries in Belgium is part of the traditions and the culture, EVERYONE as eaten fries in his life.
And we proud ourselfs on this.
I want to open a Belgian style fries shop in my country. Would you pls help me with the fries recipe
@@muhammadsamiullah6311 haha I would do the same thing. How's it going?
Guy looks at fries with so much romance n passion!! All the emotions of owner dissolving into every Belgian fries order!!
I’ve always thought Belgium had nothing to offer but trappist beer and Jean Claude Van Damme. Now I know they do fries too…
Way to go!
Chocolate
Waffles
Those fries look AMAZING. Gonna have to go to Belgium some day.
A moment of silence for the vegans who eat these fries.
@@artan. i'm not familiar with english langue, anyway people got the idea
I saw one guilty
Lol 🤣
Fries in blanc bouffe or beef fat are not Vegan though it would be fun to feed them some then explain it to them.
@@yfelwulf No it wouldn't ?
And they even didn't talk about the 40 different snacks to go with Belgian fries sold at the friterie.
@ratscoot Give us an example. What's your favourite one?
@@DWFood fricadelle 😋
Bicky burger
@@DWFood Curryworst special (not the same as currywurst in Deutschland). Special stands for mayonaise and curry ketchup with onions (I don't eat onions so I always ask without). Before banking the curryworst, or also called frikadel in some areas of our country, you need to cut the curryworst in the middle (in the lenght. Just an insicion, not cut it in 2.). After baking the mayo is added inside. Then the ketchup (tomato or curry) and than onions.
@@pajamaes587 That's the king of all the snacks.
But i sometimes prefer the Berepoot (boulette sliced with onion slices in between)
A simple 'national' dish but the man from the friterie "Pitta de la Chapelle" summed up the basics:
1) use good quality potatoes and cut to the right size (not the "allumettes" thin McDonnalds size)
2) fry them using cow fat
3) pre-fry them on a lower temp, let them dry off and fry again for extra crispiness.
From what I understood from foreign friends the big difference - apart from the fries' quality - is the available sauces compared to the classic Mayo or Ketchup. This video does not at all show the diverse sauce selection most friteries have on offer!
And yes, us Belgians indeed get a pack of fries when we return from vacation abroad :D it's tradition.
Found good ones in Holland, Germany and France too but often in other countries the fries are decent or downright bad... Just my personal experience 🙂
In America, we get a burger and fries. Poor show shall lists, mama Merkel takes all your money and you have to eat snacks for dinner.
As a half belgian, half spanish living in Spain, I miss the frittes. But I prefer spanish sunshine over belgian weather.
Snowflake.
Tengo que ir de acuerdo contigo. El sol Mediterráneo is unbeatable. Soy marroquí y para nosotros es muy difícil de vivir al norte de valence ( Francia )
I visited Ostend in the 1970`s, and I can honestly say that Belgium fries are the best in the world when you buy them from street food cabins/outlets - in some places they even had coin operated vending machines cooking fries + Belgium has some of the largest and best selection of beers in the world.
Yes thats true!!
Holland is easily second best
That's not how it works. Can you compare them to let's say fries in dhakka or delhi or Lahore or Kabul? No you can't and as they are part of the "world" you can't say Belgian fries are the best in the world. All you can say is they are the best you have had.
Personally I felt they were nothing special.
@@harrismazari5484 and they aren’t. They are normal fries, soaked in ketchup and mayonnaise. Lofl, it’s all hype. I remember the first time I went for fries in Belgium, expecting some culinary heaven. My take away joint back home made fries about a million times better. I’ve had fries in Belgium many times since: some are better than others, none are really special. I think I even had fries from the one in the video. Again, absolutely nothing special. Just fries.
Emperor’s new clothes.
I experienced mayonnaise with fries in 1981, track side at Spa, I've never put ketchup on them since. Thank you.
I agree, for me it back in the 70'S. People would look at me strangely and ask why I didn't use ketchup. I would look at them and say, do you put ketchup on your potato salad?
Chili and cheese dude
Mix your Mayo with ketchup...you will never go only Mayo again
Learn from us. We love mayonnaise on our fries. I refuse to put anything but mayonnaise on it
@@alexivandamme4079 You haven't lived until you've doused your fries in a good Texas chili and then drizzled a smooth meltable cheddar over them
been to the fry museum in Bruges and loved it! still have family in Belgium and try to visit the old country as much as possible !
My Mother always fried chips in beef dripping. The best chips in Liverpool. 😋
It's good to know other people do them this way.
Until watching this vid I had no idea why the frites in Belgium are so good. My first job was in Brussels 30 years ago.... man o man.... what a place. The frites, they really were to die for. Other towns and cities too, was never disappointed. Great memories!!
Fifty four years since I had fries in Belgium, can't argue, they were the best I ever tasted.
Wow. I kinda wanna go there now. Is there anything else you still remember about Belgium?
@@akshatmittalistheawesomeperson u look 11ys
@@raymondreddington5075 that pic was from when I made this google account. A long time ago
@@raymondreddington5075 he's 19 now technically
@@akshatmittalistheawesomeperson Yeh, shell holes, whizz bangs, and mud.
Love Belgium and it's very friendly people - and the food and beer is great too 😂🏴
Also there's the focus. This stall sells fries, that's it - it's 100% focus on one product and ensuring it's perfect, that's the biggest difference. A lot of chippies in the UK for example have bad chips because they're not the focus, not all since some do get it and cook them just as the Belgians do but many do not.
i've been in belgium for a while, most frie stalls usually have a variety of industrial meats (look up "fricadelle" or "mexicano", if you found a dutch or belgian website it's probably it), some shawarma they call "pitta" and they give you the option to put il all together in a sandwich sometimes (but rarely) called the "mitraillette".
Most places selling fries lately also just call themselves "Snack (something)", probably relieving them of the fry stall legal status (is my guess), but even in a "Frituur" or "Friterie" they will have those meats and sandwiches.
Anyhow, all that to say that the "focus" on fries isn't that different from other types of cultural fast-foods like greek souvlaki or middle-eastern shawarma, the difference being there at least the meat is good, and the fries are ok, while in Belgium the fries are great, and the meat is terrible.
(and it isn't 100% fries sorry for rambling ;) )
Sadly many British fish and chip shops turn out horrid slimy, yellow undercooked chips, that do enormous damage to our tourist trade. You need to find a family run shop that has a reputation to maintain. The best chips are triple cooked, boiled until soft, dried then fried at a medium hot temperature until nearly done, then a final short fry at a very hot temperature to turn them crisp and golden brown.
America> frying French fries making min wage
Belgium> an artist who is a national treasure
It comes through when you eat them too. I was eating fries in Belgium outside in the winter, they got cold after a bit, but tasted better than fresh american fries. They really do stay crispy instead of going limp and nasty.
I know someone who sells fries in front of 3 schools and hass a verry expensive car he is definitly rich bcs of the fries
This is true
Makes you think what's wrong with America
@@666zombee their value system is backwards. No appreciation for what makes life worth living, only materialism and power.
Anything fried in beef dripping is automatically tastier.
That's what mc. Donald's does to keep you addicted
no vegans allowed
@@bigjwalkthestreets nope thats vegetable oils they use in mcdonalds. They used to do it with beef tallow though
@@bigjwalkthestreets not since 1990
As a kid I remember all the fish and chip shops around me (no lie,4 )within a 10 minute walk would fry with beef dripping.
When I get back to the UK these days good fish and chips are hard to find and finding ones that use dripping are like hens teeth.
Nederlander here, yeah, our beloved neighbors can make a good friet. Nothing short of excellent actually, and worth travelling for to Belgium every now and then
I'm glad that they do what I had previously thought, to simply cook the fries in lard to make them better.
I'm from the Netherlands, and even though we got some good fries here I gotta say their fries and beers are the best in the world, if y'all never had Belgian monk beer, you have to try some.
Their fries and the Belgian mayo are something you gotta have at least once in your life, the mayonaise is slightly tangy/lemony...not your ordinary mayonaise.
Chocolate, fries, beer, they're the best at it, and lastly most Belgians I've had the pleasure of meeting are super friendly.
The Netherlands made me love fries all over again and your mayo is off the chart, gonna have to go to Belgium now I'll see take your word at That!
Dutch mayonaise (officially fritessaus) is too sweet. Belgian and French mayonaise is how it should be. After all it comes from France anyway and the potatoes (Bintje) are from The Netherlands.
@@narvul fritesaus is geen mayo mafknetter
@@glitterjapon Joh.....
I‘ve been in many countries but without any hesitation, Belgien has the best fries, I have ever eaten. Something different about those fries 🍟🤟🏾
Have you tried McDonalds? Best in the world.
@@Hj61S827 was
@@Hj61S827mcdonalds cannot come close to our belgians fries dude trust me
@@Hj61S827 Are you joking? The worst in the world more likely!
Really this is True that Love that which you do. GOD Bless You
Thank you so much!
This guy is a fry PhD, knowing down to what types of fries hold their heat and stay crispy compared to others. Hats off to the frite masters of Belgium.
Fun to watch. Clearly lots of enthusiasm, knowledge and care among those in the industry.
Thanks for watching!🙂
Brilliant! Year's ago I cycled from Amsterdam to the mediterranean and down the border with Belgium I talked with a Dutch potato farmer. He told me all the best of the Dutch Bintje potato's go to Belgium (esp. Farm Frites) because they select and pay better. The best is very important to the Belgium's. To fry in beef grease saturated fat is new to me. That is so much more healty than vegitable oil which are unstable oxidating oils, truly unhealthy. The tempratures preventing burning, they do make a art of it and so much more healthy! They say nowadays in USA restaurants they even add fructose sugar to the chips while friying in raffined corn or seed oils which makes them really unhealthy. Bravo Belgium!
The British cook them in oil too. And most Americans are now preferring air fried. Check your info before you blast.
@@seanbrummfield448 Oil doesn't equate to beef grease. Ever had fries made Belgium style? If not, then you don't know what you are missing.
@@seanbrummfield448 People air fry fries at home though. Restaurants/fast food is always serving deep fried fries.
I went to school with a guy whose father owned Farm Frites.
@@seanbrummfield448 Traditionally British fish and chip shops used beef dripping, though for various reasons most use nut oil now. But there are still some traditional family run shops that use beef dripping, which produce the best tasting fish and chips.
Brought back very good memories...
Had some of these when i was in Belgium. Insane taste.
Their strategy is amazing they thought of everything revolutionized the concept of fries instead of playing a supporting role as it does in other fast food chains they made them the main attraction amazing
Hope to travle to Belgium soon. Would love to tast all the food and beer. Much respect from Denmark to Belgium 🇧🇪🇩🇰
Let's hope that travelling will be easier again soon! Hope you'll enjoy your fries when you make it to Belgium! 🍟
På forhånd velbekomme! 😀
For 30 år siden boede jeg en overgang i Belgien. Pomfritterne er nok det jeg savner mest.
It's rubbish don't go
If you bring beer ,you'll be welcome here!
Lad os rejse sammen hehe
I was lucky enough to be in Belgium. I thought what are they pumping on their fries? MAYO!!! I was immediately in love. I will never forget how good they were on a cold spring morning...
I just made some of these. I blanched them for about three minutes and shook the water off of them before I deep-fried them in lard and tossed them in seasoning. That was great. I can eat three fist-sized potatoes in one sitting this way.
This is so fascinating! I never knew so much thought went into fries 🍟! Yet, anything great can only be so with thoughtfulness. What a cool documentary. I learned so much and enjoyed the whole time watching. If ever we travel to Belgium, I would love to try these fries!
I was cooking potato waffles in the pan next to beef burgers. The fat from the burgers really improved the waffles.
They came out so crispy and flavorful. I've switched to lard and dripping for cooking now.
I kinda have a similar story, I cooked some beef patties and had some leftover fat in the pan. I had some roast potatoes left over, so I cooked them in the pan with the beef fat.
Nothing tastes as good as animal fat when frying stuff, it's awesome 👍
For me the best is visiting a Frituur shop, where u order the fritjes and then have all the other choises besides sauce. My favorite is the Fritjes Met Stoofvlees.
It's really interesting to me that in Belgium they have two varieties of fries. In the Netherlands we call big cut fries "flemish fries". But I never realized that outside of Flanders they eat the same size as we do.
I had these fries in Belgium and was most impressed. I have often wondered why we do not have these stands available here in the States. They would be a great hit. Come here and open a shop my Belgium friends!
We have them in the States, but they are often festival cuisine or county and state fair food.
They outlawed beef grease to be use in the states commercially, that's why our fries dont tastes as good anymore sadly. 😭
Don’t forget the fact that you have to use the Dutch potatoes (Bintje) and by importing it your portion of fries can become a bit expensive
Come to New York City! There are at least three Belgian fries joints here.
I whole heartily agree. Belgian does have the best fries especially when served with mussels and a pot of mayonnaise.
Simply delicious,... we know :-)
making me hungry
As a potato lover, I approve of these absolutely scrumptious rectangular spears of golden brown fried to perfection fries. I could live on potatoes and be happy. Wonderful video.
Wow! Looks so good!
The day McD's stopped using tallow to make their fries was the day they stopped being good.
Belgian mayo is something we can never find in the UK. It's amazing
Is it different than other Mayo's?
@@TruckTaxiMoveIt for one it doesn't have sugar in it..
Try the polish brand called "Winiary", you can find it in tescos.
@@TruckTaxiMoveIt Nearly everything will taste slightly different in a different region.
Fanta in the US tastes different from that in Western-Europe tastes different from that in North-Africa.
@@marcin959 Is it similar to Fritessaus?
love it - we have a small local drive in chain in our community, "Dicks", and it has great fries. The founder was a really interesting guy, Dick Spady - big community booster. He passed on a number of years ago but his legacy and his fries continue to make his community a better place.
The used potato, the Bintje, was developed in Friesland, the Netherlands by a school teacher. Bintje was one of his students.
Looks so simple and peaceful. Want to go there right now. 💕
Potatoes are soo humble. I think the attention that goes into making these Frits is outstanding. Really respecting and celebrating a great product
Thanks for the information 🙂
Comfort food at it's best. It's simple, yet sophisticated. It's such a pleasure going to my main local 'Friture'. I come there almost on a weekly basis, I love it
Be passionate about anything and you'll be interesting to Humans. Trust me.
@Cathal Q I agree you shouldn't trust random people on serious topics. But simply reminding people that passion in life is a good thing and makes one interesting is harmless in general.
I think people who don't have a strong interest in anything are boring tbh
@Cathal Q @Cathal Q And if you really believe in what you just wrote, why should anyone trust you and take youradvice: you're a random person on the internet. So you probably shouldn't even give advice according to your own rules! So there! Lol
@Cathal Q
Must you bring up politics?
Uuurgghh
Radical islam is dangerous
Next time write on your own words and not in third person.
I am Belgian and let me tell you a little secret, the best fries come from old potatoes, people were not stupid, they know that you can't eat fries dayly, (i think even weekly it is best not to) so on a dayly basis potatoes were usually cooked or mashed instead, when they did make fries they usually used the older potatoes,
though it depends on what you want, mostly in terms of texture, the older ones are a texture i can't describe acurately, but they are less rigid than the usual fresh potatoe fries but they taste amazing
ofcourse double fried
fryeries don't do this though, but in many ways that is normal, most don't peel them themselves either, we don't peel them at all, just clean them and cut them into fries; the skin is no objection
I like seeing the parallels here with some of our 'chippys' in England/wider UK. Great mini doc!
That looks amazing. Imma visit that spot
Had some belgian fries in St.Petersburg / Russia, there was a Frittur on Nevski close to moscow station. They offered Sauce Bolognaise, not too bad with fries ...Also worked in Bergen op zoom / Holland and we made a trip to Brussels on a weekend, had some fries near the Atomium, maybe in one of the featured sheds . Also good as expected.
Wow! What a fascinating story... please tell us more! Like did you have salt/vinegar and how long was each fry.
@@HandleDeezNutzVoluntarily lmaooo
There is also a Belgian cafe in St.Petersburg ;-)
I was stationed in Mons, Belgium. I miss Fritte stands everywhere. With hot Samurai or curry mayo sauce. Best in the world. One of the few places you can have steak with fries and its not a dumb idea: Steak avec fritte.
You can have steak with fries in almost every restaurant in Flanders
Samurai sauce is amazing
You can have _steak frites_ (steak + fries) mostly anywhere within the West. I had them together last week here in the States and it was no big deal.
Were you working at the SHAPE? I'm from Mons (now in Canada), and we were always impressed by these big places ^^
@@stephanewantiez164 Yep surement le SHAPE. Je suis de Leernes et ma femme de Anderlues, nous vivons entre Hope BC Canada et Manta Equateur (retirement, l'hiver devenait dur sur mes vieux os). Tu es de l'est ou de l'Ouest?
I would love to try those fries. Fries are so prevalent in my country, but so are many other unhealthy foods. They even brag out which potatoe they use here but ive never tried fries from that potato. Looks delicious!
Damn, i see food culture all over the world, but this is on another level. This is basically art through a conoseur.
Belgian food in general is beautiful! I used to go to a burger van in overijse that made really nice bicky burgers, they put them in a cone of paper, fill the burger and the rest of the cone with fries and then cover it in andalouse sauce. the burger meat was the best I've ever had and I also used to get a pot of snails. :)
The snails are called Karrekollen.
@@MrTuubster I actually dont know the dutch for them but I know whenever it was on a menu it was called escargot which I know is french
The Belgians know what’s up.
Probably why Agatha Christie made Hercules Poirot a Belgian! 😉
No Perú got y’all beat
Tu connais
Yes, yes, Lamberts and Vefhofstadt are two of the ugliest winners in the contest of knowing what's up, Especially Verhofstadt , he opens beer bottles with his teeth.
You should go to belgium it's a fucking boring place,fries or no fries
Doing one thing very well. Bravo
Oh! A new DW channel to subscribe to. DW means good quality videos. Thanks for making them! 🙂
I'm Belgian, but have lived in the UK for 8 years, and let me tell you, I REALLY miss my "frites", sauce andalouse is the best.
"Chips" are not up to standard?
@@victorha9923 so far every chip shop I've tried, fries them in oil and only once, so they're either really dry almost like old chips left out, or really soft and mushy. They also usually have no colour, very pale, almost white.
Chips need to be fried in tallow, and need to be fried twice. Also when trying to make them myself home, finding decent potatoes for chips is not easy. Maris pipers work ok but they're just not the same. You need really waxy potatoes for chips.
@@cartouchator Cool. Never been to Europe. Thanks for the knowledge.
I have been living in Poland since june 2019....First thing I will eat when I get back home: Een grote friet met PICKLES en ne koude cervela
@@cartouchator Sadly as a Brit I have to agree that many fish and chip shops here are mediocre and add to our poor reputation for food. You need to find a family owned chip shop that still uses beef dripping. There is a fish and chip shop of the year competition which may help you find a good restaurant. I know there is one in Aldeborough, Suffolk that has won several times. If you want to make good British style chips there is a recipe online from the 'Hairy Bikers' for triple cooked chips. You take a suitable potato, such as Maris Piper and cut it into chunky chips, then wash the chips until the water goes clear to remove the starch. Then boil your chips until they are soft. Dry your chips, then fry your chips at a medium hot temperature until nearly done. Remove your chips and heat up the oil until it is very hot. Then you give your chips a short fry until they are crisp and golden brown on the outside. Drain the chips thoroughly and serve. You can find the precise cooking temperatures in the 'Hairy Bikers' online recipe for triple cooked chips (ignore their earlier recipe for double cooked chips, this is better).They have a nice recipe for fried fish to accompany your chips too. Serve with mushy peas for a very tasty meal.
Not sure Americans realize there are really two nationalities in Belgium. Flemish who speak basically Dutch and Walloons who speak French. Probably why mistakenly called “French” fries. Similar to Pennsylvania “Dutch” who are actually German descent.
A long time ago the french speaking people of Belgium gave the americans fries, and they called it french fries bc they didnt know any better.
Well German is a dialect of Dutch so it fits ;) (it split off from Dutch in their Zweite Lautverschiebung)
@@TrueFork it is a separate language, unless you are also prepared to consider French, Spanish and Portuguese to be dialects of Italian.
@@timpauwels3734 A language is a dialect with an army
Correction: officially there’re 3 nationalities. There’s also a eastern part that speaks German. this means 3 official languages, 3 x governments (actually more, since Brussel has also it’s part of typical Belgian logic)
Looks so tempting 😅
Once I was treated to a French restaurant in Berkeley, CA that served the twice fried frites, however these were thin as is common for fast food venues aux Etats Unis. Still, these fries were delightful. I can only hope to one day savor Belgian frites!
the fries of the french are not even close to the belgian fries!
@@jeroenkuppens7626 Agreed, that was my point. Even an attempt at Belgian frites in the USA isn'tvery good.
"French" fries because the style they're cut is called "french-cut" also known as "matchstick".
Julienne cut style is from the age of time, nothing to relate, french fries is the US name who was invented when they first came in america thanks to Thomas Jefferson who spent time in Paris as the Minister to France (1785-1789.) During one White House dinner in 1802, he served “potatoes served in the French manner" that's how where it came from
he cares so much about his customers and what they feel, that's a key to success
Absolutely 🔑
I'm Belgian. Fries are the life blood of our nation and we do them better than anyone else, this is just simple truth!
From a guy in Louisiana, USA...I agree! They are amazing.
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They sure do look good. Have never been to Belgium, but back in 1980 while serving with the U.S. military in Germany I took a weekend excursion to Amsterdam, NL, and fries were a popular snack there, too. Served in a cone with mayonnaise....a bit unusual, I thought, but enjoyable. And both countries have them standardized into a certain length and thickness, it appears. Wish that were so in the U.S. Medium cut, medium-long length, and straight, no 'crinkled' outside skin.
There are generally a whole bunch of sauces available for patat/friet in the Netherlands, not just mayo, same in Belgium. For example Joppiesaus, Fritesaus, Samurai sauce etc.. My favourite combo is Patat Oorlog which is fries served with half mayo, half satay (peanut) sauce, and finely diced onion on top. Sometimes I make this here in the UK.
This channel is very underrated. Hope they get popular real soon
I kinda agree, but it's literally funded by the German taxpayer so of course it's good
This is fantastic, his love for the fries is awesome
Now i really want some fries 🤤
Need to try it when I go to Belgium
I gotta try these Belgium Fries!!!
Personally when I think the worlds best Fries I think of my home country Canada. We have this dish called a poutine and it's sort of a big deal here...
Also South Africa comes to mind. They make amazing fries and when paired with their famous spice peri-peri... So GOOD!
I also imagine that jolly ol' England has some chips worthy of his majesties blessings.