Finding the BEST FRENCH FRIES in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
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- Опубликовано: 31 окт 2019
- Want to know where to find the best french fries/frites in Brussels, Belgium? I went out searching for the most delicious french fries from the most recommended friteries/ fry stands in Brussels. I only had one day, so from the many to choose from, this is where I went:
1. Chez Clementine
2. Frit' Flagey
3. Maison Antoine
4. Fritland
5. Friterie Tabora
6. Friterie de la Barrière
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I live all the way from the Philippines and having some Belgium fries is one of my dreams! Thanks for this amazing video!
Lol I live in Belguim and I eat belguim fries every week
Belgian fries with tartar sauce is the most amazing thing ever. You made me feel homesick.. Even if I just spent the first years of my life in Belgium I just miss the food.
I live in Holland. We've got fritessaus, which is the best according to many people. It's a thinner sweet mayonnaise.
The Belgium mayonaise has too much mustard in it.
@@johnroekoek12345 not my thing 🤢
@@johnroekoek12345 mayonaise 😋
I had to try the fries when I went to Belgium and it was by far the best I ever had. From then on I usually enjoy having them with mayo rather than ketchup.
Hey.. good job! I do appreciate the way you tested all places and how you explained exactly what you like and what you dislike. Very helpful, thank you!
You are a champ for chowing through all those fries. Same with the waffles. A true hero. I love these videos of yours!
hahaha true hero... thank you sir. Somehow i felt pretty alright after eating all those fries... the waffles were another story though...
great content and very nice edits , keep up the good work
What a fun expedition-although I don’t envy you all those fries in one day! (I had to unfasten my belt at the end of this episode.) Thanks for taking us with you.
I took one for the team. But it was definitely a fun day seeing some new sights in the city!
Brussels must have been a wonderful experience! It’s beautiful
I went to Belgium 30 years ago aged 18 on my way through France, Belgium, Germany and Holland. We had fries with mayo, chocolate seashells and lager - it was amazing !
Thank you for this video! Going to Brussels soon and it helped me a lot! You could do more like these fries ones and waffle ones, perhaps best "mussels in brussels"? And if you run out of things to try in brussels, you can take train to paris for "best croissant, best crepe" etc, and same for other neighboring countries. I don't think there are too many content creators doing that so you might be able to really carve our a niche for yourself.
Thanks so much for this! I hope this helps out big time! Definitely visit at least one of these... I totally agree with you! I plan on doing more similar types of videos - the croissant idea is great
Actually, bintje potatoes are Dutch. First produced by a teacher in Fryslân (a province in the north of the Netherlands). It is named after one of his students.
Shoot! Sorry! I knew I’d get something wrong
Thanks to us Spaniards & Peruvians you peeps have potatoes🍟!
As a Belgian, Mom's fries are the best.
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Friterie St. Josse has some amazing fries if you're ever around the main square of St. Josse-ten-Noode
I love seeing NY through your eyes. I haven't been to some of the places you have been. I live in the suburbs now, and you have given me places to go when I get a chance. I wish I knew about you when I went to Toronto. 😊
In Bruges had a great fry shack! We took a free food walking tour! Waffles, chocolate, fries and beer! What a tour! Yum!
Great video, enjoyed watching it. I agree with the sauce, they put so much it just becomes soggy potato which is gross. The tartare had the closest ratio to what I find reasonable.
thats not what i get
Can't wait to try Belgian fries.
Best I've had to date were in France. Triple cooked duck fat frites.
Duk fat😂😂😂😂 you need beef fat for à good fries
Classic belgian...@@olireiff3974
@@olireiff3974duckfat + potato = magic
@@hingeslevers = french fries...not belgian. You need beef fat for good fries....duck fat🤣🤣🤣...Never in belgium
If you ever travel over to Liège, I highly recommend Friterie du Perron. Just perfection!
You did it! Frit at last, frit at last, thank you Jamie, frit at last. 🙂
Haha frit at last! 🍟
Hello from Belgium. Didn’t realise there was this video on this channel (going through most recipes now). 😊
I live in Uccle!! 😮
As someone eager to visit Brussels this video is a great virtual vacation.
Some of the longer lines are surely due to visiting at midday vs popularity, though. Right?
Yeah exactly. It all depends on timing, the weather, tourist area, etc.
This particular day the sun was shining and it was a beauty day. worth it!
OMG when I lived in Belgium, I was an au pair in Leuven and my favorite street food was FRITES!!! It was amazing to me that they didn’t just use ketchup, mustards, even tartar sauce!
Yummy flemish fries. Our favorite Belgium fries are in Bruges at Chez Vincent wonder how they stack to Brussels fries.
next time im in bruges, I'll give those a try!
Yes! in Den Haag they served the french fries in paper cones too with tiny forks and the smell was heaven Heven in a cone yummmmmmm
It's called puntzak friet
Woah...impressed.
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Have been watching your videos for a while now, but must ask: whose and which track did you use for the beginning of this video? Lovely synthwave one.
If there isn't a line you should get suspicious. You can't peel and cut the potatoes too long before frying, and there has to be a certain time between the first and the second fry, so basically it's just too good to be fast food. I don't think the double frying makes them crispier, it's more to get the potato inside fluffy and allow for the thicker fries. The animal fat (ossenwit) brings out the taste of the bintje better. But potatoes are a seasonal product, they change in taste and sugars (crispyness) in the months after the harvest. So they get darker and crispier towards august.
Bintje is a Dutch potatoe, but a bit wasted on the Dutch. Dutch fries are usually ok but they're just not that ambitious with their fries (or food in general). There it's mostly prepeeled and frozen and fried once in vegetable oil and they mostly switched to the easier agria potato. It's not they don't taste well, I just refuse to get fat on a compromise.
Too long a line is also suspicious. Indicates a tourist trap promoted by every influencer and hence visited by every gullible tourist.
As a Bruxelloise I would love to see a redo outside the scope of the Tourist-Expat-areas! my personal fave is Frit Steve at Pannenhuis Metro station! But since you have long left our fair city, I suppose it will never happen…
i lived in seattle 9 years, and seattleites love fries with tartar sauce. i learned that they know what they're talking about!
I'm from amsterdam, but i hop on the train almost every month to Belgium to get some fries.
hello, love your videos. You should try Brobbeleir on Rue Edith Cavell 199 in Uccle. Thibeau is the owner. When he is there the fries are the best. Truly I tried a lot of places before I found him. He is a young guy passionate about it. He even make burger with fresh meat from a local butchershop close by. I also love the one on Place St Job too.
Ahh! It’s a shame I missed that one! I actually live really close to there, I’ll check it out!
jamie as you and cristina love food may i sugest you go to ostende and find the cokoo the best chicken ever
I've heard of this cokoo... I have been to Ostende, but I didn't have it! I'll need to go back!
That is a Lott of mayonnaise...I can hear myself getting fat 😂
Too many fries in a day Jamie..you should detox! Glad to see you again😁
I just finished detoxing and already need to do it again
It isn't just any animal fat, it is beef tallow. France uses it for their fries, also, btw. Try them with mustard powder for a healthier condiment.
Do a part 2 and visit Frites Atelier!!
I know! I almost went there, but I ran outta daylight and space in my belly
ANTI-CHEF Oh I bet! You were brave for stopping by as many places as you did in this video. And they all served rather large portions! For the sake of your test it would probably be best to go for the plain fries with mayo at Frites Atelier, but my personal favorite at the moment is called Old Mimolette & Truffle. Mimolette is a PHENOMENAL aged hard cheese we grate over the fries. And then there’s also truffle mayo, hazelnuts and some shredded cabbage on the fries. May sound questionable, but trust me. SO. GOOD. And normally I hate truffle mayo. So me liking this topping really says something haha.
I’ve been meaning to go for like the entire year. Since you first mentioned it. I still have yet to do so. I saw the new Brussels location, when I do go; I’ll make sure to get exactly your favourite!
ANTI-CHEF awesome! I think it’s best not to go on the weekend, as it’s suuuper busy usually. Pick a boring Tuesday evening and treat yourself to some fries 👌🏻
Andalouse also a very good sauce with Fries!
You should try Maison Antoine. They cook them in duck fat as I remember. They are very famous. You can also eat the fries with a cold bear at one of the nearby cafés as most allow you to bring the fries with you.
You should go to the 5 min mark of this video ;)
I didn't recognize the new building😅
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There’s also an etymology that says the potatoes are ‘frenched’ - that stick/plank shape you can slice any root veg into - and that the original name of “frenched, fried potatoes” was shortened by Americans to “french fries.”
Kook-chills a-la-minute.
'La frite de Forest' is the best in Brussels for me!
Did you also di a video on fries in Amsterdam?
For my experience, the fries in Place Jourdan taste ordinary. I has been there for several times, and for many times the Fries are a little brunt.
I can see that
So the frites places just sell frites, no hamburgers or other food?
They will usually sell snacks as well. Things like meat croquet, viandelle or fricandel (some sort of sausage) and maybe some meat stew that you can actually get as a topping as well.
Catelijine is right! Sometimes hamburgers and all that kinda stuff too. I can’t vouch for all that, just the frites and the copious amounts of sauces!
My first ever Belgian fries was in Bruges and it was definitely good😋
they have some pretty amazing fry stands there too
@@antichef i live in belguim and the fries are the best
Im belgian and Yes its too much mayo too idk why They put so much mayo 😂
Actually I was disturbed at first that you have to get salt separately when I had some in Antwerpen.
Sorry Bintje come from Holland more exact Friesland but loved your vlog either way the Belgian make them into the best fries or frites
Thanks Jack! Yeah you’re so right, in another video I made about Belgian fries, I made sure to correct myself and call them Dutch potatoes.
The real question is, how can you eat so many fries 😂
in denmark we eat remoulade to fries
Ouch.
I got agita just watching.
Delicious, double fried agita.
i made the same disgusted face when he was talking about the second fries and he took the bite which was pretty much just mayo 😣
is your favorite fry place the reason you have the bicycle tattoo??lol
haha that would be hardcore if that was the reason I got that tattoo.
I like the fries from Georgette.
I haven’t been!!
This is the best tbh
The best ones were somewhere around the gay bars and manneken pis at 3 am last wed.
Brussels fries. But with mayo?
Too much
@@antichef I tried and it was good.
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Chili & Cheese Fries, yes it comes with those upon. Oh dear me, I don’t wish ketchup put upon my fries for me:We dip it separate!!!!
Frites are delicious.
What are all the sauces on the Maison Antione menu www.maisonantoine.be/?
There were a lot! House tartar, ketchup, mayo....I think there were many different flavoured mayos too
You need to adjust your grading scale.
You can't have that many 10's
I bet you felt ill after all that, maybe try 2 find a healthy ice cream if there is such a thing ? You didn't do a waffle video on the same day did you? Great video thank you.
Surprisingly I felt OK after this. I don’t know how, but I did. The waffle your I also did in one day, I get worse after that one. Ha
Belgian Poutine?
Tartar sauce yay, Mayo eh a big no! Lol
They are actually called flamish fries
I’m stuffed just watching this. Fries are so good, they should’ve had them at the ‘64 World’s Fair in NYC, along with the waffles. Is the mayonnaise fresh-made? I’m going to rewatch your Moules-Frites episode next - the dish of my dreams (one of them, anyway).
Suggestion: try Mandy Lee’s recipes, in particular, Flattening the Bird (which I’ll be making as soon as the chicken thighs in my fridge thaw out). I swear that you’ll never have chicken fried any other way, ever again. And you’ll gain the skills of an anatomist. ruclips.net/video/FXY4kKUtLtM/видео.html
As someone who frequently has to over order and taste lots of dishes (husband is a local food reviewer), I must advise you to eat less of each dish. It's tempting in the beginning, especially when something is good, to keep eating. You must resist and pace yourself.
Adresses and the updates as to whether they are still good?
Btw, how about restaurant frits qualities?!? I personally only visited some places around Avenue Louise last time and all I remember was that all chef happened to be racists(one angry chef was shouting and beating black waiter who served me, one was shouting I hate sushi🇯🇵and made sure I hear that). I have only good memories at Frits stand ppl in cold Belgian weather, so only “small restaurants owner” happens to be of lowest of ppl in Belgium…?
If it's in Belgium, it's not French fries, it's *Belgian* fries. Fries are a Belgian invention. Never ever say "French fries" in Belgium, unless you're tired of life!!
Fr, when someone says "french fries" in belguim we punish them
As someone who loves potatoes, I am envious of this journey. Only exception is, well, I hate mayo. I'd have to ask them to hold it, which could be a cultural faux pas! Sadly, I only go to the US or Japan and the latter has no exotic, delicious fries. I love my potatoes left on their own potato-ey goodness, no toppings needed.
The average Belgian frietkot offers about a dozen different sauces, though most are mayo based. Ketchup isn't mayo based but asking for it could be a faux pas as usually it is only served with certain dishes and/or in combination with other sauces.
Belgian Fries , Belgium invented the fries !!!!! Why French Fries !!😤😤
Well. If you watch the video he explains why
@@jome8059 and if u researched you'd know that there is a difference between french and belgian fries so if you're gonna talk belgian fries call them belgian?
@@leatje every country make their fries differently...
The US has had fries since at least the 1800s. Long before both world wars.
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They are not called French fries in Belgium. 🍟
Belgium fries not french fries
How can this be unhealthy, you're eating vegetables :-)
Belgium and it's fries* .
Oh silly me, a vegetarian in Brussels happily eating fries cooked in animal fat 🤦🏾♀️ it was a long time ago, I didn’t think about that until now and I survived. The Mayo was shocking but my husband’s Bermudian family does it that way (mixed e/ketchup sometimes) too.
I know right. I don’t think a lot of people realize that. I heard that many of the place have since changed that, but most still use it!😮
It is not a french fries dude, clarify that, it is belgium fries!!!!
I spoke about this at the beginning 00:20
You won't find any "french" fries in Belgium.
Belgium = chocolate
Birdy
These fries are straight out of the freezer
except for all the fry cutting I witnessed
You are crazy, this isnt America. In Belgium, these shops will get fined and shut down if they serve frozen food
First you are so brave riding the scooter in traffic. I have no balance.
Second. Mayonnaise on fries. Nope. Not a fan of mayonnaise on fries or as a condiment except under certain circumstances. I don’t even like it on sandwiches except a very little on chicken or turkey sandwiches and very little on club sandwiches which I put on. Then maybe as an ingredient with other things. But on fries - never. Just salt.
BELGIAN FRIES!!! FRENCH FRIES ARE PISS... ty for doing the research we as belgians appreciate you knowing its belgian.
I like the fact that they still eat fries with mayonnaise and not ketchup in Brussels.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME???
FRENCH FRIES???
calm down
I’m Living next to Fretland. Not fond of the smell of burned oil and rancid mayo around there and the stench of frittes around Brussels it’s pretty gross. In general I don’t understand all the fuss around trash food I can eat frites once per year, waffle are even less appealing for me.
I can understand how nasty that must smell over time. Definitely understand that. I’m originally from Canada so the novelty of fry and waffle stands has not worn off just yet.
You must be fun at parties
Then what is the reason to even be in Belgium? Everyone has his own taste, but calling it rancid or trash makes you sound to egocentric, don't you think?
Janno_O fries are notoriously considered junk food (I.e. unhealthful food that is high in calories, with little dietary properties), I’ve never heard of them being considered a delicacy. The ventilation system of Frietland blows the fumes from the kitchen directly on the pedestrian area in rue du midi, where I live, that’s why I am annoyed by the smell. I think that there are better reasons than friets and gaufres to live in Brussels.
ANTI-CHEF Oh you are from Canada. I really love the accent
I'm not buying the naming story. First the soldiers would have to be dumb enough to think they were in France even though they were in Belgium. Why wouldn't they now refer to everything they saw in Belgium as French? Secondly I don't believe that it was the second world war before Americans had eaten fried potatoes.
Then do your own research, probably quicker than leaving this comment. And it was WW1
NO! I never had the pleasure to be in Belgium But I lived in Den Haag NL and theyre Patat Frits were to die for and they serve them with mayonnaise
Sir i only came here to tell you that thay aren NOT french Fries.... they are Belgian... you are looking for Belgian fries in Belgium pffff.
"Finding the best FRENCH fries in Brussels(belguim)" bro why do u still call it french fries when belguim has better fries.
PS: why can't they call them french fries like the rest of the world does?
Why should we? Just because the Americans did? People in the UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and probably a lot more don't use the term French frie in their native language.
Because the rest of the world DOESN'T call them French fries.
Here is 1 thing..
Go home and season that fries.
Paprika, Parshley, Salt and Pepper.
Haha agreed!
@@antichef you should do it then..
Chips!!! They're called chips dammit. Because they're chipped off a potato. Unlike 'fries' which are scraps of potatoes formed industrially into stick-like shapes. It's nothing else than the equivalent of MDF (Medium Density Fibre - interestingly banned in the US, unlike sadly their substandard 'fries').
Ironic that Dutch fries are so much better