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I'm a Belgian and I never ever eat mussels in this garlic snail lookalike. We mostly have them with onions, parsley, white wine, pepper, specific musselspices and cook them then for 5 minutes. It's very fast and tasty food but in a healthy sense.
Plus the excellent restaurant called La Fringale, also on Rue Jourdan in Brussels. Excellent Italian pizza and Italian dishes. I've enjoyed many dinners at La Fringale!
The left waffle was a Brussels waffle, where you only put powdersugar and some whipped cream that you spread over the waffle. The right waffle was a Liège waffle, which you have to eat without anything. That already contains enough sugar. It's best to eat from a stall along the street. You can eat Brussels waffles in a snack bar.
guys! Frites (fries) must be eaten with mayonnaise! And then you can try the other condiments, I know it sounds weird to americans but in Belgium and the Netherlands it's a famous combo but you went to the right place to eat them! You are right waffles are very good with the powdered suger. Chez Leon like someone said before is very touristic, might be good though.
I was thinking the same thing-I never saw any Belgians eating frites with anything but mayonnaise. The other sauces are for tourists. Probably very good too,however if you want the Belgium experience eat the frites with mayonnaise. It is very tasty
Well a lot of belgian people do eat with other sauces (Andalouse, Coktail and Ketchup are the main ones) but it's true that the ones that do not eat with mayonnaise (or those three) are usually people with parents that aren't belgian, most of my arabic and french from France friends eat with spicy sauces but they are still belgian in the sense of nationality or tourists like you said I really don't understand the general disgust foreign people have with that combination
Right you are and I think most of the people from other countries are just use to and loyal to the things they were brought up eating. Experimenting with foods around the world is part of the fun for me ^_^
oh I totally agree! I also find things that are normal to eat abroad very weird, which is great because it means it's different and should be different
The restaurant "Chez Leon" is one of the better tourist traps in that street :) I would strongly advice people NOT to eat there. You pay a lot for average/frozen food. The beers in that restaurant (and street) are also twice as high as any other place in Brussels. When it comes to beers, try something else than a pilsbeer (St-bernardus 12 is one of my favorites for example).
Jelle G. Chez Léon is tourists oriented nowadays but is still awesome, especially for fresh oysters and moules-frites. Nothing wrong with going there, especially your first time in Brussels.
Why doesn't this channel have more subscribers. Their videos are great because they don't act like juvenile idiots. They get to the point. Great editing !!
Yeah, Brussels is kinda tourist trappy. Other cities in Belgium are cheaper and more authentic. Try Ghent, Antwerp, Liege, Or even Charleroi for the real Belgian experience.
I shouted OH NO at my screen when I saw Chez Leon. As a Brusseleir, I feel so sorry for you to have paid so much for such low quality food. Go to Hotsiplou next time!
Avoid restaurants and pubs in 'rue des boucher' - those are tourist traps. Cheap food (frozen and reheated), but the drinks are expensive. As a Belgian myselve I have never eaten at 'rue des boucher'. There are much better and more cosy places (and not expensive) in Brussels. Go and look for those restaurants and bars away from the grand place but more towards 'the bourse' and 'Place Sainte-Catherine' and 'sint-gorikshal'. Cheers ps: Cafe Archipel is one of the best bars in Brussels, Trappist beer from the draft.
Three sauces to go with your fries and not a single one that is traditionally eaten with fries in Belgium: you need mayonnaise, tartare, stew sauce or maybe pickles.
LOL - Andalous never eaten with fries?!? The "house" tartare is often the best (it is at chez Clementine on St Job - my local) but Andalous is also a pretty common choice...
It's a gimmick. But saying that nobody does it, isn't right either. It's just not something we do every time we drink a beer. But I think for tourists it can be a nice experience. nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiefel_(drinkglas)
@@MarioGonzalez-ez4if, De Markten (mostly during summer), Rock Classic (for cocktails and good music mostly, but beers as well), De Walvis. Roskam and À la Bécasse are really nice, traditional pubs, popular with students. A little outside of Brussels: 3 Fonteinen (Molenstraat 47, 1651 Lot (Beersel) ). I'm not from Brussels myself, so it never hurts to ask around there a little more.
Hey, im from Belgium and we only add some powdered sugar and whipped cream to our brussels waffle, the Luikse/liege wafel is mostly eaten without anything on it. Sometimes we like to heat them too!
I was born, raised and still live in Brussels, very good suggestions I love all 3 of those places! I go to those places at least 3x a year each, never get tired of it
My trips to Belgium have always involved me eating Moules et Frites with (the best Mayo in the world!) on the side. Belgium is an amazing country with some of the nicest people I have ever met. I wish I was there now.
One thing you forgot to mention ... at the end of the video you've got a Hoegaarden beer in your hands ... Anyone, nice to see you've enjoyed Brussels :-)
One of the best long weekends was in Liege for the motor bike GP, we visited a bar in the centre, sat outside at table and chairs and went through the beer menu, then had frites / mayonnaise - superb.
I was born in Brussels and the two other foods that definitely need to be sampled and mentioned are Waterzooi Chicken (a delicious local speciality) and of course...Belgian Chocolates!
I'm impressed, you got the fries right: Frit Flagey are amongst the best: fried twice at different temperature as it should be. Not many fritkots do it right anymore.
Here are some rules of tasting new foods and drinks. 1) Taste don't eat 2) Small amounts 3} Keep it as simple as possible 4) Taste the same food several time 5) Ones taste needs time to get to use to the food 6) The same food with the same name can taste different from one place and season to another. 6) Ones taste will changes over time.
Interesting fact, Belgium is where American 'french fries' come from. The Belgians used to deep fry tiny fish and sell them as street food but one year they ran out and used thinly cut potatoes instead. American GI's tried them and liked them and as the people they bought them from were French BE they called them 'french fries'.
So cute! Fun fact: Brussels waffles are originally from Ghent, but they were first sold on a Brussels fair.. thats where they got that name from. As you guys recognized, they are best eaten without all that suggary stuff on it. Try saté spices on your fries next time and go to Delirium bar for beer ;)
Thanks for posting these because not only is it interesting, but I use your videos for Belarusian adult students to practice intensive listening to native English speakers.
hi, cool vlog, i'm proud to be a Belgian. I've been several times to the US the last 12 month's and my goal is to start a foodtruck with Belgian Frites, Waffles & other Belgian specialities in the US.
Great video and it's true that the traditional way for Waffles is with sugar only. And you pick Dandoy to try them, good choice. For beers, Delirium is nice, but I would prefer the Moeder Lambic where you can get better advice. You picked also a good place for the fries, there are other than place Flagey but it's a good spot. The middle sauce is the Andalouze which is a Belgian invention and a huge favorite. I think there is even a wiki page about it. Also this spot for fries is usually open very late, which is nice. So you are asking for different places: For fries, you can go to place Jourdan: Chez Antoine. It's famous. The best thing is that they have an agreement with the surrounding pubs, so you can buy your fries chez Antoine and bring them to the pub to have a beer. You can also try fries next to the Bourse (or Beurs in Dutch), it's called Fritland. For beers, you should check the Moeder Lambic, La Becasse close to the grand place (that is a bit hidden, so you will have to deserve it). Otherwise there is also the brew dog pub but that's more expensive. The poechenellekelder is next to the Manneken Pis and a great pub also. There is a nice Fish & Chips in the center called Bia Mara, you should try it. For typical Belgian Food, a good place is the "In't Spinnekopke". Have fun
Thanks a ton for dropping by. Yeah next time we'll definitely go with just the powdered sugar! And thanks for all the recommendations. Those places sound amazing, we'll definitely have to give them a try!
In Belgium we only have imported mussels, and we never eat them with garlic and netly on a plate. Fries we eat with mayo. Brussels waffles only with powder sugar and the Liege waffle without any topics.
Next time buy a waffle on the streets, they are buildings but you order and pick them up on streetside, those are the best ones, without chocolate, but with melted sugar on it, it's delicious and not that sweety compared to what you get in a tea-room, where you sit inside. For mussels the best is mussels cooked in white wine, or in a creamy garlicly sauce, you ate the mussels as a "aperitive" coming from the oven, not from a traditional mussel pot. Frites we eat mostly with mayonaise, pickles, stoofvleessaus (stew pot), frietsaus or tartate, the normal Ketchup (non-curry) is also perfect. Love these vids!
Thank you so much for sharing. Our family has a free weekend in November and we were trying to see where we could drive to in under four hours. Brussels is back on the list.
Visit Gent!!!! Much more of good stuff. I was born and raised there but moved to USA 14 years ago. Still miss the Belgium food and definitely the beer 🍺
Wow! The best and oldest beer in the world at your fingertips and you barely talk about it. Belgium is all about beer. You needed to do a separate episode just for that!
Real Belgium waffles have a granulated crystal sugar in the batter that melt when they are grilled. The sugar is called pearl sugar and can be purchased on line.
Hey I love this channel, I watched your other video about food in Scotland, which is where I,m from, glad you liked the food here, You got courage even attempting to eat that sheeps head in Iceland, I,d have ran screaming from the restaurant. Im enjoying watching your adventures, keep em coming. PS you don't have much luck with the weather I,ve noticed.
got a lot of respect for you guys quitting your jobs and everything to experience new things and you seem like really nice people so all the best to you
Thanks for the heads-up about the waffles. I don't like anything that's overly sweet, but when I'm down there I kind of want to get one with some fresh fruit on it
Initially, you have to drink that boot-shaped glass with the tip upwards: half way drinking, the trick will be to manage the beer flowing from the tip (as the communicating vase effect). Otherwise you'll end soaked :D
As a Belgian, if I'm allowed to give a little hint for next time. Rue des Bouchers in Brussels (where the restaurant was where you guys ate mussles) is considered by Belgians as the street with the tourist trap restaurants in Brussels. It's worth it to avoid the street and just take a few streets further where food is better :)
Yeah, fair enough. It's tough when you don't have much time in a city because you mostly have to rely on trip advisor and yelp :/ But we'll definitely be back and make a follow up at some more authentic places!
you need to eat Belgian fries with MAYONNAISE! best.thing.ever.!!! aso try samurai sauce (nothing to do with Japan haha its Belgian invention) and good choice on Hoogarden :D P:S: whats the name of the bar you went to (where you got the boot beer)?
I actually noticed, this is same exact way they serve it in Netherlands. At least in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. I visited Netherlands in 2015 and was shocked that people eat fries just alone, but with shitload of mayo :D
Gotta say i'm an unconditional fan of Brasil sauce for fries, but as everyone has said, mayo is the first thing to try out, before anything else. Then yeah the street you guys went to is a street for tourists, it's close to the delirium cafe (the 2000+ beers bar they showcased, which by the way is even more awesome on the below 1 floor, which is where the cellar is located!) and you should avoid that street at all costs (I mean for eating purposes) And I'm actually disappointed the chocolate isn't mentioned. Also other Belgian dishes you should try out are waterzooi, vol au vent (half belgian half french to be honest), carbonnades flamandes, and oh so many more. Restaurants to try out: Schievelavabo, Perroquet, de hoef, il monticelli. (not all are Belgian but these are personal fav).
Dandoy has indeed the best waffles in Brussels; tried different locations when I was there and by far, no competition for Dandoy. There are 2 types of waffles, Brussels and Liege, with the latter one already having sugar in the batter, so no need to put sugar on top. And the frites....both at place Flagey and Jourdan, I saw the delivery man delivering frozen fries, which they later double fried, so don't know what's the hoopla about belgian fries----they are frozen and not really fresh, which you can really tell when you try them. Nobody could tell me where I could actually find fresh frites, so I didn't think the fries were all that great in Brussels. Get me some fresh frites and then we're talking! If you can, go have some free chocolates at the Neuhaus factory address, Postweg 2, 1602 Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium. You can get there by metro (erasmus stop), and then a little 10 min walk. Worth it!
Thanks for the input on the waffles. And I definitely hear you on the fries. The ones we had were frozen but, honestly, they were crunchy and amazing hah! So we didn't want to complain to much :) We actually just left but would have loved to check out Neuhaus! Next time for sure :D Thanks for stopping by!
Concerning the fries, that's probably just another tourist trap. I live only 20-30 kms from Brussels and I get my fries from a place that cuts them themselves. The owners are super friendly, the food is always good and the fries fresh, best fries in town if you ask me.
I presume you thought they were frozen, but you actually can't double fry frozen fries. Frozen fries (the ones you can get in supermarkets for example) have to be fried only once, because they've already been boiled or fried once before been frozen. Try it for yourself, you'll see what I mean. I've seen fries delivered to a variety of different fries stands and take aways, but never have I seen one where they deliver frozen fries. They come in huge plastic bags, precut but fresh.
In a very well known Hotel in London, we used to boil the potato's (After cutting) for about 20 minutes and then blast freeze them for about 5 minutes. This had the effect of taking most of the water out, a freezer is amazing at sucking water out of food. We then cooked them for 1 minute in really hot oil ready for the main cook. Frozen chips are one of the greatest inventions ever. Fresh is not always better. Same applies to peas, much better frozen than fresh.
The Endless Adventure How many days you suggest me to stay there? they said its a boring city do you agree? do you prefer Belgium fries or french fries? and thanks
The Kaiser stay in Bruge and get the train to Brussels for the day, Bruge is amazing, we spent 3 nights in Bruge but went to Brussels for the day which was enough.
Local people avoid this area in Brussels, the "Rue des Bouchers" (litteraly Butchers street) is loaded with "tourist traps"... I'd never go to "Léon". And you eat fries with mayonnaise in Belgium, neither Ketchup nor "Américaine". Next time try them with "Tartare", it's delicious !!!
I've never seen cornstarch in the dough. My nephew lived in Belgian for 6 months and became very familiar with their food. He has a cookbook with try Belgian recipes. Beef Stew is often eaten with Frites. The stew has some Belgian beer in it. Its wonderful.
Om Arsu Be careful! Just returned from Brussels and it was not an enjoyable experience. There was more poverty than I have ever seen, garbage everywhere, the sidewalk tiles were all loose, and the customer service was dreadful. If you are going to Belgium I would suggest visiting Antwerp, Bruges or Ghent.
Die Beiden haben in kurzer Zeit in verschiedenen Ländern Europas gelernt, was schmackhaftes Essen sein kann ! Wünsche fröhliches Erwachen, wenn sie wieder in den Staaten sein werden und sich dort ernähren müssen !
Pretty good effort at a lightening tour of Brussels food and drink. If you do another ever again (and its worth doing as there's so much more beyond moules, waffles and fries) then carbonade flamande has to go on the menu - as does an exploration of the more esoteric beer culture - specifically the gueze / lambics - brewed with the wild yeasts in the air (rather than brewers yeasts) and then blended after ageing...
If you ever go to Liège go in october for "La foire" and go to a shop called Plouette and try out croustillions and laquement It s just the best your mouth could ever taste
Good video guys! Brussels is definitely on my list of cities for my next euro trip. By the way I had some frites in Amsterdam but they serve them with some kind of savory mayo and they're amazing, I loved them.
also guys in antwerp especially in frystand nr 1 get fries with stoofvleessaus and mayonaise, Id be more than happy to show u to the best foodplaces if u dare to take that offer from a stranger :)
Does anyone know what those mussels would be called on the menu? I’ve never had mussels but would like to try these specific mussels when I’m in Brussels next month as I really like garlic butter and think these would be a great way to introduce myself to mussels.
Actually the moules are dutch, called Zeeuwse mosselen it's from the Netherlands in the region Zeeland close to Flanders however. Dutch and Flanders food is so similar just like the people, dutch and flemish people have more in common then flemish and walonians have
They are light because there is yeast in them. In NA we don't use yeast. In my city we have at least two Brussels Frites places. The fries are almost a meal. I get mine with curry chutney sauce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should try fries with joppie sauce, it's DE-LI-CI-OUS!!! It's not Belgian tho, the Dutch made it. But the unity of Belgium and the Netherlands on your plate makes a godly combo imho! :D
Waffles are cheaper and tastier in little street shop vendors without any toppings, that beer place is good but not the coziest place to sit, you wanna go there at night to see the nightlife and order some funkier beer flavors(chocolate, coconut, honey etc...). As for the mussels the one you had looked more like a french style. We usually eat them in a big black claypot filled with wine and fries on the side. the street fries look perfectly authentic, try chocolates with nuts in chocolate shops called mendiants. PS: beware. The downtown restaurants are very touristy and overpriced.
You liked the beer boot, but watch out for the Schnapps boot. This entails having a small boot shaped glass, filled with Schapps, which you hold against a beer glass, so that when you drink the beer, the Schnapps cascades into your beer glass.it is a very dangerous party trick, as 2 glasses of beer and Schnapps will likely put you on your ear. I have only tried it once, but Oh Mama! I think that the problem was, combining it with Champagne. I was nota well puppy next day.
Waffles should indeed be consumed with powdered sugar and maybe some whipped cream. If you want to go all out, maybe some real fresh fruit on the side, but a good place for that is hard to find. For beer it is advisable not to go near the 'tourist zone'. They charge way too much and their tap is often not well fine tuned/maintained. Where they had the mussels is called rue de boucher and it is well known (to Belgians at least) that it's one big tourist trap. I would advice to look on google maps and look what the 'locals' say. (I am from Belgium, just not from Brussels) For the frites, again try to go where locals go themselves. If there's a servicewindow at the street side, that's a bad sign. But where they went in this video, it could be good. Again, don't know Brussels enough.
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The amercain sauce is actually verry thin minced beefmeat
The Brussels one is the one on the right ( so the clean rectangle one).
The Endless Adventure ahh it is my school just behind it is so cool ARC
Do a dutch vlog
I'm a Belgian and I never ever eat mussels in this garlic snail lookalike. We mostly have them with onions, parsley, white wine, pepper, specific musselspices and cook them then for 5 minutes. It's very fast and tasty food but in a healthy sense.
Inderdaad!
Marc Van Poucke ja, ik vind ze toch niet lekker
Blijf hopen
ik vind mosselen heel lekker met frieten
met stokbrood of een ander stevig brood is het wat lichter.
Can’t argue... I.m belgian and fries/beer/chocolate/waffles are definetly the best there.
So true
You are not Belgian because You said "the best there."
Tommy Alexander Phengsene : Such a dumb and useless comment. I’ll let you think about the possibilities, though.
@@tommyphengsene6717 im pretty sure they know where they live lol
Plus the excellent restaurant called La Fringale, also on Rue Jourdan in Brussels. Excellent Italian pizza and Italian dishes. I've enjoyed many dinners at La Fringale!
The left waffle was a Brussels waffle, where you only put powdersugar and some whipped cream that you spread over the waffle. The right waffle was a Liège waffle, which you have to eat without anything. That already contains enough sugar. It's best to eat from a stall along the street. You can eat Brussels waffles in a snack bar.
guys! Frites (fries) must be eaten with mayonnaise! And then you can try the other condiments, I know it sounds weird to americans but in Belgium and the Netherlands it's a famous combo but you went to the right place to eat them!
You are right waffles are very good with the powdered suger.
Chez Leon like someone said before is very touristic, might be good though.
I was thinking the same thing-I never saw any Belgians eating frites with anything but mayonnaise. The other sauces are for tourists. Probably very good too,however if you want the Belgium experience eat the frites with mayonnaise. It is very tasty
Well a lot of belgian people do eat with other sauces (Andalouse, Coktail and Ketchup are the main ones) but it's true that the ones that do not eat with mayonnaise (or those three) are usually people with parents that aren't belgian, most of my arabic and french from France friends eat with spicy sauces but they are still belgian in the sense of nationality or tourists like you said
I really don't understand the general disgust foreign people have with that combination
Right you are and I think most of the people from other countries are just use to and loyal to the things they were brought up eating. Experimenting with foods around the world is part of the fun for me ^_^
oh I totally agree! I also find things that are normal to eat abroad very weird, which is great because it means it's different and should be different
June Novae yep agree, family and i were in Bruges this summer, had them with mayo, very nice.
The restaurant "Chez Leon" is one of the better tourist traps in that street :) I would strongly advice people NOT to eat there. You pay a lot for average/frozen food. The beers in that restaurant (and street) are also twice as high as any other place in Brussels.
When it comes to beers, try something else than a pilsbeer (St-bernardus 12 is one of my favorites for example).
How should she have held it?
American Made you should search on youtube "how to drink out of a boot". if done incorrectly you get a free shower :)
Jelle G. Chez Léon is tourists oriented nowadays but is still awesome, especially for fresh oysters and moules-frites. Nothing wrong with going there, especially your first time in Brussels.
Why doesn't this channel have more subscribers. Their videos are great because they don't act like juvenile idiots. They get to the point. Great editing !!
Yeah, Brussels is kinda tourist trappy. Other cities in Belgium are cheaper and more authentic. Try Ghent, Antwerp, Liege, Or even Charleroi for the real Belgian experience.
Please try the restaurants on Rue Jourdan. Especially, the Delire Parisian on Rue Jourdan in Brussels.
I’m proud to be Belgian when i see this vlog! We have infact so many amazing things in our little country! Very good vlog!
I love how you recognized you shouldn't eat waffles with all the extras, if we make waffles at home I even eat them without anything.
Oh ya, waffles (especially Belgian waffles) are delicious just how they are!
I like to eat them with strawberries, whipped cream and powdered sugar. though I like the way a regular waffle tastes 😊
In England we eat waffles made from potato and serve them with baked beans and a fried egg!
When we make em at home we always put some powder sugar and whipped cream on top
I shouted OH NO at my screen when I saw Chez Leon. As a Brusseleir, I feel so sorry for you to have paid so much for such low quality food. Go to Hotsiplou next time!
Aller se faire plumer à la rue des Bouchers ! Je n'ai pas pu m'empêcher rire, même si c'est vraiment dommage pour eux.
Mayo is definitely the winner as a dipping sauce for fries!
You're not a real Belgian if you don't eat them with mayo lol
who made you the judge?
And "Andalouse" the best for me, and made in Belgium 😁
GreenNastyRabbit dude i was Born in Belgium and i talk Belgiums to but i always pick for sauce ketchup on fries.😑
nope, Joppiesaus is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better
Avoid restaurants and pubs in 'rue des boucher' - those are tourist traps. Cheap food (frozen and reheated), but the drinks are expensive. As a Belgian myselve I have never eaten at 'rue des boucher'. There are much better and more cosy places (and not expensive) in Brussels. Go and look for those restaurants and bars away from the grand place but more towards 'the bourse' and 'Place Sainte-Catherine' and 'sint-gorikshal'. Cheers ps: Cafe Archipel is one of the best bars in Brussels, Trappist beer from the draft.
Thanks for the tips! We always love bar recommendations 🍺
Go where the locals go!
"Don't eat there" "I've never eaten there", yea na shut up then
P T i are there once and he's right .
Herwig Ik leef daar... Ik zal het wel weten zeker
I miss traveling in Belgium. It's such a beautiful country.
Indeed, but when you start living here and going to work/school it gets dull because every street looks the same.
@@Max-ei1pf haha I get what you mean.. 😉
Thank you! Have you ever tried the fries from a frituur? Apparently they taste better (according to my sister)
Three sauces to go with your fries and not a single one that is traditionally eaten with fries in Belgium: you need mayonnaise, tartare, stew sauce or maybe pickles.
LOL - Andalous never eaten with fries?!? The "house" tartare is often the best (it is at chez Clementine on St Job - my local) but Andalous is also a pretty common choice...
Ketchup mate
Yeah I’d say that andalouse is the most common in Brussels
Andalouse is my all time favourite... and I'm from Belgium too^^
Nobody in Belgium drinks beer out of boots
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It's a gimmick. But saying that nobody does it, isn't right either. It's just not something we do every time we drink a beer. But I think for tourists it can be a nice experience.
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiefel_(drinkglas)
@@Blafmaf where would you recommend to get good beer? Im going to brussels and I would like to taste some good beer.
@@MarioGonzalez-ez4if, De Markten (mostly during summer), Rock Classic (for cocktails and good music mostly, but beers as well), De Walvis. Roskam and À la Bécasse are really nice, traditional pubs, popular with students.
A little outside of Brussels: 3 Fonteinen (Molenstraat 47, 1651 Lot (Beersel) ).
I'm not from Brussels myself, so it never hurts to ask around there a little more.
@@Blafmaf You rock! I will start with those bars thank you so much!
Hey, im from Belgium and we only add some powdered sugar and whipped cream to our brussels waffle, the Luikse/liege wafel is mostly eaten without anything on it. Sometimes we like to heat them too!
I was born, raised and still live in Brussels, very good suggestions I love all 3 of those places! I go to those places at least 3x a year each, never get tired of it
I’m from Belgium I’m so glad you guys enjoyed it !!!
I'm going to Brussels this week. My first time ever to mainland Europe. The food/snacks look banging and I can't wait.
How was your trip ?
@@007bogossemre007 It was good thanks.
I've been to Brussels twice since this post. 👍 Mostly just in the city centre.
My trips to Belgium have always involved me eating Moules et Frites with (the best Mayo in the world!) on the side.
Belgium is an amazing country with some of the nicest people I have ever met.
I wish I was there now.
I'm from Belgium and it was a pleasure to see you'r video :D
One thing you forgot to mention ... at the end of the video you've got a Hoegaarden beer in your hands ... Anyone, nice to see you've enjoyed Brussels :-)
One of the best long weekends was in Liege for the motor bike GP, we visited a bar in the centre, sat outside at table and chairs and went through the beer menu, then had frites / mayonnaise - superb.
I was born in Brussels and the two other foods that definitely need to be sampled and mentioned are Waterzooi Chicken (a delicious local speciality) and of course...Belgian Chocolates!
I'm impressed, you got the fries right: Frit Flagey are amongst the best: fried twice at different temperature as it should be. Not many fritkots do it right anymore.
Don't know where you live but most of them in West-Vlaanderen do it right
ydela23 ouais fin si tu prends tes frites dans un snack forcément elle vont pas être terribles :)
Fantastic channel. Well done! We really enjoyed it.
Thanks so much, you two! 😊
Here are some rules of tasting new foods and drinks. 1) Taste don't eat 2) Small amounts 3} Keep it as simple as possible 4) Taste the same food several time 5) Ones taste needs time to get to use to the food 6) The same food with the same name can taste different from one place and season to another. 6) Ones taste will changes over time.
Interesting fact, Belgium is where American 'french fries' come from. The Belgians used to deep fry tiny fish and sell them as street food but one year they ran out and used thinly cut potatoes instead. American GI's tried them and liked them and as the people they bought them from were French BE they called them 'french fries'.
Hi, I'm from Bruges, Belgium, and thanks for giving our country a positive food review! ;) ... long live the Belgian Fries! ;)
Thanks for visiting our country, always welcome!
So cute! Fun fact: Brussels waffles are originally from Ghent, but they were first sold on a Brussels fair.. thats where they got that name from. As you guys recognized, they are best eaten without all that suggary stuff on it. Try saté spices on your fries next time and go to Delirium bar for beer ;)
i'm from belguim Leuven like if your also from belguim to☺
Ashlyn Drisal LEUVEN
I'm also from Leuven. Ik ben van Leuven
Nog een Leuvenaar hier 🙋
Sorry, maar Brugge hier.
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stoofvlees met frieten is another meal to try... it's a meaty stew made with dark beer & fries...
mostly from Flanders (north) region however
Thanks for posting these because not only is it interesting, but I use your videos for Belarusian adult students to practice intensive listening to native English speakers.
Hah, that's awesome. Glad it's helpful!
hi, cool vlog, i'm proud to be a Belgian. I've been several times to the US the last 12 month's and my goal is to start a foodtruck with Belgian Frites, Waffles & other Belgian specialities in the US.
That would b so cool!
Just came back from Brussels. Watched this video before taking my trip, so, thank you for a great video! :)
I'm glad to see that you didn't stay inside the city center but also went to Flagey! It's such a lovely neighborhood :3
I love this so much because I am Belgian American and have eaten these foods myself
Great video and it's true that the traditional way for Waffles is with sugar only. And you pick Dandoy to try them, good choice. For beers, Delirium is nice, but I would prefer the Moeder Lambic where you can get better advice. You picked also a good place for the fries, there are other than place Flagey but it's a good spot. The middle sauce is the Andalouze which is a Belgian invention and a huge favorite. I think there is even a wiki page about it. Also this spot for fries is usually open very late, which is nice.
So you are asking for different places:
For fries, you can go to place Jourdan: Chez Antoine. It's famous. The best thing is that they have an agreement with the surrounding pubs, so you can buy your fries chez Antoine and bring them to the pub to have a beer. You can also try fries next to the Bourse (or Beurs in Dutch), it's called Fritland.
For beers, you should check the Moeder Lambic, La Becasse close to the grand place (that is a bit hidden, so you will have to deserve it). Otherwise there is also the brew dog pub but that's more expensive. The poechenellekelder is next to the Manneken Pis and a great pub also.
There is a nice Fish & Chips in the center called Bia Mara, you should try it.
For typical Belgian Food, a good place is the "In't Spinnekopke".
Have fun
Thanks a ton for dropping by. Yeah next time we'll definitely go with just the powdered sugar! And thanks for all the recommendations. Those places sound amazing, we'll definitely have to give them a try!
+The Endless Adventure if you want something out of the ordinary but still on the same subject, check the Brussels Beer Project.
Great video The Endless Adventure! You won a new subscriber! And thank you, Wirbowsky, for your very helpful input also!
Liège waffles with cinnamon don't even need any extra sugar. So awesome when still warm on a cold winter morning
I’m from Denmark and really hope to visit Belgium as soon the pandemic is over 🇧🇪🇩🇰
Thank you so much for your appreciation of the Belgium foods !!! You welcome!
The best spaghetti bolognaises of Belgium can be eaten in Strombeek, Pee Klak. An incredible special taste. You would be surprised.
Brussels is the city that has everything you need❤️
In Belgium we only have imported mussels, and we never eat them with garlic and netly on a plate. Fries we eat with mayo. Brussels waffles only with powder sugar and the Liege waffle without any topics.
Next time buy a waffle on the streets, they are buildings but you order and pick them up on streetside, those are the best ones, without chocolate, but with melted sugar on it, it's delicious and not that sweety compared to what you get in a tea-room, where you sit inside. For mussels the best is mussels cooked in white wine, or in a creamy garlicly sauce, you ate the mussels as a "aperitive" coming from the oven, not from a traditional mussel pot. Frites we eat mostly with mayonaise, pickles, stoofvleessaus (stew pot), frietsaus or tartate, the normal Ketchup (non-curry) is also perfect. Love these vids!
I'm sure someone has said this before, but I love that you always take a shot of you disposing of your trash responsibly!! Nice one! xxooxx
Thank you so much for sharing. Our family has a free weekend in November and we were trying to see where we could drive to in under four hours. Brussels is back on the list.
Awesome! If you end up going, eat all the food for us :)
Did you enjoy your visit to Brussels?
Visit Gent!!!! Much more of good stuff. I was born and raised there but moved to USA 14 years ago. Still miss the Belgium food and definitely the beer 🍺
Wow! The best and oldest beer in the world at your fingertips and you barely talk about it. Belgium is all about beer. You needed to do a separate episode just for that!
I agree
Real Belgium waffles have a granulated crystal sugar in the batter that melt when they are grilled. The sugar is called pearl sugar and can be purchased on line.
I actually am from Belgium, around Ghent. Ghent is also a nice place to visit if you’d come to Belgium.
yes!! good thing you went to friet flagey, they are one of the best in whole brussels
i live just next to the flagey place
Hey I love this channel, I watched your other video about food in Scotland, which is where I,m from, glad you liked the food here, You got courage even attempting to eat that sheeps head in Iceland, I,d have ran screaming from the restaurant. Im enjoying watching your adventures, keep em coming. PS you don't have much luck with the weather I,ve noticed.
Hey Billy, thanks for the comment :D Yeah that sheep's head was like 😱 Really glad you're enjoying the videos!
got a lot of respect for you guys quitting your jobs and everything to experience new things and you seem like really nice people so all the best to you
Thanks for the heads-up about the waffles. I don't like anything that's overly sweet, but when I'm down there I kind of want to get one with some fresh fruit on it
Delirium Cafe is where they had the beer. Google "Three Sheets" for a tv show that went there. Really great show about drinking all over the world.
Initially, you have to drink that boot-shaped glass with the tip upwards: half way drinking, the trick will be to manage the beer flowing from the tip (as the communicating vase effect). Otherwise you'll end soaked :D
Belgian waffles, Belgian beers & Belgian fries... are world class drool-iness! 🤤
As a Belgian, if I'm allowed to give a little hint for next time. Rue des Bouchers in Brussels (where the restaurant was where you guys ate mussles) is considered by Belgians as the street with the tourist trap restaurants in Brussels. It's worth it to avoid the street and just take a few streets further where food is better :)
Yeah, fair enough. It's tough when you don't have much time in a city because you mostly have to rely on trip advisor and yelp :/ But we'll definitely be back and make a follow up at some more authentic places!
I am amazed at all the food you eat.
you need to eat Belgian fries with MAYONNAISE! best.thing.ever.!!! aso try samurai sauce (nothing to do with Japan haha its Belgian invention)
and good choice on Hoogarden :D
P:S: whats the name of the bar you went to (where you got the boot beer)?
I believe it was called Delirium 👍
thanks!
They are the best mussels and frites ' ,my deAr friend JAn Timmermans introduced me to both .And Don,t forget the MANNICAN PISS !
I actually noticed, this is same exact way they serve it in Netherlands. At least in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. I visited Netherlands in 2015 and was shocked that people eat fries just alone, but with shitload of mayo :D
Ja het is echt heerlijk met mayonaise 😩😛😝😜
Gotta say i'm an unconditional fan of Brasil sauce for fries, but as everyone has said, mayo is the first thing to try out, before anything else. Then yeah the street you guys went to is a street for tourists, it's close to the delirium cafe (the 2000+ beers bar they showcased, which by the way is even more awesome on the below 1 floor, which is where the cellar is located!) and you should avoid that street at all costs (I mean for eating purposes)
And I'm actually disappointed the chocolate isn't mentioned. Also other Belgian dishes you should try out are waterzooi, vol au vent (half belgian half french to be honest), carbonnades flamandes, and oh so many more.
Restaurants to try out: Schievelavabo, Perroquet, de hoef, il monticelli. (not all are Belgian but these are personal fav).
Follow the Tin Tin pictures, also check out the Henry Moore sculptures
You guys are awesome. Two of my favorite things are travel and food. I almost feel like I'm eating that food with you the way you describe it.
Dandoy has indeed the best waffles in Brussels; tried different locations when I was there and by far, no competition for Dandoy. There are 2 types of waffles, Brussels and Liege, with the latter one already having sugar in the batter, so no need to put sugar on top. And the frites....both at place Flagey and Jourdan, I saw the delivery man delivering frozen fries, which they later double fried, so don't know what's the hoopla about belgian fries----they are frozen and not really fresh, which you can really tell when you try them. Nobody could tell me where I could actually find fresh frites, so I didn't think the fries were all that great in Brussels. Get me some fresh frites and then we're talking! If you can, go have some free chocolates at the Neuhaus factory address, Postweg 2, 1602 Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium. You can get there by metro (erasmus stop), and then a little 10 min walk. Worth it!
Thanks for the input on the waffles. And I definitely hear you on the fries. The ones we had were frozen but, honestly, they were crunchy and amazing hah! So we didn't want to complain to much :) We actually just left but would have loved to check out Neuhaus! Next time for sure :D Thanks for stopping by!
Concerning the fries, that's probably just another tourist trap. I live only 20-30 kms from Brussels and I get my fries from a place that cuts them themselves. The owners are super friendly, the food is always good and the fries fresh, best fries in town if you ask me.
So what do you call fries that come in a plastic bag and are frozen? Fresh potatoes?
I presume you thought they were frozen, but you actually can't double fry frozen fries. Frozen fries (the ones you can get in supermarkets for example) have to be fried only once, because they've already been boiled or fried once before been frozen. Try it for yourself, you'll see what I mean. I've seen fries delivered to a variety of different fries stands and take aways, but never have I seen one where they deliver frozen fries. They come in huge plastic bags, precut but fresh.
In a very well known Hotel in London, we used to boil the potato's (After cutting) for about 20 minutes and then blast freeze them for about 5 minutes. This had the effect of taking most of the water out, a freezer is amazing at sucking water out of food. We then cooked them for 1 minute in really hot oil ready for the main cook.
Frozen chips are one of the greatest inventions ever. Fresh is not always better. Same applies to peas, much better frozen than fresh.
@4:52 they said Belgium cat is delicious hahahaha
I really enjoyed the video and felt like am there with you guys
Thanks!
The Endless Adventure How many days you suggest me to stay there?
they said its a boring city do you agree?
do you prefer Belgium fries or french fries?
and thanks
The Kaiser stay in Bruge and get the train to Brussels for the day, Bruge is amazing, we spent 3 nights in Bruge but went to Brussels for the day which was enough.
Just discovered your videos today. Watched a few now, great work, very interesting. Keep up the good work people ! 8-)
Thanks!
If any of you guys go to Belgium, the traditional waffles come from the waffle vans. They are the best waffles, if you have them just plain.
Frit Flagey is really the best fries spot in Brussels!! Good pick
0:51-0:54 How delicious BOTH waffles look for their respective flavors!
Local people avoid this area in Brussels, the "Rue des Bouchers" (litteraly Butchers street) is loaded with "tourist traps"... I'd never go to "Léon". And you eat fries with mayonnaise in Belgium, neither Ketchup nor "Américaine". Next time try them with "Tartare", it's delicious !!!
That because they use cornstarch in the dough 😗 sometimes a bit of cornmeal will also help make them crispy.
Secrets revealed! Good to know :)
I've never seen cornstarch in the dough. My nephew lived in Belgian for 6 months and became very familiar with their food. He has a cookbook with try Belgian recipes. Beef Stew is often eaten with Frites. The stew has some Belgian beer in it. Its wonderful.
I am drooling.. can;t wait next summer.. !
Are you visiting then? If so, have a blast!
Om Arsu Be careful! Just returned from Brussels and it was not an enjoyable experience. There was more poverty than I have ever seen, garbage everywhere, the sidewalk tiles were all loose, and the customer service was dreadful. If you are going to Belgium I would suggest visiting Antwerp, Bruges or Ghent.
am from belguim en i now brussel isnt the most cleanest it because of the lack of city works there but they are working on it
Die Beiden haben in kurzer Zeit in verschiedenen Ländern Europas gelernt, was schmackhaftes Essen sein kann ! Wünsche fröhliches Erwachen, wenn sie wieder in den Staaten sein werden und sich dort ernähren müssen !
I am from Belgium and I love America I have been to New York once
Pretty good effort at a lightening tour of Brussels food and drink.
If you do another ever again (and its worth doing as there's so much more beyond moules, waffles and fries) then carbonade flamande has to go on the menu - as does an exploration of the more esoteric beer culture - specifically the gueze / lambics - brewed with the wild yeasts in the air (rather than brewers yeasts) and then blended after ageing...
It's Liège waffle because it's from Liège, a province in Belgium
Best sauce at Flagey is Tartare, it's homemade and unique in Brussels !
watching this at 12:32AM made me hungry
😂 it was definitely a delicious day!
love it that you also think that a waffle should be eaten only with powdered sugar , you do really taste more of the waffle
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If you ever go to Liège go in october for "La foire" and go to a shop called Plouette and try out croustillions and laquement
It s just the best your mouth could ever taste
The waffles look good but if you get them in a streat like you get it faster and its better even without any sauce its really good
Waffles from Liege you should have with warm cherries and cream.
Love your videos you have WAY too much fun food looked amazing good video guys :)
Thanks!!
Good video guys! Brussels is definitely on my list of cities for my next euro trip. By the way I had some frites in Amsterdam but they serve them with some kind of savory mayo and they're amazing, I loved them.
+Carlos Dueñas thanks! Hope you get to travel there soon 👍👌
Carlos Dueñas Frites with mayo are the traditional way in both Belgium 🇧🇪 and The Netherlands 🇳🇱
also guys in antwerp especially in frystand nr 1 get fries with stoofvleessaus and mayonaise, Id be more than happy to show u to the best foodplaces if u dare to take that offer from a stranger :)
Does anyone know what those mussels would be called on the menu? I’ve never had mussels but would like to try these specific mussels when I’m in Brussels next month as I really like garlic butter and think these would be a great way to introduce myself to mussels.
The are called moules parqués.
Im in belgium and all of the food is soooo yummy
Actually the moules are dutch, called Zeeuwse mosselen it's from the Netherlands in the region Zeeland close to Flanders however. Dutch and Flanders food is so similar just like the people, dutch and flemish people have more in common then flemish and walonians have
They are light because there is yeast in them. In NA we don't use yeast. In my city we have at least two Brussels Frites places. The fries are almost a meal. I get mine with curry chutney sauce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should try fries with joppie sauce, it's DE-LI-CI-OUS!!!
It's not Belgian tho, the Dutch made it.
But the unity of Belgium and the Netherlands on your plate makes a godly combo imho! :D
Prefer Maison Antoine in Place Jourdan for fries. I also recommend A La Becasse for a watering hole. Do recommend sea snail soup as well.
Food vlog in belgium, great mix haha. Nice video dude. I did a similar travel video in Florence, amazing ice cream
Nice, glad you liked it!
What you could do,is get one of your subscribers in the city you are in,to show you around all the best places.
Waffles are cheaper and tastier in little street shop vendors without any toppings, that beer place is good but not the coziest place to sit, you wanna go there at night to see the nightlife and order some funkier beer flavors(chocolate, coconut, honey etc...). As for the mussels the one you had looked more like a french style. We usually eat them in a big black claypot filled with wine and fries on the side. the street fries look perfectly authentic, try chocolates with nuts in chocolate shops called mendiants. PS: beware. The downtown restaurants are very touristy and overpriced.
go to RUE DE LA SCOTT in schaerbeek thats an amazing place to be in brussels.
That's a wonderful travel video
OMG THEY WENT TO FRITE FLAGEY!?! Good choice 👏🏻
I live there btw and that’s the best frite place
You liked the beer boot, but watch out for the Schnapps boot. This entails having a small boot shaped glass, filled with Schapps, which you hold against a beer glass, so that when you drink the beer, the Schnapps cascades into your beer glass.it is a very dangerous party trick, as 2 glasses of beer and Schnapps will likely put you on your ear. I have only tried it once, but Oh Mama! I think that the problem was, combining it with Champagne. I was nota well puppy next day.
Waffles should indeed be consumed with powdered sugar and maybe some whipped cream. If you want to go all out, maybe some real fresh fruit on the side, but a good place for that is hard to find.
For beer it is advisable not to go near the 'tourist zone'. They charge way too much and their tap is often not well fine tuned/maintained.
Where they had the mussels is called rue de boucher and it is well known (to Belgians at least) that it's one big tourist trap. I would advice to look on google maps and look what the 'locals' say. (I am from Belgium, just not from Brussels)
For the frites, again try to go where locals go themselves. If there's a servicewindow at the street side, that's a bad sign. But where they went in this video, it could be good. Again, don't know Brussels enough.