BELGIAN FOOD TOUR! (First Time in Brussels, Belgium) 

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@@L17_8 It doesn't exist mate, wake up. Religion is manmade. And why worship your god thingy while there are thousands of others? So please keep the religious bullshit out of here. It's about food, not about made up stories.

A plain Brussels Waffle, some powdered sugar and some fresh whipped cream. That's all it needs 🙂

Kinda prefer Liege style. But as a fat man, I will devour both!

@@L17_8 Please leave sane people alone.

Same... I never ever saw a place that sold waffles with beef tartare (and from the looks of it, I doubt it was even beef, I guess they used pork tartare instead). 😂 So a waffle with beef, pork, fish or whatever is NOT Belgian food 🤣

haha it definitely tasted like mayo!

12€ for that tourist trap.

@@DeanaandPhil And a true "tartare" doesn't have mayo mixed in it (although more and more will serve it premade). A decent restaurant will make the tartare as follows: handcut (with a knife!) steak (not minced or grinded), an egg yoke on top of it in a half shell. And to add to your own taste: mustard, Worchestershire sauce, capers, sjalot, you might also get mayo, ketchup and Tabasco and the sjalot might be substituted for regular onion (cheaper)). But again: made for tourists, we would never eat this contraption 🤣

A Belgian lady in NYC city had a waffle stand and the moment I ordered a plain liege waffle her answer was "you've been to Belgium. 😊

Considering that the vol-au-vent was the next dish on the menu, is it possible that the Ober misstook the order because that doesn't look like waterzooi

Brugge!!!

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@@Astrodicted true story, spa en durby zijn zeker de trip waard voor toeristen

Juist, dat was vuil-e-vent

Me too, works like a charm. Mnomnomnomnom I love mussels, the r is in the month now, so mussel season has started😊

true

Indeed, that's the only "correct" way to eat mussels.

Stella is like Heineken in NL. Very overrated and a nothing special. Take a Orval, Westmalle or Westvleteren. Much better!

Also stella is a lager the other ones are tripple so, its not ez to compare those ones

And never call stella like heineken please also not comparable 😂

@@KennskiLad I have lived in the south of NL ('82-'88) and Stella was a cheap beer (for student parties) like H......n😆. So that is my logic behind my comment. Of course the other brands are not pilsner. But because you can spend your money only ones: buy a good Orval. Much better taste so more to enjoy!

Your right about that one , orval , duvel , westmalle are better bears :))

The Flemish name for Vol-Au-Vent would be "Koninginnehapje" (queen's little snack) but it is not that often used.

We ordered the waterzooi on the menu, but it definitely didn't look like the images we saw online. We were expecting a stew! The waterzooi you're talking about sounds like something we would enjoy!

@@DeanaandPhil Both "vol au vent" and "waterzooi" are basically some sort of stew. They both use "soup chicken" (chickens that are basically older and need some time to get tender). In both you boil the chicken to be tender and both have vegetables in it. The waterzooi is basically the soup and the chicken with some veggies and potatoes. For the vol au vent the veggies are removed, the soup is thickened by a roux, you can add some lemon juice to add acidity, then you'll basically add little meatballs and mushrooms and you have a vol au vent. It's a think stew like consistency while the waterzooi is more a soup (although I think it can be thickened also a tiny bit). True waterzooi is also more a seasonal dish served during fall & winter while vol au vent is eaten all year long and is readily available in the "industrial" market. I'm not saying that you got industrial vol au vent but chances are quite high. Nothing wrong with an industrial vol au vent, there are quite some good ones, but it's not something you expect in a decent restaurant. The best chance to taste a true waterzooi is during fall and winter in the Ghent area (the Ghent area is known for it's waterzooi) and not in restaurants that attract tourists. I'm ashamed to say this because we, Belgians, love our food, but just like in any other country restaurants will prey on tourists since they don't know better. And in Brussels most of the restaurants/brasseries/taverns cater to tourists, they want to make quick money as cheaply as possible. By serving "industrial" food (= premade, bought, not made inhouse) restaurants can get a quick turnaround and make the most out of your meal, even though it seems cheap. Your 20 EUR (or something) waterzooi, was probably a 1,5 EUR (a portion) industrial made vol au vent. We, Belgians, will mostly avoid those places unless it's for a quick cheap bite (as an alternative to going to a McDo or something). The best way not to be scammed is to avoid virtually all restaurants around the "Grand Place" (Grote Markt) in Brussels and in famous area's like the butcher's alley, etc... The sole exception to that is the Brussels Hard Rock café which is virtually on the "Grand Place", that serves decent enough food and doesn't cost you an arm and a leg, but then you have a Hard Rock in Cologne also so that's not really a valid reason to come to Belgium 😂 Other cities like Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Namur, Liége, Oostend, etc... have plenty of tourist traps also but in Brussels it's really hard to avoid to be honest, certainly where tourists flock. So my sincere apologies that you've been scammed. Better next time! Oh and by the way, a fun fact, The Stella Artois you drank in Brussels is a true, Belgian one. But the once you drank in the UK or the US aren't even brewed in Belgium, they are brewed in the UK, the US and many. other countries around the world. Stella Artois might be a decent "premium" brand name but also that is a scam, unless you drink a Stella in Belgium or neighbouring countries you get a knock-off brewed somewhere else. And in the case of the UK/US versions the alcohol percentage is also lower than the real deal. Yes, we, Belgians, do scam on a global scale 🤣🤦

@@DeanaandPhil As many posters stated what you got is "vol-au-vent" or "Koninginnehapje" in Flemish. A cheap classic often on school and office restaurant menus, usually served with fries. In Belgian restaurants it's often served as a children's dish.

@@flitsertheo Deana and Phil visited all the very touristic places where prices are high and quality is low. Brussels has it pockets of authenticity but you have to know where to go. If you are a tourist go to Antwerp, Ghent or any smaller city but not to Brussels or Bruges... These cities are overrun with tourists. The reason they got served vol-au-vent is because these are easy premade dishes that are warm all hours of the day. The pastry is not even warmed at order.. just a cheap cold pastry from a bulk pack some mass produced ragout on top and that's it. A dish of a minute work. I would not trust these "real Belgium cuisine" places. They are only visited once by tourists. All these places in the Rue des Bouchers / Beenhouwersstraat are run by foreigners.

greetings back from belgium

Love from your southern neighbours!

It's also featuring in the Witcher as Brügge

If you are looking for storybook Europe you can do no better then Bruges.

Is Amsterdam not the Venice of the north?

I always thought Giethoorn was the Venice of the north

"15 Cities Known as the 'Venice of the North'"

Thank you!!

Koninginnehapje = vol au vent

The easiest way to recognise tourists or "chi chi" folks: when they use a fork to eat mussels, true Belgians use an empty shell :)

Thank you for the Tipps

Sure, happy to share. 😊

Thank YOU!! 🤗💜

Oh nice! If you have the chance also try some other cities like bruges or ghent in flanders and Durbuy In Walloon. Also the region around Ieper and Diksmuide I would highly recommend. It is known for its history of the world wars(check out the last post, the ijzertoren etc) and maybe try some belgian nature in the Ardennes and "het Zwin". These places are probably not as known as Brussels but they really are worth a visit ! greetings from Flanders!!

(also Antwerp is nice, but I've gotten used to it after studying there for three years 😅)

Belgium did not invent French fries

jeffhampton2767, Hey Jeff, do me a favor before you make a comment you know nothing about by googling it first! Yes Belgium is exactly where French Fries were created. Cheers

@@bkm2797 You are completely delusional, Belgium did not invent French fries. Potatoes come from South America and Peru and the Peruvian people were frying potatoes in animal fat over five thousand years ago. Do a little research and learn the truth. You're fake news!!

@@bkm2797 Here's another one that will get you steaming. The top 10 beers in the world not one of them is from Belgium. Sorry for you!

jeffhampton2767, Why would it bother me, I'm from the United States and not a big fan of beer. Would Ireland be in the top ten for their Guinness, thinking Germany would also be in the top ten? Cheers

To experience Morocco they could just stay in Belgium and The Netherlands, saves them the money.

I make chicken a la king in Germany using their popular dumplings, kloesse.

Vol au vent is also called bouchée à la reine, so getting clos to the royals😂

Order the chocolates online

We hope you get the chance to!

I always eat mussels with a small mussel fork.

​@devind132 same here! I've been doing it for a while now to avoid getting my hands dirty and I think I've mastered the craft. I eat faster this way

Good to know! Thanks Instead we used our fingers mostly which is a bit challenging when also handling a camera!

I wanted to write it, too

Pls do not buy chocolats at the airport. Go to Brugge of Antwerp. Go for a real chocolat tast in artisanal chocolatiers. Tast the difference!

There’s so many things to do in Brussels! It might not be Paris, London or Madrid but you won’t get bored fast. Just walk around and admire the different architectural styles or visit one of the great museums.

⁠@@miekecornelis5076Definitely!