In the UK, putting fries in a sandwich is also quite popular. Also, fries and chips are two different things here in the UK, Fries are thinner cut than chips.
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i really love that every single meal in this video has a net negative nutritional value. it's impressive. first time i've watched a food video and wanted to eat every single thing shown
Yes and it’s basic common sense and we some and the human sense is that “we have different tastes!only restaurants do that and we are not usually like that!” But me:....
In The Netherlands we also like to make something called a 'Kapsalon' (translates to 'hairdresser') and this is fries topped with doner meat, melted cheese, lettuce, tomato, cucumber and a whole amount of garlic sauce and hot sauce if you prefer. This is fricking good
Ma dude thought that he would get a culture from a 5min video made by an american journalist.... You're lucky they know about the Netherlands existing, friend.
Years ago I thought everyone ate Mayo on their fries, because we in Germany do it 😂 When I found out it’s not a normal thing everywhere I felt sad, I couldn’t imagine Fries without Mayo
I'm Iranian. But, I guess one of my favorite ways to eat chips comes from my visit to the UK where most fastfoods offer a "chips and beans" or "cheesy chips and beans" option. Being a vegeterian, it was usually the only option available to me and I have no complains.
Don't forget, to an American 'chips' are what the British call 'crisps'. My father went out to the States in 2005. He got awfully confused over the chips / crisps.
Food for pigs *in Europe. Because when the Spanish took our Native foods from the Americas like Potatoes, Corn and Tomatoes they never Bothered to ask Us how these foods were prepared. So posionings Happened because Europeans ate the wrong part of the plants. Corn had no nutrition because Europeans had no idea about Nixtamalization. So these "discovered" foods were used properly for Thousands of years long before Europeans fed them to their cattle.
As a Kenyan, I was pleasantly surprised to see Masala Chips featured on this list. For anyone wondering, there's a big Indian population in Kenya so a lot of the spices people use here as well as our foods are similar to what you would see in India. But it's interesting to see all the different ways Fries are made/enjoyed globally. Much love everyone. :)
@@fish3977 The way most spots do it here, they'll make the fries & the masala separately. Then when you make your order they'll toss them together into a frying pan to get them well mixed.
In Australia we have started eating hot chips in a “halal snack box” This is often meat found in a middle eastern flat bread meal (usually cooked on a vertical rotisserie) with salad & sauces on top of chips… but falafel can be substituted for the lamb or beef or chicken
Patatje Oorlog is the best thing you’ll ever taste🥺 Also I heard a lot of Americans say that mayonnaise is gross with fries. That’s cause American mayonnaise is pretty gross and it literally looks like pudding. In Europe it’s creamy and has rich flavour. So if they ever come to Europe, try it out!
I'm one of these Belgians and we do NOT see ourselves as French or something because we speak french. Language has nothing to do with our feeling there. And in Belgium we just say fries (both in French and in Dutch). It's only in English that "French" is used with fries and it probably comes from "frenched" anyway
@@nolanschotanus2769 It is a type of seasoning that we have in Australia. So fish and chips is big over here same as in the UK, but we tend to cover our chips in chicken salt which is a type of salt made with a mixture of ingrediant that gives off a distinct chickeny flavour. Similar to chicken flavoured crisps I suppose. A google search and I found these ingrediants involved in a high quality chicken salt recipe. "chicken meat and skin, chicken broth, salt, rosemary extract, salt, paprika, garlic, onion, celery seeds, turmeric, arrowroot, chanterelle mushroom powder, mustard seeds, white pepper, tomato powder, fenugreek seeds, cinnamon, allspice, and ginger" That there seems a bit fancy and not all chicken salt has chicken in it. But essentially it's a combination of ingrediants to make a seasoning that has a somewhat chickeny flavour and we put it on our hot chips.
i am swedish but i went to germany as an exchange student, the other students made me try it and i fell in love with it! i want it here in sweden too but i cant get it anyware.
They are called french fries because "frenching" is a way to cut vegetables, so originally they are called "frenched fries" and they originate from Belgium
As a belgian, i can confirm that Moules Frites is quite uncommon. we enjoy our fries just like they do in the Netherlands. It's not like you buy fries in belgium, and then you'll get Mussels with them. When you order Mussels in belgium, 99% of the time they get *served with fries*.
As a belgian, i can confirm that Moules Frites are quite common, depending on the season. As soon as the mussel season gets closer, you see moules frites everywhere, and people start making them at home.
As a Canadian who often visited the shore, it's a close tie between fish and chips and poutine. I would say fish and chips taste better in the summer, but poutine tastes better in the winter
fresh fries that are from a resturant or made at home, have no chemicals, if there made fresh. A common miss conception is that fried food is bad for you, frying potatoes instead of oven food isn't worse unless it's over fried or got batter like chicken or fish.
I absolutely understand the prevalence of mayo in Belgium. Real mayo is so creamy and delicious and just fits perfectly with how the fries are cooked. With American style fries it is more of a toss up in my opinion. Most places also has a wide selection of mayo based condiments so you aren’t starved for choice.
poutine is one of my all time favorite ways to have fries. mayo/tartar sauce is also excellent. ive never been a fan of cheese fries though. chili fries are amazing with all the works. i like my fries more crispy than soft. fries and vinegar are always a yes.
@@thehouseofmia4486 Actually the brava sauce is quite of an ambiguous concept. As long as it is some kind of potato that is served with a spicy or mildly spicy but rich sauce, it is considered a patata brava. The potatoes can be fried, boiled (rarely just boiled), or boiled and then bried. The most common way is to fry them twice the belgian style. As for the sauce itself the most common is made of a stir-fry of onion, tomato in some form, spices and broth, but a lot of other things can be added (meat, some embutido (sausage), vegetables, etc.), then it is cooked and optionally blended. This style is mostly common in Madrid, where most of the sauces tend to have a red colour. But in places like Barcelona (where I live and tried many of local bravas) and part of the Mediterranean coast the brava sauce tends to be more of an allioli (emulsion of garlic and olive oil) with some kind of spicy-infused oil or garlic-derived sauces or whatever spicy sauce of unknown things as a lot of good sauces' recipes are unknown (the good brava sauces' mostly are kept secretly, as having a good bravas might make you succeed). The thing is, as long as you have cooked potatoe (fried preferably) and some rich and pleasantly spicy sauce, it can be a good patatas bravas. My advice is for you to look up for different recipes and come up with your own that pleases you the most.
As a northern French-dude who lived in close proximity with Belgium, you did a really great job describing how we make fries. Badly enough, this technique is only used in Belgium and north of France. What a shame. Double frying with animal fat is just... THE BEST.
Yes. I'm sure you love this concoction. But if potatoes continue to be double fried in that area of France, then the name really should be changed from "French Fries" to "Heart Attack Heaven"!
@@vickyabramowitz2885 Well to be fair i'd rather die of an heart attack with a smile on my face than crying eating cardboard fries. And for Netherlands i don't know 'cause i got there only once in my life but it doesn't surprise me since Belgium is divided between Walloons and Flemish people
I used to be a teacher assistant for my chemistry teacher who’s Canadian. He was so nice and wanted to share every Canadian food with us, so we helped him made Canadian puttin fries with his air fryer on one of his lab tables, and spread the fries with mozzarella cheese and gravy. I’ll never forget my first bite on those Canadian fries lol
"Moules Frites can be best described as a Belgian dish with a French name" You realise they also speak French in belgium? :D I'm gonna add one dish: Mitraillette, it's basically a philly cheasesteak with French Fries
I live in Germany and for me it changes every now and then between ketchup and mayonnaise. And sometimes I enjoy chilli cheese fries. I love them with döner. Or dunked in curry ketchup when eating my curryworscht.
@@VeNkATesHDXTS It's just an exaggeration. An obvious one too. The original comment was just saying that they live fries a lot. Please don't go around thinking everything people say ( or in this case type ) is literally true. I'm sorry it's just that I've seen way too many people ruining jokes. 😕
As long as the fries are crispy everything works for me!! Usually greek style fries ( where I am from ) are not the best ( not thin enough and single-fried in olive oil ). More often in the 'gyro' wraps pre-fried frozen ones are used. In the past I loved a plate, called big chilly cheese fries, served in the most famous mexican restaurant in Budapest, where fries were substituting the fried tortillas - nachos style ! I was impressed by Lomo Saltado ( as a cool way to mix fries on a stir fried plate ) Belgian fries though are unbeatable - street food style with cool mayo sauces ( a curry mango mayo is my top ) or paired with steamed mussels !
It’s so good! And I like how the Netherlands kinda combines fries with all types of food from different countries, kapsalon is fries combined with kebab, patatje oorlog has peanut sauce (indonesia) and friet speciaal has curry sauce (germany). Pretty cool if you think about it, I feel like our traditional food is just food from different countries but slightly different.
@@allenthegamer6482 yep.. funny how name is fry sauce but doesn't only work for fries.. I use em on chicken strips/nuggets/fried chicken even on deep fried fish/shrimp/prawn for fish and chips xD
Let's just say that the world LOVES fries. These fried potato strips or sticks will forever be loved by our tongues, no matter what we top them with or add the to. For me, I would each of these potato fry dishes. But, plain is always the best way to eat them. Anyways, thanks for the delicious facts video, Food Insider crew!!!
Never thought of bacon fries, didn’t realize they were a thing. I think chili fries are pretty popular in the US. I like my fries on the darker side, with good salt and Trader Joe’s ketchup or rosé sauce (fry sauce.)
I use to do shift work and many places would serve an early breakfast (4am) of poached or fried eggs over hot chips. I even had the eggs deep fried - which I believe is the original way to eat them in this dish - they fry the egg in the oil they fry the chips in The important part was that the egg yolk was still runny I added ketchup but others often added other sauces
Also in Australia, we have a dish called the "Halal Snack Pack" or HSP. It has chips, kebab meat; where you can choose between lamb, chicken or beef, and sauce; where you can choose between tomato, garlic, sweet or hot chilli sauce, hummus, sour cream, mayonnaise or barbecue sauce. My favourite meat is beef and I had a lamb snack pack for the first time in February 2024. My favourite sauce is barbecue sauce although I feel that mayonnaise actually fits well with it as a great second choice. It is very filling due to the large portion of meat, chips and sauce. A small snack pack is already good enough.
As a British person who visited the Netherlands I was genuinely close to crying. Britain always goes on about "the perfect chip" but most fish and chip shops sell a soft, mushy block of carbohydrate - yet the Dutch sell them everywhere as standard.
@@Joker-yw9hl it's really devastating. My advice is head to Scheveningen pier. There's a fish and chip shop on there and it is amazing. Best chippy I have ever visited in my life.
@@alexmanai1953 I could honestly believe it. There is the French influence of decadence combined with Dutch ingenuity. Belgian chocolate is always a decent standard to go by.
@@hoodiegal6511 have you seen the rest of the video tho? Its all about fries and how they are used as a dish. So yeah kapsalon is perfect for this compilation lol
Dijon mayonnaise is extra-godly with fries (European-style mayo with a bit of Dijon mustard mixed in). Gives it a bit of a kick without really being all that spicy
Belgian here! My favourite ways to eat fries are, of course, with mayonnaise! I have had them with mussels before, but shell fish always makes me really nauseous for some reason, so my preferred option is with stoofvlees, which is basically a beef and beer stew
the most popular street fries you'll find in germany are probably "rot-weiß" which just describes the colour of ketchup & mayonnaise. they're usually eaten together
@@therobbersdaughter2700 tru, true, but to me the fries are more a side dish to the currywurst. like if we're talking JUST fries i'd say rot-weiß but you're absolutely right currywurst is probably the most popular way to eat fries
1:01 "Moule frites can be best described as a Belgian dish with a French name." Well, given they speak French in Belgium you might as well just describe it as "a Belgian dish".
Despite its name and popularity, the French fries are not French. The origins can be found in Belgium, where historians claim potatoes were being fried in the late-1600s
In Germany a common choice is "Pommes rot weiss", that is fries with ketchup and mayo. Fries are also the side of choice for the famous German Currywurst (curry sausage).
Finnish person here!! Makkaraperunat after a long day of military service was a lifesaver as a conscript. Works after a night out too but never on a normal sober day
Here in Australia we eat chips, as we call them, with salt and tomato sauce (ketchup). Or with salt & vinegar. They are often served with fish, which is usually battered and fried, a slice of lemon, and a pickled onion. When I visited Israel, I was surprised to find chips in my falafel, with falafel balls, salad, hummus and techina inside pita bread.
Here in Spain, when you order a tapa of Patatas Bravas you never know what they are gonna serve, maybe they'll be super spicy or with a sauce similar to cocktail sauce. Everyone has it's own way to make the sauce for their Bravas. But you'll always enjoy them.
In northern Spain we also eat mussels with fries like in Belgium. But we use the seafood water to brew the sauce and pour it over both the fries (they are cut flat) and the mussels.
Personally, I enjoy fries by adding up nacho dressings like minced cucumber, cabbage, with some little bit of meat, and some melted cheese and mustard.
You could try chorrillanas. It's a big dish with chips, mechada and caramelized onion topped with 1 or 2 crispy fried eggs. Such a good meal when you're with a bajón (tired+hungry)
I don’t know about Alcoholic beverages ( because I hate them ) But I do know of a fast food Chain all around the south western U.S. That crumbles it up, and puts it in shakes! I don’t think I’ve ever tried it… But I will someday! I’m assuming It’s similar to putting French fries in ice cream.
@@jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73 Huh, so they are. Well, I suppose I must now leave my family in order To train under the Haiku masters Of mount ( insert mountain name here ). And then return to my home, Only to find out my entire family Was murdered :D
Here in Brazil (especifically, in Rio de Janeiro), we have these fries called Batata de Marechal and, when i say they are loaded, they are LOADED. You can put meat, fried chicken pieces, shrimp, pieces of rib, but their base is basically: fries, cheddar cheese, catupiry (a type of creamy cheese),bacon and linguiça calabresa (a type of sausage). Its fantastic
im not sure why they said bacon cheese fries for America, that's not particularly common here. You do see it on menus from time to time, but here fries are almost always just eaten with ketchup.
@Alien Joe well mayonnaise is widely used with pretty much everything in Europe. It's not seen as a weird sauce or anything. It's more used than Ketchup
Certain parts do, it's still extremely unusual to be served mayo in the UK, Scandinavia. In Germany ketchup mixed with curry powder is very popular, but yes in the benelux countries it is par for the course.
"A Belgian dish with a French name" 🙄🙄🙄 Anyways I really loved the Canadian dish with the English name and the Peruvian dish with Spanish name looked great as well 😏
If there is one dish I miss from Athens from the year I spent there, is Souvlaki... Basically the same as gyro... Specially from one grill restaurant right next to where I worked. The fries they made is perhaps the best fries I have had.
