Why Belgium Has The World’s Best Fries | Food Secrets Ep. 2 

Yea we have 3 fries spots near me its always hard

I usually pass by two Fries places to go to the one I like 😄

suggestions?

Does it taste diccere t?

@@deantan4080 it actually does. Mostly when it Comes to Quality of the Fries. It is one of these things which you understand have a food which is supercommon in your country. I guess every country has something like that

Unlike the Quebecois that are

Just bcoz u see Bruce lee movies doesn’t mean u can do kungfu 😂😂

@@hbp437 - Wait, what? It just doesn’t look that hard. I figured if I wore loose fitting clothes and proper shoes, the rest would be kinda straightforward. Recently I am becoming a believer that perhaps Belgians make the best fries commercially. But that applies to 11 mm (0.433 inch) fries that are eaten on the street. As an American I’m trying to make a 1/4 inch (6.35 mm) fry to be consumed at home. Heat retention is a big deal but not as important as it is in this video. I have a 3/8 inch (9.5 mm) cutter and 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) coming so testing continues. It was an excellent video that exposed many secrets. Just like Bruce Lee.

I admit, these words touched me

Belgium waffles are No secret but people will still travel the World to get them in the hearth of Belgium you can know the ingredients but the experience of making them just right is an art of its own never had Belgium waffles taste better outside of their Country

I agree! I'm from Switzerland, so its always a big joy for me to drink your delicious beer, what we clearly don't have here. And the fries. Omg. The first time i tried fries in Belgium i felt like i was being lied to my whole life... Can't understand why we don't them the same way here...

Belgium is too often overlooked. Sure, Paris has some great museums and the Eiffel Tower, but if you want to meet some of the kindest and most generous people in the world, go to Belgium! They are so willing to share their culture and will make you feel at home straight away. They have quirky museums like ones dedicated to the costumes of the Mannekin Pis, or comic books/cartoons, or even the ones for fries. They are the equivilant of the fun cousin from the Midwest in the US.

this one seems like a lie but il take it,your friend should have been kinda skinny

@@liderasstro4118 Whoa bud, we're not talking about the holocaust here alright

@@liderasstro4118 It's not a lie why would I lie about something so mundane.......😄😄

@@liderasstro4118bruh the story isn't that unbelievable lmao

Fries are the gold of Belgium... But we have to remeber, they're cheap potatoes. So this happens a lot, also if you order a medium pack of fries to go, just know you'll get enough to feed a family of four (in most frituren).

You forgot the beers!

@Franco Mendoza without the fats

On ressemble sûrement un peu aux américains côté nourriture mais on préfère la qualité à la quantité a part ça ce que vous dites me réchauffe quand même le coeur 😉 Traduction : we are a bit similar to america when you think about food but here we prefer quality to quantity. Also what you said was realy sympathic otherwise 😄

@@akial4152 non, les américains copient mal la cuisine belge simplement.

@@Bakerygo Oui ils copient les plats européens et rajoute plein de sucre etc .. je sais mais bon c'est comme ça

Agreed 100%. Ever since they changed to vegetable oil the fries never tasted the same. I stopped buying fries and just stuck to the burgers. The reason why McDonalds stopped using beef tallow was because cows are sacred in India, in order to expand into India McDonalds has to use vegetable oil.

@@sirxavior1583 I don’t believe that’s why… it came about at a time when consumers were getting concerned about their health and it was the anti-fat movement, especially saturated fats were deemed bad, like butter as well… I’m pretty sure I read that’s why they removed it, because consumers would turn away. Same goes for the transition away from using lard at places… deemed bad.

I went to Australia, the fries from KFC there are so yummy

@@elevenelevenlife3375 no it was because vegetarians/vegans got mad that the fries had beef in them.

@@elevenelevenlife3375 Now we are learning that the reverse is true, and that highly processed industrial grade seed oils are bad for you, due to high PUFA content.. and actually MORE dangerous for your heart health than butter

ur dad was a smart man, if u call them french fries here ur guaranteed to end up dead or in a hospital or in a cage in someones basement

@@molrat lol guaranteed , as if :p were not monsters please don't make people think we are haha

Try Samurai. Hari-kiri in a cone.

@@molrat Unfortunately it's pretty stupid, because french fries are french.

@@Ken_Marinaris outside of USA they aren't called "French" at all. It's just "fries", or "chips" if you're British.

I went for a few days,I travelled through europe,belgium was by the most boring place

@@cantagiousca5220 Boring?

can relate!

@@cantagiousca5220 yeh if you're a tourist who just visits Brussels, then yeh it's boring. Go visit the country side, go eat there and go ride a bike around in the Kempen.

@@cantagiousca5220 There's a difference between a fun place to visit as a tourist and a good place to live as a regular civilian

And completely understandable.

I bet that you can taste this passion !

I want a burger platter too and a coke.

@@palomino73 I’m sure if you ask nicely he will let you taste his passion all you want, kek.

@@Groovy_Bruce ^^

Wow. What a mouth-watering list!🤤

Rabbit is nicer with prune-sauce! :D A belgian classic

You forgot the waffles. Their waffles ruined waffles for me after i left bussel😅

its prepare, not filet americain..

@@DWFood Lets get this straight. If you want the best Fries you need the best potato. Then south america is the place to go. In my honest opinion the yellow potato has one of the best textures. I like mine best with their skin on, about 2 cm thick cut and double fried. It turns kind of creamy and fried at the same time. For me thats perfection.

Its not oil, its Lard. Lard is animal fat not vegetable fat.............

Of course as well they change the oil befor doing this video.

@@kamilfejtek81 Its not oil.

@@kamilfejtek81 I was going to say the same thing, hell the guy just opened , started the day with new lard, lets see it at 5pm.

@@arniekando6846 to be more precise, it's cow's lard!

Not.true

You lucky bastard.

@@cap6741 you’re not true

@@cap6741 ah yes, you're his house, right?

Where the hell is this at im in the Netherlands currently I need to know where this location is at plz

100% facts

yo damn right

hopping or sexing

Actually, the correct Belgian way is to eat the fries before you go drinking (kroegentocht). This is called “een fond (dialect: foonke) leggen. When finished at night and just before going home, you have to pass a pita to make sure the alcohol stays in when sleeping ;-)

Unfortunately not with Covid 😒

Who is like this in the modern workplace ❔

Apparently it is permanently closed on Google? 😭 was hoping to try these

@@aliceinherland2913 no, it's telling me they're open Tuesday through Saturday. Closed on Sunday and Monday.

👍

I want to open a Belgian style fries shop in my country. Would you pls help me with the fries recipe

@@muhammadsamiullah6311 haha I would do the same thing. How's it going?

yes i was thinking the same

you wouldn't show your dirtiest oil towards cameras.

It's not oil. It's beef tallow. You can get better results with clarified butter (ghee)

@@paramadevi3218 even better 😍

They are regulated by the AFSCA / FAVV which is a government body in charge of food regulation, as one of my relative who used to be a friterie owner told me you are only allow a certain amount of cooking before you have to replace the beef drip / oil in the fryer. Old cooking drip/oil carry carcinogens that is why it needs to be replaced on a regular basis

@@artan. i'm not familiar with english langue, anyway people got the idea

I saw one guilty

Lol 🤣

Fries in blanc bouffe or beef fat are not Vegan though it would be fun to feed them some then explain it to them.

@@yfelwulf No it wouldn't ?

Snowflake.

Tengo que ir de acuerdo contigo. El sol Mediterráneo is unbeatable. Soy marroquí y para nosotros es muy difícil de vivir al norte de valence ( Francia )

irish people eat curry cheese chips/ fries when drinking its better than it sounds honestly

@@___blaggard999___8 i prefer without the curry

I like mine with mayo and curry ketchup at the same time so you get a range of flavors from just mayo to just curry ketchup plus everything in between. :)

Lol, I live there. Which shop was it?

@@___blaggard999___8 lol, there is a reason why French fries are called "Irish pasta". :)

@ratscoot Give us an example. What's your favourite one?

@@DWFood fricadelle 😋

Bicky burger

@@DWFood Curryworst special (not the same as currywurst in Deutschland). Special stands for mayonaise and curry ketchup with onions (I don't eat onions so I always ask without). Before banking the curryworst, or also called frikadel in some areas of our country, you need to cut the curryworst in the middle (in the lenght. Just an insicion, not cut it in 2.). After baking the mayo is added inside. Then the ketchup (tomato or curry) and than onions.

@@pajamaes587 That's the king of all the snacks. But i sometimes prefer the Berepoot (boulette sliced with onion slices in between)

Yes thats true!!

Holland is easily second best

That's not how it works. Can you compare them to let's say fries in dhakka or delhi or Lahore or Kabul? No you can't and as they are part of the "world" you can't say Belgian fries are the best in the world. All you can say is they are the best you have had. Personally I felt they were nothing special.

@@harrismazari5484 and they aren’t. They are normal fries, soaked in ketchup and mayonnaise. Lofl, it’s all hype. I remember the first time I went for fries in Belgium, expecting some culinary heaven. My take away joint back home made fries about a million times better. I’ve had fries in Belgium many times since: some are better than others, none are really special. I think I even had fries from the one in the video. Again, absolutely nothing special. Just fries.

Emperor’s new clothes.

The Netherlands made me love fries all over again and your mayo is off the chart, gonna have to go to Belgium now I'll see take your word at That!

Dutch mayonaise (officially fritessaus) is too sweet. Belgian and French mayonaise is how it should be. After all it comes from France anyway and the potatoes (Bintje) are from The Netherlands.

@@narvul fritesaus is geen mayo mafknetter

@@glitterjapon Joh.....

I agree, for me it back in the 70'S. People would look at me strangely and ask why I didn't use ketchup. I would look at them and say, do you put ketchup on your potato salad?

Chili and cheese dude

Mix your Mayo with ketchup...you will never go only Mayo again

Learn from us. We love mayonnaise on our fries. I refuse to put anything but mayonnaise on it

@@alexivandamme4079 You haven't lived until you've doused your fries in a good Texas chili and then drizzled a smooth meltable cheddar over them

In America, we get a burger and fries. Poor show shall lists, mama Merkel takes all your money and you have to eat snacks for dinner.

It comes through when you eat them too. I was eating fries in Belgium outside in the winter, they got cold after a bit, but tasted better than fresh american fries. They really do stay crispy instead of going limp and nasty.

I know someone who sells fries in front of 3 schools and hass a verry expensive car he is definitly rich bcs of the fries

This is true

Makes you think what's wrong with America

@@666zombee their value system is backwards. No appreciation for what makes life worth living, only materialism and power.

i've been in belgium for a while, most frie stalls usually have a variety of industrial meats (look up "fricadelle" or "mexicano", if you found a dutch or belgian website it's probably it), some shawarma they call "pitta" and they give you the option to put il all together in a sandwich sometimes (but rarely) called the "mitraillette". Most places selling fries lately also just call themselves "Snack (something)", probably relieving them of the fry stall legal status (is my guess), but even in a "Frituur" or "Friterie" they will have those meats and sandwiches. Anyhow, all that to say that the "focus" on fries isn't that different from other types of cultural fast-foods like greek souvlaki or middle-eastern shawarma, the difference being there at least the meat is good, and the fries are ok, while in Belgium the fries are great, and the meat is terrible. (and it isn't 100% fries sorry for rambling ;) )

Sadly many British fish and chip shops turn out horrid slimy, yellow undercooked chips, that do enormous damage to our tourist trade. You need to find a family run shop that has a reputation to maintain. The best chips are triple cooked, boiled until soft, dried then fried at a medium hot temperature until nearly done, then a final short fry at a very hot temperature to turn them crisp and golden brown.

That's what mc. Donald's does to keep you addicted

no vegans allowed

@@bigjwalkthestreets nope thats vegetable oils they use in mcdonalds. They used to do it with beef tallow though

@@bigjwalkthestreets not since 1990

As a kid I remember all the fish and chip shops around me (no lie,4 )within a 10 minute walk would fry with beef dripping. When I get back to the UK these days good fish and chips are hard to find and finding ones that use dripping are like hens teeth.

Chocolate

Waffles

Wow. I kinda wanna go there now. Is there anything else you still remember about Belgium?

@@akshatmittalistheawesomeperson u look 11ys

@@raymondreddington5075 that pic was from when I made this google account. A long time ago

@@raymondreddington5075 he's 19 now technically

@@akshatmittalistheawesomeperson Yeh, shell holes, whizz bangs, and mud.

Thanks for watching!🙂

Have you tried McDonalds? Best in the world.

​@@Hj61S827 was

​@@Hj61S827mcdonalds cannot come close to our belgians fries dude trust me

@@Hj61S827 Are you joking? The worst in the world more likely!

Let's hope that travelling will be easier again soon! Hope you'll enjoy your fries when you make it to Belgium! 🍟

På forhånd velbekomme! 😀 For 30 år siden boede jeg en overgang i Belgien. Pomfritterne er nok det jeg savner mest.

It's rubbish don't go

If you bring beer ,you'll be welcome here!

Lad os rejse sammen hehe

I kinda have a similar story, I cooked some beef patties and had some leftover fat in the pan. I had some roast potatoes left over, so I cooked them in the pan with the beef fat. Nothing tastes as good as animal fat when frying stuff, it's awesome 👍

Simply delicious,... we know :-)

making me hungry

The British cook them in oil too. And most Americans are now preferring air fried. Check your info before you blast.

@@seanbrummfield448 Oil doesn't equate to beef grease. Ever had fries made Belgium style? If not, then you don't know what you are missing.

@@seanbrummfield448 People air fry fries at home though. Restaurants/fast food is always serving deep fried fries.

I went to school with a guy whose father owned Farm Frites.

@@seanbrummfield448 Traditionally British fish and chip shops used beef dripping, though for various reasons most use nut oil now. But there are still some traditional family run shops that use beef dripping, which produce the best tasting fish and chips.

We have them in the States, but they are often festival cuisine or county and state fair food.

They outlawed beef grease to be use in the states commercially, that's why our fries dont tastes as good anymore sadly. 😭

Don’t forget the fact that you have to use the Dutch potatoes (Bintje) and by importing it your portion of fries can become a bit expensive

Come to New York City! There are at least three Belgian fries joints here.

@Cathal Q I agree you shouldn't trust random people on serious topics. But simply reminding people that passion in life is a good thing and makes one interesting is harmless in general. I think people who don't have a strong interest in anything are boring tbh

@Cathal Q @Cathal Q And if you really believe in what you just wrote, why should anyone trust you and take youradvice: you're a random person on the internet. So you probably shouldn't even give advice according to your own rules! So there! Lol

@Cathal Q Must you bring up politics? Uuurgghh

Radical islam is dangerous

Next time write on your own words and not in third person.

A long time ago the french speaking people of Belgium gave the americans fries, and they called it french fries bc they didnt know any better.

Well German is a dialect of Dutch so it fits ;) (it split off from Dutch in their Zweite Lautverschiebung)

@@TrueFork it is a separate language, unless you are also prepared to consider French, Spanish and Portuguese to be dialects of Italian.

@@timpauwels3734 A language is a dialect with an army

Correction: officially there’re 3 nationalities. There’s also a eastern part that speaks German. this means 3 official languages, 3 x governments (actually more, since Brussel has also it’s part of typical Belgian logic)

Is it different than other Mayo's?

@@TruckTaxiMoveIt for one it doesn't have sugar in it..

Try the polish brand called "Winiary", you can find it in tescos.

@@TruckTaxiMoveIt Nearly everything will taste slightly different in a different region. Fanta in the US tastes different from that in Western-Europe tastes different from that in North-Africa.

@@marcin959 Is it similar to Fritessaus?

You can have steak with fries in almost every restaurant in Flanders

Samurai sauce is amazing

You can have _steak frites_ (steak + fries) mostly anywhere within the West. I had them together last week here in the States and it was no big deal.

Were you working at the SHAPE? I'm from Mons (now in Canada), and we were always impressed by these big places ^^

@@stephanewantiez164 Yep surement le SHAPE. Je suis de Leernes et ma femme de Anderlues, nous vivons entre Hope BC Canada et Manta Equateur (retirement, l'hiver devenait dur sur mes vieux os). Tu es de l'est ou de l'Ouest?

The snails are called Karrekollen.

@@MrTuubster I actually dont know the dutch for them but I know whenever it was on a menu it was called escargot which I know is french

Probably why Agatha Christie made Hercules Poirot a Belgian! 😉

No Perú got y’all beat

Tu connais

Yes, yes, Lamberts and Vefhofstadt are two of the ugliest winners in the contest of knowing what's up, Especially Verhofstadt , he opens beer bottles with his teeth.

You should go to belgium it's a fucking boring place,fries or no fries

I kinda agree, but it's literally funded by the German taxpayer so of course it's good

Absolutely 🔑

From a guy in Louisiana, USA...I agree! They are amazing.

Geuze

Since When!

There are generally a whole bunch of sauces available for patat/friet in the Netherlands, not just mayo, same in Belgium. For example Joppiesaus, Fritesaus, Samurai sauce etc.. My favourite combo is Patat Oorlog which is fries served with half mayo, half satay (peanut) sauce, and finely diced onion on top. Sometimes I make this here in the UK.

Wow! What a fascinating story... please tell us more! Like did you have salt/vinegar and how long was each fry.

@@HandleDeezNutzVoluntarily lmaooo

There is also a Belgian cafe in St.Petersburg ;-)

"Chips" are not up to standard?

@@victorha9923 so far every chip shop I've tried, fries them in oil and only once, so they're either really dry almost like old chips left out, or really soft and mushy. They also usually have no colour, very pale, almost white. Chips need to be fried in tallow, and need to be fried twice. Also when trying to make them myself home, finding decent potatoes for chips is not easy. Maris pipers work ok but they're just not the same. You need really waxy potatoes for chips.

@@cartouchator Cool. Never been to Europe. Thanks for the knowledge.

I have been living in Poland since june 2019....First thing I will eat when I get back home: Een grote friet met PICKLES en ne koude cervela

@@cartouchator Sadly as a Brit I have to agree that many fish and chip shops here are mediocre and add to our poor reputation for food. You need to find a family owned chip shop that still uses beef dripping. There is a fish and chip shop of the year competition which may help you find a good restaurant. I know there is one in Aldeborough, Suffolk that has won several times. If you want to make good British style chips there is a recipe online from the 'Hairy Bikers' for triple cooked chips. You take a suitable potato, such as Maris Piper and cut it into chunky chips, then wash the chips until the water goes clear to remove the starch. Then boil your chips until they are soft. Dry your chips, then fry your chips at a medium hot temperature until nearly done. Remove your chips and heat up the oil until it is very hot. Then you give your chips a short fry until they are crisp and golden brown on the outside. Drain the chips thoroughly and serve. You can find the precise cooking temperatures in the 'Hairy Bikers' online recipe for triple cooked chips (ignore their earlier recipe for double cooked chips, this is better).They have a nice recipe for fried fish to accompany your chips too. Serve with mushy peas for a very tasty meal.

Mate! I'm headed over to Belgium from Australia in July. It's weird how youtube comments unite people at different times and places :)

USA does not have the best burgers

@@dakotamahlau-heinert3529 yeah, not even close

Hm no.

USA has the most burgers tho. XD

@@RoyRope yeah. piles of garbage^^

the fries of the french are not even close to the belgian fries!

@@jeroenkuppens7626 Agreed, that was my point. Even an attempt at Belgian frites in the USA isn'tvery good.