They may be called “French fries,” but nowhere are they as popular – and as tasty – as in Belgium. There’s basically a ” Fritkot” – a chip shop – on every corner and, whereas they are just a side dish in other countries, in Belgium chips are a main course. Find out what makes Belgian fries so special and why both locals and tourists absolutely love them.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:34 What people love about Belgian fries
01:00 Meet Steve Peeters, fry vendor
01:31 How Belgian fries are made
02:34 The sauces
04:00 The secret: fresh potatoes
CREDITS
Report: Gönna Ketels
Camera: Henning Goll
Edit: Philipp Czegka
Supervisising editor: Ruben Kalus
#chips #fries #belgium
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22 Comments
Chippy??? This aint England !!
Belgian fries are no better than fries in any other nation. Fries arent that hard to master, many a people have one it all over the world. Best fries I have ever ate were in Colombia so go figure, the Andes where potatoes are actually from.
I just learnt that Belgian Fries when they talk sound like Tom Hiddleston
Why are fries lone rangers? Waffles were eroticized and fries are cowboys? 😂😂😂
I cant with this narration lmfao
How do you compare to McDonald's?
STOP CALLING FRENCH FRIES ! FRIES WERE CREATED IN BELGIUM AND BELGIUM MAKES THE BEST FRIES IN THE WORLD
just perfect content
I wish they still used beef fat where I'm from. You can't even find it in stores.
probably didnt need the whispering too close to the mic narration.
I like French fries as long it’s been fried in fresh cooking oil.
Was the weird first person anthropomorphism really necessary for this? It's distractingly infantilizing.
Thank goodness for the Steve's of the world!
French fries were first invented in Morecambe in 1898. They were made to celebrate the French poodle of the Lord Mayor of Morecambe. They then were exported to the United States of America by the Family of George Washington who lived in Morecambe but moved to the USA because they didn't like the cold winters of Lancashire.
Is Belgium fries
Curiously, all the potatoes came from South America….
i can tell you best fries are from belgium and netherlands.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Belgium but I enjoyed a host of fried items at the frites store. There’s a lot more than frites at many of these shops.
Everyone going to hate me for this but i have taste it, it is good but i prefer mine from mickey d 😅
It's funny fries are all part of the Belgian lifestyle, yet notice almost none of them, if not none of them, are overweight nor obese.
So what is the secret?
beglium but cowboy music