Thick-cut potatoes twice-fried until the outside shatters and the inside stays fluffy, served in a paper cone with mayonnaise or one of a rack of sauces. The Belgian street staple, eaten standing up.
Belgium claims the frite as its own, fried at the frietkot, the chip kiosk, that still anchors squares across the country. The technique is the point: potatoes blanched at a lower temperature, rested, then crisped at a higher one, traditionally in beef fat. In Bruges the green kiosk on the Markt and FritBar on Katelijnestraat keep the tradition, and a cone with mayonnaise remains the cheapest proper meal in the medieval centre.
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FritBar ★ 4.2
minnewater · Katelijnestraat 3, 8000 Brugge
FritBar on Katelijnestraat in Bruges is a modern frites bar opened in 2020, frying its Belgian fries in vegetable oil with twenty plus toppings and gourmet burgers on the side.
Frietkot De Markt ★ 4.1
markt · Markt 6, 8000 Brugge
The green frietkot on the Markt in Bruges, in front of the Belfry, is where locals get a cone of frites on a night out, twice-fried with sauce.
Frituur De Gentpoorte ★ 4.1
minnewater · Gentpoortstraat 58, 8000 Brugge
Frituur De Gentpoorte on Gentpoortstraat in Bruges is a neighbourhood chip shop near the old city gate, with crisp frites and Flemish snack-bar classics.