Belgian Frites appears as a signature dish in 1 Belgium cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Belgian frites · Bruges
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.
Where to eat in Bruges:
- Frietkot De Markt
- FritBar
- Frituur De Gentpoorte