Stoemp appears as a signature dish in 1 Belgium cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Stoemp · Brussels
Brussels' rustic mashed potatoes blended with vegetables (carrots, kale, celery, leeks) and butter or cream. Served with sausage, bacon or roast meats; deeply seasonal.
Stoemp emerged in 19th-century Brussels as a working-class kitchen-economy dish, mashing whatever vegetables were cheap and to hand into potatoes. The word is Brusseleir slang for 'mash'. The Marolles and Anderlecht canteens preserved the tradition through the post-war decades, and stoemp remains a cold-weather brasserie staple paired with sausage or roast pork.
Where to eat in Brussels:
- Brasserie Ploegmans
- Au Stekerlapatte
- Volle Gas
- Au Vieux Saint Martin