The canonical version and where to order it.
A pale stew of chicken or fish and cut vegetables in a broth bound with egg yolk and cream. Ghent's dish, adopted across French Flanders and still on Lille cards.
Waterzooi comes from Ghent, and the second half of the name traces to Middle Dutch words for boiling. It began as a fish stew, made with burbot from the rivers around the city, and turned to chicken when the water grew too polluted for the fish to survive. Charles V is recorded as eating the rich version even while suffering from gout. It crossed the border with everything else Flemish and now sits on brasserie cards in Lille, usually as chicken, occasionally as the original fish.
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Le Lys occupies a historic cafe facing the Grand-Place in Lille, a brasserie of carbonade, moules-frites and waterzoï with regional beer to match.
OrderWaterzoï, the creamy Flemish stew you rarely see on Grand-Place cards.
TipWaffles and pancakes run all afternoon, which makes the terrace useful between services.
Waterzooï makes more sense with someone from Lille explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
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