"Belgian food and drinks..." Belgium by Djinn76

Belgium Travel Guide: 26,645 reviews and 51,685 photos

There is so many things to say about his own country!
You can already find a perfect summary here.
If you understand French or Dutch, have a look to frites.be (small english version as well)
Since good food is an important point of any good trip, I will already try to share with you the different things you could taste here, and believe me there is a lot...

I suspect this page will be under construction for quite some time ;-)

Indeed I will have to give tips about the following:

Beers Although Belgian people usually appreciate good wine, drinks in Belgium usually means beers, I'll start my tips with this...I still have a few dusty (empty) bottle waiting to be returned, I'll explain what they are...
Chocolate We don't have anything to learn from Switzerland ;-)
Waffle From Brussels but also from Liege
Cheese Simply incredible how many different kind of cheese we can find in such a small country!!
Speculoos A typical cookie!
Belgian fries Even in US they know "frites" shouldn't be called french fries...
and from there, the usual :
- Steak - Belgian fries - Salad
- Mussels and belgian fries

But we also have lots of other specialities
Stoemp (say stoomp): mashed potatoes with vegetable
Beer stew Carbonades Flamandes - Vlaamse Stovery
Waterzooi
Belgian Endives - Chicons - Witloof (beurk! ;-)
Brussels Sprouts - Choux de Bruxelles - Spruitjes (beurk! ;-)
....

Last visit to Belgium: Feb 2003
Intro Updated Mar 4, 2005
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Orval Local Customs (14)

This is another example of our official trappist beers!! It's also one of my preferred beers. Not too strong (7%), it is... more travel advice

No, that's not all we have ;-) Local Customs (14)

The few beers presented in this section are only a few amongst the incredible number of beers you could find in... more travel advice

One of the many belgian beers: Barbär - Belgium

Barbãr Local Customs (14)

This is a blond beer made with honey. Really good but once again you don't feel the alcohol (8%) until it is too... more travel advice

One of the many belgian beers: Affligem - Belgium

Affligem Tripel Local Customs (14)

This is another traditional pale abbey ale (not a trappist however). This is also pretty strong (8.5%) but still... more travel advice

Travelogues (1)

Written Sep 24, 2005

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Comments (14)

850prc Jul 5, 2009 at 12:43 PM Report Abuse

Wow, very cool page. I just popped over to see your overview, and it was a treat to get a beer primer. The cherry brew may be similar to Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, here in the US. I'd like to try the Delerium, LOVE that name.
CALSF Nov 7, 2004 at 4:49 PM Report Abuse

Jean-Francois, thank you for the 13 Belgian beer tips!! Excellent! :) Now I can check if they're available here. As you can tell from my motto beer is a favorite of mine. Love your other Belgium tips too. Regards from San Francisco. Cheryl
irisbe Jun 27, 2004 at 1:12 PM Report Abuse

Your local Belgian customs are my Belgian tourists traps hahaha I found a few that I didnt tasted yet! except Quintine ! You know of any breweries that are easy to visit around Tournai? (p.s. I just LOOOVE the Belgian endives!)
Marie-Claude Jun 11, 2004 at 7:47 PM Report Abuse

bien pensé celle là :D
vaticanus Nov 18, 2003 at 6:00 PM Report Abuse

DELIGHTFUL page on Belgium Beers- and I only wanted to visit Belgium for a day- not any more! a week's more likely ;-}
dsantosh Sep 16, 2003 at 8:11 PM Report Abuse

Excellant home page, nice phtographs, nice tips and useful information.. Many many happy returns of the day...Wishing you a happy birthday..
ExoticGal Sep 12, 2003 at 10:00 PM Report Abuse

A very unique page, ... soaked in beer. Though I don't drink at all, I read your writing with interest. :0)
belgianchocolate Aug 2, 2003 at 5:34 AM Report Abuse

And then we wonder why antwerp sometimes is full of drunken british guys.
mediamind Jul 11, 2003 at 12:20 PM Report Abuse

I love Kriek, Gueuze, Leffe and some others I have already tasted. I must "test" the others as well :)
o00o Feb 15, 2003 at 12:43 AM Report Abuse

Wanna visit your home country again...