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


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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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    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.

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    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

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    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!)

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    Marie-Claude Jun 11, 2004 at 7:47 PM Report Abuse

    bien pensé celle là :D

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    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..

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    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)

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    belgianchocolate Aug 2, 2003 at 5:34 AM Report Abuse

    And then we wonder why antwerp sometimes is full of drunken british guys.

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    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 :)

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    o00o Feb 15, 2003 at 12:43 AM Report Abuse

    Wanna visit your home country again...

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