I'm so fortunate..my Belgian Grandma/West Flanders..an amazing cook. Her meals were legendary. She had a herb garden as well as veg garden fruit orchard here in Canada. 95% of what I cook is based upon her tutelage. I have her secret chocolate truffle& mousse receipes. She made the most delicious liver onion herb paté.❤
Yes! We actually learned all about that at the Fry Museum in Bruges which is in the Bruges video here if you're interested: bit.ly/BelgiumPlaylist. Now I want fries haha
@@anoukvandelaar7805 lol, don't make up stories because the rest of the world can't fry fries. Fries should be crunchy on the outside and have a nice puree-like texture on the inside.😛 6:37 A good beef stew is mostly made with brown beer (Good ones are typically with Trappist, while cheaper are made with table beer, I mostly make mine with Grimbergen ) and a slice of breath with mustard spread on top. From what I can tell, you went for stoofvlees sauce, what's cheaper than stoofvlees. ( Also, there should be more sauces than just mayonnaise, like for example mammoth sauce, samurai sauce, etc.,. cocktail sauce is mayonaise with ketchup and a tiny amount of whisky. )
We can thank the americans for the term 'French fries'. In the WW1 some americans ate fries in Walonia, the frenchspeaking part of Belgium, thinking they were in France. They called it french fries back home. Couldn't get more typical than that. Americans and geography.. 😝
It gets more sunny the last years, what has an effect on nature, trees dying, etc because of long periods of draught, is not the same as lots of rain, we simply love to complain a lot about the weather, that's all.,. 😋 and tbh, I like rain more than hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, volcanoes, etc, when it comes to natural disasters, Belgium is quite pleasant and Winters are really warm even, I see even people who grow bananas in their garden, it's really crazy the impact global warming has.😋
That seems like a good reason why Belgian beer & Belgian chocolate is so good, to help people to withstand the usual rainy weather of around there. Help people to maintain their sanity in what could be thought of as depressing weather, i'd guess. Yes, maybe, no?
B by B chocolate is fantastic! Rhubarb and violet together sounds wonderful. Your enthusiasm is contagious! I love how you two have these wonderful attitudes while travelling, trying everything once, and really exploring each city!
Some advice: if you want to go to Brugge and you want to stay overnight, you might want to look at the coast because that's like a wall of hotels. Outside July and August this wall is begging for tourists and you might towns like Ostend and Newport as much as Brugge.
@@EileenAldis If I may add something : the nicest looking seaside resort is De Haan. With its buildings in "Belle Epoque" style it is very untypical for the Belgian coast.
We were really lucky with sunny weather! If you look at the other videos we made in Belgium (playlist here: bit.ly/BelgiumPlaylist) there were some grey skies but overall lovely weather - yay. Sending some sunshine :)
"Frituur De Gentpoorte"... the best fries in Bruges. I live a few min away on foot from the shop and they are my favorite Fries shop. Very nice people and very clean and very BIG portions of fries. Wonderful video! ;)
Yeah belgium is knewn to have some of the most delicious beer in the world but if you don't really love beer, there are some fruity beer with cherry (that I love!) there are also with peach (but it's less current). Also, Belgium is the creator of the "praline" (c'est un chocolat fourré) wich is a chocolate with something inside like a cream (pistachio, coffee, caramel, ganache, raspberry, alcool, etc.). It is also the creator of the "ballotin" wich is a box where you put the "praline" inside. It's a box that you can offerd to someone :)
I''m Belgian ... I might be a bit biased ... (but beer, waffles, chocolate, traditional Belgian food ... but then again Beer) ... One thing you might have missed though, is the "Muscles from Brussels' ... next time :-)
I like that you liked our Belgium food. You tried not much food i found. And only the most famous ones. Ok they're important but you missed accualy to order housemade stoofvlees (with the pieces of meat) by your frietjes. You took only the sause 'stoofvleessaus'... but i saw you liked it. Stoofvlees met frietjes... that is super Belgian and super good! (you know the meat is boiled in beer?!) Then they are way more Belgian snacks: krokketten, bitterballen, curryworst of in Brugge named frikandel and you have to order the special version (i saw you video from food in the Netherlands aswell) it's pritty much the same but here we cut in open in the length but not totaly in 2, just that you can fold it open and then thay add 2 sausen: mayonaise and ketchup (normal one or more spicy) and then some fine cutted raw onion on top. Super! so more: sweet snacks: smoutebollen, Brusselse wafels (what i prefer more), ... Ah also you call this all food. But i or we make a seperation between food, snacks and candies :-D. I mean candy is not food for me. then candy: chocolate indeed but try always the more pure and dark ones, in that you can realy taste the quality difference how it's made comparing with other countries, then also: neuzekkes (you will find very strange probably), speculaas, peperkoek, ... i can't come on more for now. Ah and the beers... wich ones you drunk? By the way i'm not from Brugge (from Antwerp) but I studied there and there is a café calles De Garre and there you can drink 'een garre' I didn't found another place yet where i can drink this one and it's a beer of a alcohol percentage of 14%. Like we call 'een zwaar bier' :-D.
I really enjoyed your video, guys. And also was the most useful one I found for my trip to Belgium, so thanks a lot, you are really fun people. Suscribed!
10:50 looks like a "kriek" beer, next time try "Framboise" beer (raspberry), even more sweet! ;-) Ideally for people that don't like beer in general 8:36 Liege waffles always above Brussels waffles 7:28 My order(I'm from Belgium) : Fries (with stoofvlees +mayo off course)) , beer, chocolate, waffles. The last one maybe ones a year, the rest (almost) daily ;-))
Hey you two! I'm seeing this for the first time. I was in Bruges and Brussels visiting a friend, but didn't experience the foods you both tried - it all looks AMAZING!
Hello! So nice to hear from you :) I was literally thinking about the foods in this video a few days ago. Belgium is amazing. Hope you had a good time visiting your friend!
@@EileenAldis Hey! My visit was six years ago (my second time there) hard to believe! Someone offered me a share in his apartment in Haarlem! I don't want to live with someone, but it could be a "foot in the door" to finally moving to The Netherlands!
A few more things to try next time: Mussels (with fries). Flemish stew or Stoofvlees as we call it (with fries). The gravy-like sauce you had with your fries is actually very much like flemish stew, but as a sauce. Jenever (from Hasselt). A type of gin. Speculoos. Cookies.
Thanks so much! I really appreciate that ❤️ The chocolate in Belgium is so delicious. Now I'm craving more haha. We're posting new videos...hope you're enjoying :)
Hi guys I loved the video, I love the enthousiasm! And I am from Belgium and I stayed in Bruges almost 4 years for school, I love that you went to the gentepoort frituur, because I love to get my fries over there! :D
I'm not a beer person either, celiac. But hubby loves Belgium beer! Lol you hit up pretty much what we did. Best fries and mayo anywhere! Amazing chocolate and of course waffles. The food is the reason we went back to Bruges lol
6:18 Belgians eat this portion of fries per person lol and that guy with the chocolate was so funny, he talked for ages haha. If you ever visit Belgium again try Côte d'Or chocolate it is the best chocolate in the world I can assure you that! Follow my advice and visit Dinant you will love it! I like that you go to local places instead of going to tourist places because there you would find more beautiful things while not being packed with the other tourists. Loved this video of our little country!
Loved the expressions of the older woman beside you as you were tasting that chocolate, too funny. When you started with insanely good chocolate, it must have made the rest of the other foods to not be as good. That was pretty funny, your "Oh, we're sharing this, right?" lol. Waffles with cholate on them must be exquisitely Belgian, totally spot on. Super Cool for the very old pub/tavern from the 1500s that you guys found, and sampling the Belgian beer there. Very nice/really neat.
Hi Kevin! Yes that woman beside me was VERY curious about what the heck was going on with me and that chocolate 😂 Reminds me of the When Harry Met Sally moment...like, "I'll have what she's having" hahah
If anyone get into Belgium you definitly got to try the fries, beer, wafels aaaaand chocolate!! Yeah that's like the tastiest chocolate in the whole world (i'm from belgium :D)
haha I hear you!! But it was difficult to pass up those yummy toppings, let me tell you ;) I volunteer to go back and taste test many, MANY more waffles...
I think I'm in trouble ... from their website .. "Where does BbyB deliver? We ship to all countries of the European Union, the United States and Australia."
haha oooh that does put all those territories at high risk ;) I just scrolled through their website to try and find the exact ones we tried but can't. Maybe it was a special thing for the chocolate festival? Might make you safer!!?
My guess is, with the nitrogen, it can't travel well. Both the issues of altitude (with shipping by aircraft) and it likely needs to be eaten within a day or two.
You must eat the Luikse waffle without anything. Toppings are tippicly for Americans. On the Brussels waffles you must put toppings, because they have no taste without. And threy some speculaas (speciality in Hasselt).
We just left Belgium. What a awesome place. The Chocolate waffles and I'll add the coffee was simply amazing. We where at that church you guys where for the Chocolate festival. Great job on the video.
well done! you tasted most of our famous things but i have one suggestion go to limburg to get pies! apple and cherry pie we call them "vlaai" THEY ARE DEVINE! also funniest moment that true food gasm at that first bite of the waffle!
No, the Brussels waffle isn't anything like in the USA lol. US waffles are disgusting (sorry, but they are), Brussels waffles are slightly larger yeah, but they are rectangular. Also they are very light an crunchy, contrary to the Liège waffle which is a lot more chewy and has more body. In that regard the Liège waffle is actually a lot more like what you guys know as waffles. And yes the Liège waffle does have that crunch from the sugar crystals inside and the molten sugar on the outside, but the Brussels waffle is basically all crunch. Like the dough itself has turned into the crunchy thing with very little more than air inside. Also the Liège waffle is more associated with having chocolate on it, because it's more hearty, whereas the Brussels one generally more with just powdered sugar or whipped cream (and strawberries).
@@EileenAldiswell in my opinion triumph everything you did, but then i am belgium and not like chocolat and waffles xD if you ever are in belgium and especially brugge or somewhere on coast search for grey schrimp, they are called noordzeegarnalen, mostly in little dish called tomate crevette (a tomato filled with schrimps) its absolute yummie, and for some reason not very searched after by tourist even when its like only availeble in the netherlands, belgium and France (and probably UK)
Until the ‘90’s the best fries (I prefer to name them chips like the British do) were made in a “frietkot”, small baracs (small self made wooden ‘huts’ or an old caravan.) You could find them every where. In city centres, in small villages by the side of the road, on squaires, just everywhere. You could order only large or small chips and they were served in a “puntzak”, a layer of paper sheets rolled in the shape of a traffic cone (but much smaller, of course). The “puntzak” was over-filled with chips and on top a big blop of mayonaise. Today these “frietkoten” are vanished and replaced by shops where food is prepaired in a more hygienic enviremont. Food standards are more strict nowadays. The Belgian chip shops have lost a lot of their charm. A modern and fresh looking “frituur” doesn’t allways mean that they serve the best chips (or fries).
@@EileenAldis Hey Eileen... Love the video! Next time.... try the "sugar waffle" (as we call it in Antwerp ;p) without whipped cream, and all the extra's... Those waffle bars are a recent hype... Growing up, we only could choose if we wanted a warm one or a cold one... the "regular" waffles, are mostly served with sugar topping, whipped cream, sometimes ice cream, strawberries (during season)... and you should also try the fries with "stoofvlees" and mayonaise on top... not in separate containers and not only the gravy :D
Belgium is ‘blessed” with a North Sea climate. Witch means cold and damp winters. And often summers to. 😄 But the last few years we had some really hot summers (+30 degrees Celcius for days) This kind of weather is pleasant only if you can lie on the beach. Imagen you have to work in the kitchen of a restaurant or -like me- in a non airconditionned truck cabin. The best temperature during summer for most people is around 20°C. Cool enough to work in and nicely warm if you want to zip on a cold beer on a terrace of a café.
I am Belgian, and in all honesty, I like the basic chocolate a lot more. A simple milk chocolate praline or a praline chocolate is 10 times better than a praline with rubarb and pepper or something like that... In case of chocolate, less is more in my opinion.
Being a Belgian myself, i somehow stumbled on these video's of people trying Belgian foods. While i agree they are (very?) good, i can't help but wonder that it all seems so....simple, the stuff we make. I follow quite alot of food places in Canada/USA on Instagram, and what they create seems soooo much better than the stuff we have here...?! Might be a case of "the grass is always greener on the other side" i guess? (Our fries and beer are EPIC tho)
If i can recommence one of thé belgian treats ( as a belgian myself) i would recommend thé Delirium café! The bar with most beers on tab (over 2000) its really amazing!!
@@EileenAldis yes they are, waterzooi is typicaly from the city Gent, carbonades are stoofvlees(Flemish meat stu with bear) you ate the saus at the frituur (chip shop). Belgians are foodlovers, we have a lot different dishes. Homemade foods ; hutsepot = al wintervegetables , leek, brussels sprouts,carrots,pattoto's,turnips, togheter with a pigfeet(traditional made), slow kooked/Stoemp = mushed pattato's+ carrots or spinich or....wathever you like ;-)/Witloof in de oven=belgian andives (kooked before) rolled in ham with mashed patato's and cheesesauce baked in the oven toped with breadcrums to gif a crunchie crust, and i can go on and on and on.......Witloof can be baked as wel just put it in a pan with real butter and salt pepper and nutmeg, baked until it gets brown(not burned) serve with patato's and meat . Tipicaly we serve patato's, vegetable and meat at home .
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Haha I was just about to say you looked like you were having an out of body experience with that chocolate Eileen! LOL and that woman on your right! Her expression!! So did that package @1:52 say "Small Boobies"? LOL Too funny with the editing as that guy was explaining..I bet you were like "just let me try the chocolate already " :) Well I think I would gladly sample everything you did on your food foray..even the beer, as I too am not crazy about the stuff. Since you liked the cherry variety and said it didn't taste like a brewsky , I'd give it a whirl :) Those fries made my mouth water! The only condiment I'd pass on is the mayo, not a fan :) Fantastic video once again!!
Yes, they were called boobies. I'm sure it gets people's attention haha - the chocolate is good enough on its own though! The cherry beer actually was good because it didn't taste like beer nor was it too sweet. I was pleasantly surprised. Oh my goodness, that woman's face is my favourite part of the whole video, I think. 😂 ...When she says, "What's it doing??" - I was trying to silently say, "Sorry, something crazy is happening - tell you after!" haha
I'm not a mayo fan either, rarely have it on anything in the US -- but Belgian fries are great with their mayo. I have thought that the Belgian mayo is lighter than the stuff that we have in the US.
how much can you eat in one day ? ..hope your stomach is as positive as your personality lol hope you had ,, brugse zot ,, 2 ( you know what they say - carrots are good for the eyes ..but alcohol gives you double vision :) cheers !
Hmm that's a bit of a tough question as it's so personal and depends how long you intend to go, which countries, and what kind of budget you want/expect to live on.
Can you give me suggestions on getting a job in Canada as you are from Canada. I did my bachelor in accounting and finance then a certificate in International Business.
I'm so fortunate..my Belgian Grandma/West Flanders..an amazing cook. Her meals were legendary. She had a herb garden as well as veg garden fruit orchard here in Canada. 95% of what I cook is based upon her tutelage. I have her secret chocolate truffle& mousse receipes. She made the most delicious liver onion herb paté.❤
Fun fact the belgians are the creators of fries eventho they are called frenchfries so a more acurate name is belgian fries
Yes! We actually learned all about that at the Fry Museum in Bruges which is in the Bruges video here if you're interested: bit.ly/BelgiumPlaylist. Now I want fries haha
@@anoukvandelaar7805 vertel geen onzin. Frieten zijn Belgisch.
@@anoukvandelaar7805 lol, don't make up stories because the rest of the world can't fry fries. Fries should be crunchy on the outside and have a nice puree-like texture on the inside.😛
6:37 A good beef stew is mostly made with brown beer (Good ones are typically with Trappist, while cheaper are made with table beer, I mostly make mine with Grimbergen )
and a slice of breath with mustard spread on top. From what I can tell, you went for stoofvlees sauce, what's cheaper than stoofvlees.
( Also, there should be more sauces than just mayonnaise, like for example mammoth sauce, samurai sauce, etc.,. cocktail sauce is mayonaise with ketchup and a tiny amount of whisky. )
We can thank the americans for the term 'French fries'. In the WW1 some americans ate fries in Walonia, the frenchspeaking part of Belgium, thinking they were in France. They called it french fries back home. Couldn't get more typical than that. Americans and geography.. 😝
@@anoukvandelaar7805 nee hoor!
I live in Belgium. When you said:"Welcome in SUNNY Belgium." It's normally not sunny in Belgium, it's mostly raining.
We were lucky with the weather :) ☀️
The last years we had more sun.
So true 😂
It gets more sunny the last years, what has an effect on nature, trees dying, etc because of long periods of draught, is not the same as lots of rain, we simply love to complain a lot about the weather, that's all.,. 😋 and tbh, I like rain more than hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, volcanoes, etc, when it comes to natural disasters, Belgium is quite pleasant and Winters are really warm even, I see even people who grow bananas in their garden, it's really crazy the impact global warming has.😋
That seems like a good reason why Belgian beer & Belgian chocolate is so good, to help people to withstand the usual rainy weather of around there. Help people to maintain their sanity in what could be thought of as depressing weather, i'd guess. Yes, maybe, no?
A tour guide told me yesterday that the locals eat Leige waffles without any toppings; they're for tourists
@Evi1M4chine On bruxelles waffles, yes, but not on liege waffles.
True! It looks good tho
I am from « liège » and here, the local favorit is with sugar and cinnamon.
Yep!
soraya T liege is a very ugly city, sorry to say
I’m Dutch but I love Belgium beers and foods.
Two nations of yummy food 😋
B by B chocolate is fantastic! Rhubarb and violet together sounds wonderful. Your enthusiasm is contagious! I love how you two have these wonderful attitudes while travelling, trying everything once, and really exploring each city!
Some advice: if you want to go to Brugge and you want to stay overnight, you might want to look at the coast because that's like a wall of hotels. Outside July and August this wall is begging for tourists and you might towns like Ostend and Newport as much as Brugge.
Thanks for this great suggestion!
@@EileenAldis If I may add something : the nicest looking seaside resort is De Haan. With its buildings in "Belle Epoque" style it is very untypical for the Belgian coast.
0:02 sunny belgium ?? It is alweys raining here xD
We were really lucky with sunny weather! If you look at the other videos we made in Belgium (playlist here: bit.ly/BelgiumPlaylist) there were some grey skies but overall lovely weather - yay. Sending some sunshine :)
Eileen Aldis :)
@@mythix_m5244 raining in a country 9% of the time. Even we have not enough ground water.
"Frituur De Gentpoorte"... the best fries in Bruges. I live a few min away on foot from the shop and they are my favorite Fries shop. Very nice people and very clean and very BIG portions of fries. Wonderful video! ;)
Why did you only ate Fast Food? Certainly, Belgium has a hugh culinary tradition.
That chocolate festival was gods way of thanking you both for visiting our country and beeing so possitive ;) Thank you
haha it definitely felt like the gods were smiling on us that day! :)
Yeah belgium is knewn to have some of the most delicious beer in the world but if you don't really love beer, there are some fruity beer with cherry (that I love!) there are also with peach (but it's less current). Also, Belgium is the creator of the "praline" (c'est un chocolat fourré) wich is a chocolate with something inside like a cream (pistachio, coffee, caramel, ganache, raspberry, alcool, etc.). It is also the creator of the "ballotin" wich is a box where you put the "praline" inside. It's a box that you can offerd to someone :)
Mmm oh my god, your comment has made me so hungry!! Sounds amazing :)
Ok VERY SERIOUS question for y'all: if you could only try ONE of the Belgian treats in this video WHICH WOULD IT BE??
Oh the Small Boobies chocolates I saw on the one table, for sure !
haha gotta love marketing!
I''m Belgian ... I might be a bit biased ... (but beer, waffles, chocolate, traditional Belgian food ... but then again Beer) ... One thing you might have missed though, is the "Muscles from Brussels' ... next time :-)
Merry Christmas
churro
I like that you liked our Belgium food. You tried not much food i found. And only the most famous ones. Ok they're important but you missed accualy to order housemade stoofvlees (with the pieces of meat) by your frietjes. You took only the sause 'stoofvleessaus'... but i saw you liked it. Stoofvlees met frietjes... that is super Belgian and super good! (you know the meat is boiled in beer?!)
Then they are way more Belgian snacks: krokketten, bitterballen, curryworst of in Brugge named frikandel and you have to order the special version (i saw you video from food in the Netherlands aswell) it's pritty much the same but here we cut in open in the length but not totaly in 2, just that you can fold it open and then thay add 2 sausen: mayonaise and ketchup (normal one or more spicy) and then some fine cutted raw onion on top. Super!
so more: sweet snacks: smoutebollen, Brusselse wafels (what i prefer more), ...
Ah also you call this all food. But i or we make a seperation between food, snacks and candies :-D. I mean candy is not food for me.
then candy: chocolate indeed but try always the more pure and dark ones, in that you can realy taste the quality difference how it's made comparing with other countries, then also: neuzekkes (you will find very strange probably), speculaas, peperkoek, ... i can't come on more for now.
Ah and the beers... wich ones you drunk? By the way i'm not from Brugge (from Antwerp) but I studied there and there is a café calles De Garre and there you can drink 'een garre' I didn't found another place yet where i can drink this one and it's a beer of a alcohol percentage of 14%. Like we call 'een zwaar bier' :-D.
Little info, stoofvlees ... the “gravy“ on the fries is a belgian/flemish style of goulash made with beer... what else 😉
I hadn't heard that but it makes sense ;) Thanks for sharing!
it's called stoofvlees in Flemish, here's an explanation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonade_flamande
Thanks for visiting our country, always welcome!
I really enjoyed your video, guys. And also was the most useful one I found for my trip to Belgium, so thanks a lot, you are really fun people. Suscribed!
That's awesome to hear! Thanks, Ramiro! Hope you have an amazing time in Belgium :) Please have some delicious Belgian treats for us!
I wanna go there to try all of these ❤️
10:50 looks like a "kriek" beer, next time try "Framboise" beer (raspberry), even more sweet! ;-) Ideally for people that don't like beer in general
8:36 Liege waffles always above Brussels waffles
7:28 My order(I'm from Belgium) : Fries (with stoofvlees +mayo off course)) , beer, chocolate, waffles. The last one maybe ones a year, the rest (almost) daily ;-))
Mum Blic de belgische frieten zijn meestal de beste van de kust. (Mijn mening)
Hey you two! I'm seeing this for the first time. I was in Bruges and Brussels visiting a friend, but didn't experience the foods you both tried - it all looks AMAZING!
Hello! So nice to hear from you :) I was literally thinking about the foods in this video a few days ago. Belgium is amazing. Hope you had a good time visiting your friend!
@@EileenAldis Hey! My visit was six years ago (my second time there) hard to believe! Someone offered me a share in his apartment in Haarlem! I don't want to live with someone, but it could be a "foot in the door" to finally moving to The Netherlands!
@@thomaslucia3059 Hey that'd be amazing!! I hope it works out! Fingers crossed for you :)
@@EileenAldis Thanks!! It's my dream! :-)
@@thomaslucia3059 It's so exciting!
A few more things to try next time:
Mussels (with fries).
Flemish stew or Stoofvlees as we call it (with fries). The gravy-like sauce you had with your fries is actually very much like flemish stew, but as a sauce.
Jenever (from Hasselt). A type of gin.
Speculoos. Cookies.
Best Belgian video! I really enjoyed. I’m a fan of your UA-cam videos. The chocolates looked so delicious! 😄
Thanks so much! I really appreciate that ❤️ The chocolate in Belgium is so delicious. Now I'm craving more haha. We're posting new videos...hope you're enjoying :)
Hi guys I loved the video, I love the enthousiasm! And I am from Belgium and I stayed in Bruges almost 4 years for school, I love that you went to the gentepoort frituur, because I love to get my fries over there! :D
When you are again in Belgium you need to visit Ghent for some realy good beers and jenever shots!
We really want to visit Ghent!
I agree
Keep the recipes coming please!
Yeah, the fry shack where you went is one of the best ones in town.
Happy to hear that! 🙌🏻
I'm not a beer person either, celiac. But hubby loves Belgium beer! Lol you hit up pretty much what we did. Best fries and mayo anywhere! Amazing chocolate and of course waffles. The food is the reason we went back to Bruges lol
Following your tips in Bruge. Just ordered fries from the lovely Valerie and mentioned I had seen her on UA-cam :)
This makes my day, thank you! I hope she is doing well and that you enjoyed the fries like we did. Enjoy your time there :)
6:18 Belgians eat this portion of fries per person lol and that guy with the chocolate was so funny, he talked for ages haha. If you ever visit Belgium again try Côte d'Or chocolate it is the best chocolate in the world I can assure you that! Follow my advice and visit Dinant you will love it! I like that you go to local places instead of going to tourist places because there you would find more beautiful things while not being packed with the other tourists. Loved this video of our little country!
Ooook!! Now I need to go back to Brugges because
#1 I must try those chocolates
#2 I did not have a good waffle experience
And #3. 500 yr old pub?
I'm so sorry to hear you didn't have a good waffle experience! Sounds like you'll need to eat a lot more to make up for it next time ;)
Swiss or Belgian chocolate-difficult choice need a larger selection to decide.
Sounds like a no lose situation 😉
that was a foodgasm
Loved the expressions of the older woman beside you as you were tasting that chocolate, too funny. When you started with insanely good chocolate, it must have made the rest of the other foods to not be as good. That was pretty funny, your "Oh, we're sharing this, right?" lol. Waffles with cholate on them must be exquisitely Belgian, totally spot on. Super Cool for the very old pub/tavern from the 1500s that you guys found, and sampling the Belgian beer there. Very nice/really neat.
Hi Kevin! Yes that woman beside me was VERY curious about what the heck was going on with me and that chocolate 😂 Reminds me of the When Harry Met Sally moment...like, "I'll have what she's having" hahah
@@EileenAldis hahaha, lol, Completely.
The phrase we in Bruges use to describe this experience of food is a "cullinary orgasm", as seen with the chocolate.
Swiss Chocolate is the benchmark,nothing can beat it
I think some Belgians would disagree haha ;)
If anyone get into Belgium you definitly got to try the fries, beer, wafels aaaaand chocolate!! Yeah that's like the tastiest chocolate in the whole world (i'm from belgium :D)
Hi Caroline! 🙌🏻 YAAAAS we loved all the delicious food in Belgium! You have an amazing country 💕
Ooohh that's so sweet of you Eileen! And yaa I know I'm proud of my beautiful country 😍
I'm from India 23 and completed my bachelors in accounting and finance. How can I immigrate or get a job in Belgium. Any suggestion? Please help. 😊
hah the random chocolate event was so wholesome and funny in the same time!
Thanks for liking our city!
best place to be
You should sooo not have had your Liege Waffle with all the toppings! The heavenly taste of the waffle itself is all you needed! :)
haha I hear you!! But it was difficult to pass up those yummy toppings, let me tell you ;) I volunteer to go back and taste test many, MANY more waffles...
A waffle tour of Belgium as one of your future videos!!! Haha! And if I happen to be back in Belgium, I'll be your waffle-guide!
I think I'm in trouble ... from their website ..
"Where does BbyB deliver?
We ship to all countries of the European Union, the United States and Australia."
haha oooh that does put all those territories at high risk ;) I just scrolled through their website to try and find the exact ones we tried but can't. Maybe it was a special thing for the chocolate festival? Might make you safer!!?
My guess is, with the nitrogen, it can't travel well. Both the issues of altitude (with shipping by aircraft) and it likely needs to be eaten within a day or two.
You must eat the Luikse waffle without anything. Toppings are tippicly for Americans. On the Brussels waffles you must put toppings, because they have no taste without. And threy some speculaas (speciality in Hasselt).
What is the name for aviation in belgium?
Luftwaffle
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Luchtvaart
we Belgians LOVE/LIVE to eat.
😁😁😁 when you started zoning out haha with chocolate talk. Can I eat please
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love it love it love it !!!! Eileen is back !
Glad you liked it, Rubert! :)
We just left Belgium. What a awesome place. The Chocolate waffles and I'll add the coffee was simply amazing. We where at that church you guys where for the Chocolate festival. Great job on the video.
Thanks, Daniel! Glad to hear you had such a wonderful time in Belgium! That's neat you were at the same place too :)
Must ... can't ... be stronger ...
The belfort is a market hall and not a church
I really hate myself right now
Have you seen the movie when harry met sally?when you eat the chocolate you are exactly like meg ryan on the restaurant scene.i m drooling!!!!
well done! you tasted most of our famous things but i have one suggestion go to limburg to get pies! apple and cherry pie we call them "vlaai" THEY ARE DEVINE! also funniest moment that true food gasm at that first bite of the waffle!
I love pie and apple and cherry are both delicious flavours :) Thanks for the recommendation! I'd love to explore more of Belgium.
you're welcome i hope you'll enjoy my countries specialities again!
😋😋😋😋 yaaaamm
The best chocolate house, at the moment is Marcolini... You have to visit their shop in Brussels
Mmm would love to try it
2Be is the place to go for beers and to see their famous beer wall...not mention the aquarium sink in the bathroom
Couldn't have gone to a better place to eat fries, Kurt makes them the best!
lol, that pub is really close to my school
And i love the motivation you both have for our chocolate. :D
No, the Brussels waffle isn't anything like in the USA lol. US waffles are disgusting (sorry, but they are), Brussels waffles are slightly larger yeah, but they are rectangular. Also they are very light an crunchy, contrary to the Liège waffle which is a lot more chewy and has more body. In that regard the Liège waffle is actually a lot more like what you guys know as waffles. And yes the Liège waffle does have that crunch from the sugar crystals inside and the molten sugar on the outside, but the Brussels waffle is basically all crunch. Like the dough itself has turned into the crunchy thing with very little more than air inside. Also the Liège waffle is more associated with having chocolate on it, because it's more hearty, whereas the Brussels one generally more with just powdered sugar or whipped cream (and strawberries).
Did you try the " stoofvlees"?
This is the first vid I watch of this channel and I love it and I live in Belgium so I can taste all of these threats
Glad you enjoyed it! Lucky you being surrounded by delicious treats :)
I died when the chocolateer was explaining the chocolate and things went blurry XD
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@@EileenAldis when he started, I math meme'd and then you guys did that blur thing which made it that much better 😂
You where in brugges, should have got belgian shrimp from north sea they are unavaible in usa
Cool! Didn't know that. Too distracted by all the other yummy foods, I guess :P
@@EileenAldiswell in my opinion triumph everything you did, but then i am belgium and not like chocolat and waffles xD if you ever are in belgium and especially brugge or somewhere on coast search for grey schrimp, they are called noordzeegarnalen, mostly in little dish called tomate crevette (a tomato filled with schrimps) its absolute yummie, and for some reason not very searched after by tourist even when its like only availeble in the netherlands, belgium and France (and probably UK)
@@EileenAldis www.visinfo.be/vis/363/
In dutch but gives you idea
It would have to be the chocolate though the waffles are a very close second. What a yummy way to spend the day.
Both excellent choices! I keep changing my mind about which I liked best :)
Until the ‘90’s the best fries (I prefer to name them chips like the British do) were made in a “frietkot”, small baracs (small self made wooden ‘huts’ or an old caravan.) You could find them every where. In city centres, in small villages by the side of the road, on squaires, just everywhere. You could order only large or small chips and they were served in a “puntzak”, a layer of paper sheets rolled in the shape of a traffic cone (but much smaller, of course). The “puntzak” was over-filled with chips and on top a big blop of mayonaise. Today these “frietkoten” are vanished and replaced by shops where food is prepaired in a more hygienic enviremont. Food standards are more strict nowadays. The Belgian chip shops have lost a lot of their charm. A modern and fresh looking “frituur” doesn’t allways mean that they serve the best chips (or fries).
you switched the to waffles. It's the liège waffles (luikse wafels) witch is bigger and airier.
And the brussels one is the one you are eating.
Hi Annelies, The woman at the shop said they were Liège waffles but maybe it's hard to tell in the video. Delicious either way, I'm sure!
Annelies Vanderheyden no ! I'm belgian, from Liège, and they are right. Brussel's waffles are more edgy, bigger, and without sugar.
@@EileenAldis Hey Eileen... Love the video! Next time.... try the "sugar waffle" (as we call it in Antwerp ;p) without whipped cream, and all the extra's... Those waffle bars are a recent hype... Growing up, we only could choose if we wanted a warm one or a cold one... the "regular" waffles, are mostly served with sugar topping, whipped cream, sometimes ice cream, strawberries (during season)... and you should also try the fries with "stoofvlees" and mayonaise on top... not in separate containers and not only the gravy :D
sunny belgium? im missing something or what?
We enjoyed lovely weather there ☀️
not today 😥☀
Hope for some sunny weather again! :)
Eileen Aldis yes 27 degrees
Belgium is ‘blessed” with a North Sea climate. Witch means cold and damp winters. And often summers to. 😄 But the last few years we had some really hot summers (+30 degrees Celcius for days) This kind of weather is pleasant only if you can lie on the beach. Imagen you have to work in the kitchen of a restaurant or -like me- in a non airconditionned truck cabin. The best temperature during summer for most people is around 20°C. Cool enough to work in and nicely warm if you want to zip on a cold beer on a terrace of a café.
I can't wait I will be in Belgium in April 😍😍😍 Oh and if any locals can give me advice or tips on what to do im all for it 😊😊😊🤗🤗🤗
Very nice 😊
Hi Eileen! Great video. My husband is a diabetic. Do they offer no sugar or no sugar waffles in Belgium?
I live in belgium !! ❤️
Lucky you :) Please have some yummy treats for us then! ❤️
Wowo what an accomplishment
Thomas Y. Inderdaad 😂
This makes me happy to live in Europe
I love Europe 💖
hahaha I love the way you make your videos, amazing!
Thanks, Simone! So glad you're enjoying them :)
Pub building contracter to customer:"I wonder when someone will discover another continent". Apparantly, 7 years later America was discovered.
I had a nice chocolate beer in Mexico City, I was satisfying 2 cravings at once !
That's a very good trick! #MultiTasking
I am Belgian, and in all honesty, I like the basic chocolate a lot more. A simple milk chocolate praline or a praline chocolate is 10 times better than a praline with rubarb and pepper or something like that... In case of chocolate, less is more in my opinion.
Being a Belgian myself, i somehow stumbled on these video's of people trying Belgian foods. While i agree they are (very?) good, i can't help but wonder that it all seems so....simple, the stuff we make. I follow quite alot of food places in Canada/USA on Instagram, and what they create seems soooo much better than the stuff we have here...?! Might be a case of "the grass is always greener on the other side" i guess? (Our fries and beer are EPIC tho)
Yeah everyone just wants foreign and "exotic" foods😂
Nice video editing :)
Thanks!
it's tastier when you pour the gravy on the fries ^^
We had it that way in Antwerp (in this video: ua-cam.com/video/RcjYI-AsPqo/v-deo.html) and it was very tasty 😄
If i can recommence one of thé belgian treats ( as a belgian myself) i would recommend thé Delirium café! The bar with most beers on tab (over 2000) its really amazing!!
Wow, that's a lot of beers! Thanks for recommending :)
Can I order online? I want to try
waterzooi stoemp carbonades etc
Hi Diego, Those are other Belgian dishes, right?
@@EileenAldis yes they are, waterzooi is typicaly from the city Gent, carbonades are stoofvlees(Flemish meat stu with bear) you ate the saus at the frituur (chip shop). Belgians are foodlovers, we have a lot different dishes. Homemade foods ; hutsepot = al wintervegetables , leek, brussels sprouts,carrots,pattoto's,turnips, togheter with a pigfeet(traditional made), slow kooked/Stoemp = mushed pattato's+ carrots or spinich or....wathever you like ;-)/Witloof in de oven=belgian andives (kooked before) rolled in ham with mashed patato's and cheesesauce baked in the oven toped with breadcrums to gif a crunchie crust, and i can go on and on and on.......Witloof can be baked as wel just put it in a pan with real butter and salt pepper and nutmeg, baked until it gets brown(not burned) serve with patato's and meat . Tipicaly we serve patato's, vegetable and meat at home .
if there's no sun, take a look Inside our heart
‘Hello from sunny Belgium’
Niet meteen de beschrijving die hier het beste bij past maar oké😂
Hi Joy! It was sunny while we were there! Must've been lucky ☀️😀
Eileen Aldis oh you were sooo lucky😂 it’s raining here constantly
Ah then we were very lucky! Belgium must be beautiful in the rain too ;) Sending you some sunbeams! 🌞
Loved the video! Do you guys have a website?
Thanks, Tom! We don't currently have a website but planning to add one :) For now, in addition to our UA-cam channel, we're on Instagram (instagram.com/eileenaldis/), Facebook (facebook.com/eileenaldis/) and Twitter (twitter.com/eileenaldis).
At the risk of sounding more shallow and less complex than I really am ...... the beer but down the correct tube. Great video you kids!
haha down the correct tube is best! Thanks, Mylon!!
im a Belgian nd for beer drinkers i reccomend trippel karmeliet
Hi Tim! Thanks for the recommendation :)
My motherland💟🐗
Bruges in my favorite spot in Europe! The town, the sights, the food and drinks - and the chocolate. OMG, the chocolate!
Haha I was just about to say you looked like you were having an out of body experience with that chocolate Eileen! LOL and that woman on your right! Her expression!! So did that package @1:52 say "Small Boobies"? LOL Too funny with the editing as that guy was explaining..I bet you were like "just let me try the chocolate already " :)
Well I think I would gladly sample everything you did on your food foray..even the beer, as I too am not crazy about the stuff. Since you liked the cherry variety and said it didn't taste like a brewsky , I'd give it a whirl :) Those fries made my mouth water! The only condiment I'd pass on is the mayo, not a fan :)
Fantastic video once again!!
Yes, they were called boobies. I'm sure it gets people's attention haha - the chocolate is good enough on its own though! The cherry beer actually was good because it didn't taste like beer nor was it too sweet. I was pleasantly surprised. Oh my goodness, that woman's face is my favourite part of the whole video, I think. 😂 ...When she says, "What's it doing??" - I was trying to silently say, "Sorry, something crazy is happening - tell you after!" haha
It's the only "beer" all women drink in Belgium
I'm not a mayo fan either, rarely have it on anything in the US -- but Belgian fries are great with their mayo. I have thought that the Belgian mayo is lighter than the stuff that we have in the US.
how much can you eat in one day ? ..hope your stomach is as positive as your personality lol
hope you had ,, brugse zot ,, 2 ( you know what they say - carrots are good for the eyes ..but alcohol gives you double vision :)
cheers !
Ikr😂
being a proud belgian atm, nice video you two
Thanks! Please have some Belgian treats for us ;)
How much minimum bank balance required to start a world tour?
Hmm that's a bit of a tough question as it's so personal and depends how long you intend to go, which countries, and what kind of budget you want/expect to live on.
Can you give me suggestions on getting a job in Canada as you are from Canada. I did my bachelor in accounting and finance then a certificate in International Business.
nice video
Bruh she's so entertaining 😂
Im from belgium but u know that if u eet belgium chocolate almost every other one taste like poop
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thats bullshit
Agreed.
I’ve had Belgian chocolate before, and American chocolate doesn’t even scrape the surface, when you compare the two.
I wouldn't call it like that, most I ate outside Belgium add way to much sugar, not enough cacao, etc.,. It's like eating buttery sugar rather.,.😂
what chocolat are you eating?! we have grate chocolat!!!!
I'm happy your airbnb host gave you good advices, i'm always sad to see people abusing tourists
I'm from Belgium an i have to say that the best food is fries
met stoofvleessaus, bitterballen en een bickyburger
@@hyacinthbucket5062 jaaaaa 😋😋
Hyacinth Bucket ik alleen stoofvlees of een steak hoor
Try the Belgian waffle top with cream. 😙
Mmm 😋
Haay In am from Belgium so I have al that deliciousness all day Every day
Lucky you!
No you don’t... none Belgian eats this more than 1time a week, I even eat this only 1 time a month tho
Are u sure that 1515 is not the number of the building?
it's the year the pub opened, not the number of the building...
8:13 foodgasm
I want my face to do that when I eat chocolate :)~ However, I would have to work my way through all the Belgian beer
haha #chocolateface. There were SO many beers! You may need to put some time aside to do a thorough test ;)
Good luck with the hangovers...