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The Fries Revolution in Belgium 18 Feb 2011 | 07:51 pm
249 days after the last election, Belgium still has no government (or no new government to be exact, the old one is still in place as an interim-government). Thus, on Feb. 17th 2011, Belgium broke ...
A new exciting franchise: Friitz Belgian Fries! 10 Nov 2010 | 06:00 am
A new Belgian Fries franchise was recently launched. It is named Friitz (with double i, pronounce as [/' f r i: t s /]), inspired by Fritz, the first man known to have opened a fry ...
Fries keep Belgium united …. 10 Nov 2010 | 05:56 am
(pls check the video at the bottom of the page)
New record for Belgian Fries 13 Sep 2010 | 01:57 pm
Belgian Chris Verschueren, a 53-year-old French fries maker, from the Belgian village of Kastel, has spent 83 consecutive hours frying chips (french Fries) and serving 15,000 portions of the dish - se...
The importance of Belgian Fries in Life 30 Aug 2010 | 12:09 am
This morning at 6am a local pita bar / fry shop was partly destroyed in my home town Leuven (Louvain). According to the police, a drunk, who was not happy he could not order fries anymore, ...
Vlaamse Frites in Amsterdam 27 Aug 2010 | 05:36 pm
Although it is just a 2 hour journey from my home town, I did not manage until recently to visit the city which is home to many “Vlaamse Frites” shops. “Vlaamse Frites” translates into Flemish ...
Potato Republic 2 (Istanbul, Turkey) 27 Aug 2010 | 06:19 am
A new fry shop was opened a few months ago by Erdal, my fry-friend in Istanbul. He opened the first Potato Republic a few years ago, pioneering Belgian style fries in Turkey. He told me a ...
Chips & Dips (Phuket, Thailand) 27 Aug 2010 | 04:32 am
Some time ago a real Belgian frituur opened its doors in the very touristic beach town Phuket, Thailand. Run by Belgians, it is modelled after a typical Belgian fry shop. The equipment includes an ...
Frituren in Leuven – fry shops in my home town 17 Aug 2010 | 02:23 am
Just to give you an idea how popular fry shops are in Belgium, here’s a map of Leuven. With a population of about 40.000 people (center of town only) I counted 20 fry shops and ...
Rare books and art works on fries for saleZeldzame boeken en kunstwerken over friet te koop 16 Aug 2010 | 06:23 pm
My partner in fry-crime and author of many books on fry history, Paul Ilegems, recently did some spring cleaning and found the very last items of his books. They have been out of ...