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The chicken waterzooi was basically a vol-au-vent and you can usually choose to eat it with fries or mashed potatoes. There is an actual dish called Gentse Waterzooi but it looks nothing like what they gave you.
As for the savory waffle... As a Belgian I have never seen or eaten one of those!
Other cities worth a visit are Bruges, Gent & Antwerp. Hope you had fun in my little old country! 👍
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Welcome to Belgium :-) Unfortunately it seems that the last restaurant was a tourist trap. That "waterzooi" wasn't really a waterzooi, it looks like they sold you '"vol au vent" for waterzooi. Waterzooi is more like a soup while vol au vent is like what you got. The are almost the same but not exactly (in waterzooi you'll find potatoes and carrots for example and no mushrooms). The portion of mussels you got seems extremely small, a normal portion should be at least 1,1kg (preferably 1,2 to 1,3kg). And yes, we Belgians mostly eat fries with our mussels, it goes great together. Normally you get also a mussels sauce (mustard, vinegar, pepper, salt, water and some cooking juice of the mussels. Most pre-made mussel sauces will be mayonaise based with the addition of extra mustard and vinegar to make it into a more dressing like consistency). Another give away that it was a tourist trap: the prices are way to low. While tourist traps can serve decent or OK food, normal restaurants will give you higher quality food. Like the mussels for example, you got from the looks of it the "extra" mussel, which is the smallest (and cheapest) mussel available. A self respecting restaurant would never serve anything below the "jumbo" mussel (mussels are graded from big to small: 1) Goudmerk 2) Jumbo 3) Imperial 4) Super 5) Extra). I'm happy that you loved the food but unfortunately you got conned by a tourist trap :-) And Belgians in don't eat hearty waffles, those are solely for tourists. We love our waffles plain or with some sweet toppings at most (like whipped cream for example). Go inside of any restaurant, brasserie (tavern) or coffee house and you won't see it on the menu. Anyway, if you ever get back here, give a yell and I'll take you to some places where they offer decent Belgian food (my treat!).
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Come down to Liège, you will enjoy boulets à la liégeoise (meatballs), sugar waffles (the best are sold at a bakery in the steet perpendiculaire to Liège Guillemins station) and if you venture in the City centre, je sure to visit the passage Lemmonier between rue cathédrale and rue pont d'Ile, they have a spéculoos and marzipan shop. There are also more typical restaurants in the city centre but you will find yourself in the tram construction works 😅
All in all there's a lot a lovely things to try, just 1h away from Brussels if you're still in Belgium that is ...😊
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We lived in Brussel, a Salad as a main meal comes with frites! Maybe the best food overall we have eaten worldwide. Try a Dubble or tripple beer for a real Belgian beer but be careful they are potent! Trappist too! As an Ametican we thought the fruit filled waffles the best but a Belgian bakery has so many outstanding choices other than waffles. We lived in Germany for years and love German food but the Belgian cuisine is just a bit stand alone special! Excellent Belgian beef dishes where Germany is so pork heavy!!
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Glad to see you guys enjoy Brussels!
Little correction, you didn't had 'Waterzooi' in that restaurant, Waterzooi contains boiled potatoes and more vegetables as in a rich stew,
the chicken dish you've had is called Bouchée à la reine (FR) or Koninginnehapje (Dutch) and it comes with a that multi-layered pastery like you've guys had...
TBH since growing up here, I think the last time I've had a waffle is like 25 years ago, it's not really that in our culture no more as most tourists think...
Try some Carbonade (FR), Stoofvlees (Dutch) while here!
And drink a Duvel! :p
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I had my first visit to Brussels last Christmas and it was magical! The Grand Place put on a music/light show starting at 5 p.m. I had chicken vol au vent that looked like your chicken dish. It was VERY good. My favorite waffle is the liege waffle. It's thinner with a caramel-y middle. I also had Flemish beef stew (stoofvlies or carbonnade a la flamande) that was so rich and filling and flavorful. I hope you try the liege and stew!
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@14:15 the trick with eating mussels, is that you take the empty shell of the first one (or find a empty one to start) and use that as a pincher to pull the second/third/fourth etc mussels out of their shells. very efficient :)
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Hey, so i'm from Belgium. So the 'waterzooi' is more commonly known as 'vol-au-vent' the puff pastry is kinda common but some people prefer without it. It's waaaaay more common to have mashed potatoes with it or mashed potato croquettes. They don't boil the chicken, they make a broth with the chicken before hand and use that as base. Most families also have their own unique recipe. Brussels is the capital so it has a bit of everything, but to really get the tastes from Belgium you should checkout every regions speciality.
Have fun on your trips :)
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@DeanaandPhil
8 months ago
What is your favorite type of waffle? :_hungryd::_hearteyesp: If you enjoyed this video, you may like: Dutch STREET FOOD Tour! (https://youtu.be/J2o9R7dCstg?si=3VIN3mIoAjujo4z9 ) or Trying REAL DUTCH FOOD in Amsterdam (https://youtu.be/innguZTHGH4?si=JF9MKo5JQ-F4e2QV )
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