Belgium

🇧🇪Belgium

Abbey Beer

Abdijbier

Strong ales brewed in the abbey tradition, from Trappist originals to abbey-licensed brews.

🇧🇪Antwerp, Belgium

Antwerpse handjes

Antwerpse handjes are small hand-shaped butter cookies, often finished with almonds or sugar.

🇧🇪Wallonia, Belgium

Ardennes Salami

Salami d'Ardenne

Smoked and air-dried pork salami from the Ardennes forests.

🇧🇪Belgium

Babelutte

A Belgian hard caramel candy with coffee or honey flavor from the coast, a daily and street classic

🇧🇪Belgium

Ballekes

Ballekes are small Belgian meatballs simmered in a bright tomato sauce with onion and herbs.

🇳🇱Netherlands

Bamischijf

Deep-fried disc of Chinese noodle stew in breadcrumbs, a Belgian snack-bar original.

🇧🇪Flanders, Belgium

Beauvoorde

Beauvoorde is a cheese from Beauvoorde, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇧🇪Belgium

Beef Croquette

Rundvleeskroket

Crisp breadcrumbed croquette filled with creamy beef ragout.

🇧🇪Belgium

Belgian Chocolate

Chocolat belgian / Belgische chocolade

Belgium's world-famous chocolate pralines and truffles.

🇧🇪Belgium

Belgian Chocolate Truffle

Chocoladetruffel

Rich cocoa-dusted chocolate truffle made from Belgian couverture.

🇧🇪Belgium

Belgian Endive

Witloof

A pale, tightly wrapped chicory grown in darkness, especially the protected Brussels grondwitloof tradition of Belgium. Its crisp leaves are gently bitter and suited to raw salads or braising.

🇧🇪Belgium

Belgian Fish Soup

Vissoep

Hearty fish soup from the Belgian coast, loaded with local catch and vegetables.

🇧🇪Belgium

Belgian Frites

Frites / Friet

Belgium's iconic twice-fried potatoes, crispy outside and fluffy inside, served in a cone with mayonnaise.

🇧🇪Flanders, Belgium

Belgian Limburger

Limburger

Belgian Limburger is a traditional cheese from Belgium.

🇧🇪Belgium

Belgian Mayonnaise

Mayonaise

Belgium's creamy egg-and-oil sauce, the essential frites companion.

🇧🇪Belgium

Belgian Paprika Frituur Sauce

Zigeunersaus

Sweet tomato, onion and paprika sauce served over Belgian frites and snacks.

🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium

Belgian Praline

Praline

Shell-molded filled chocolate invented in Brussels by Jean Neuhaus in 1912.

🇧🇪Belgium

Belgian Saison

Saison

Saison is a dry Belgian farmhouse ale with lively carbonation, peppery yeast, and a crisp finish.

🇧🇪Belgium

Belgian Vol-au-Vent

Vol-au-vent

A Belgian puff-pastry case filled with creamy chicken, mushrooms, and small meatballs, served as a savoury main or festive plate.

🇧🇪Wallonia, Belgium

Beurre d'Ardenne

Beurre d'Ardenne is a quality-marked butter from Wallonia with a clean, rich dairy flavour.

🇧🇪Belgium

Bicky Burger

Iconic Belgian snack-bar burger with its own spiced Bicky sauce and pickles.

🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium

Black Russian

A Black Russian combines vodka and coffee liqueur into a dark, bittersweet cocktail associated with Brussels.

🇧🇪Flanders, Belgium

Blinde Vink

Veal roll stuffed with pork, herbs and breadcrumbs, braised with leeks or endives.

🇧🇪Liège, Belgium

Boudin blanc de Liège

Boudin blanc de Liège is a pale pork sausage with a fine forcemeat and gentle seasoning.

🇧🇪Liège, Belgium

Boulets à la Liégeoise

A Liège specialty: large meatballs of pork and beef in a sweet-sour brown sauce with Liège syrup and raisins, served with fries

🇧🇪Belgium

Bouquet des Moines

Bouquet des Moines is a cheese from Aubel, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇧🇪Liège, Belgium

Boûkète

Boûkète is a thin Liège buckwheat pancake, a savoury-sweet local griddle preparation.

🇧🇪Belgium

Brazil Sauce

Sauce Brasil

Creamy curry-fruit frites sauce invented in Belgium, a standard at the frituur.

🇧🇪Belgium

Broodje Américain

Crusty roll filled with seasoned raw minced beef and mayonnaise, a Belgian lunch icon.

🇧🇪Bruges, Belgium

Brugse mokken

Brugse mokken are small Bruges butter cookies with a firm crumb and caramelised edge.

🇳🇱Brussels, Netherlands

Brussels Sprouts

Spruitjes

Brussels sprouts, Dutch plant breeders developed modern varieties, a traditional winter vegetable, often with bacon.

🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium

Brussels Waffle

Gaufre de Bruxelles / Brusselse wafel

A Belgian light, airy, rectangular waffle with crisp edges, served with powdered sugar, cream, or chocolate, a national and street icon.

🇧🇪Flanders, Belgium

Carbonade Flamande

Carbonade flamande / Stoofvlees

Carbonade flamande is Flemish beef slow-braised in dark beer with onions, mustard, and thyme, then served with fries or bread.

🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium

Caricoles

Caricoles are Brussels whelks simmered in a peppery broth and sold from street stalls.

🇧🇪Belgium

Cheese Croquette

Kaaskroket

Breadcrumbed croquette with a molten cheese center, a pub and frituur favorite.

🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium

Chicons au Gratin

Chicons au gratin / Gegratineerd witloof

A Belgian endive wrapped in ham, baked in béchamel sauce with cheese, a daily and home classic