What Is Speculoos? And How Is It Different From Speculaas?
You have almost certainly eaten one. The thin, crunchy, caramel-brown biscuit that comes with coffee on a plane is a speculoos, and it has a longer history than…
Category: Belgian Food
Belgian brasserie food and dining traditions, explained through the menus Meyboom Brasserie served.
Croque Monsieur vs Croque Madame: What’s the Difference?
The answer to the headline question is one ingredient, and you can stop reading after the next paragraph if that is all you came for. The more interesting…
What Is Bitterballen? The Bar Snack Explained
Order a beer in a Belgian or Dutch bar and something will eventually arrive alongside it: small brown spheres, crisp on the outside, with a dish of mustard.…
Why Belgian Fries Are Different (and Not French)
Belgians will tell you the fry is Belgian, not French, and they have a reasonable case. But the argument about origin is the least interesting part. The interesting…
Liege Waffle vs Brussels Waffle: What’s the Difference?
Belgium has two national waffles and they have almost nothing in common. One is a dessert eaten with a knife and fork. The other is a chewy sweet…
Brasserie vs Bistro: What’s the Difference?
Brasserie and bistro get used as though they are interchangeable words for “casual French restaurant”. They are not. They describe two different institutions with different origins, different hours…
What Is a Belgian Brasserie?
Search for a Belgian brasserie and you get two completely different kinds of result: restaurants, and breweries. Both are correct, and the confusion is built into the word.…