@ prizak, glad it was good.....I never knew ther were such things as Belgian restaurants abroad....that's something I don't see the Dutch pulling off
Regarding mayo and fries,
I for one can not stand the taste or smell of mayo.....stoofvlees(sauce) is where it's at, btw if you had not figured it out, stoofvlees simply means 'stew' , very comparable to Scottish stew.
It's also made differently in various parts of Belgium, here they make it sweeter, with actual sugar and some dark semi-sweetish beer (amateurs often use Leffe
) for extra flavor. While in Antwerp for example they typicaly use no sugar, and often a more bitter beer or none at all, resulting in a compleetly different taste.
And, for a compleetly unrelated shameless plug: may I direct your eyes to my area's main export : the best damn fruit in the world, internationaly renouned for its quality.
That and there are pears, strawberries, raspberries, red berries and pretty much everything we manage to grow on a tree or bush......
In spring tourists (from as far as farking Japan!) come down here to see the orchards in bloom.......unfortunatly most of em bring or rent a bike
I can't throw a rock whithout hitting an orchard around here (it realy is all you see) and with the beginning of the strawberry season in April all the way down to appleseason in late September orchards are constantly filled with something delicious at any given time.
You have never had fruit until you have picked it right of the tree....