Friterie
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Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
and the Netherlands) or baraque à frites in Northern France is a traditional restaurant serving quick service fast food
Fast food
Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a...
. Friteries are often found on main highways and town squares and may be full restaurants offering table service or a caravan, trailer or even a converted van or bus only offering take away
Take Away
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.
Friteries offer several fried and grilled dishes served with frites, such as hamburgers, brochette
Brochette
In cooking, en brochette refers to food cooked, and sometimes served, on brochettes, or skewers. The French term generally applies to French cuisine, while other terms like shish kebab, satay, or souvlaki describe the same technique in other cuisines...
, frikandel
Frikandel
A frikandel is a Dutch snack, a sort of minced-meat hot dog,developed either in 1954 or in 1958/1959 in the Netherlands, depending on the source.-Overview:...
, meatballs, merguez
Merguez
Merguez is a red, spicy mutton- or beef-based fresh sausage in North African cuisine. It is also popular in the Middle East, and Europe.Merguez is a fresh sausage made with lamb, beef, or a mixture stuffed into a lamb-intestine casing...
, croquettes and fried chicken. Another characteristic of a Belgian friterie is the large selection of Belgian sauces including ketchup
Ketchup
Ketchup is a sweet-and-tangy condiment typically made from tomatoes, vinegar, sugar or high-fructose corn syrup and an assortment of...
, mayonnaise
Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise, , often abbreviated as mayo, is a sauce. It is a stable emulsion of oil, egg yolk and either vinegar or lemon juice, with many options for embellishment with other herbs and spices. Lecithin in the egg yolk is the emulsifier. Mayonnaise varies in color but is often white, cream, or pale...
, tartar sauce
Tartar sauce
Tartare sauce is a creamy white sauce frequently used to season fried seafood dishes.-Composition:...
, American, samurai, riche, Mexican, oriental, Brazil, béarnaise or diablo. Traditionally the frites were served in sheets of paper rolled into an upside down cone. Nowadays most friteries also serve them in a plastic or cardboard tray, usually with a miniature plastic fork.
A variation is to serve the meat, the frites, possibly salad and sauce in a half of a baguette
Baguette
A baguette is "a long thin loaf of French bread" that is commonly made from basic lean dough...
and is called a mitraillette
Mitraillette
A mitraillette , literally "submachine gun", is a Belgian "gourmand" available in friteries and cafés. It probably originated in the province of Hainaut.In Northern France, a "mitraillette" is also known as "américain" .- Composition :...
which literally translates as submachine gun
Submachine gun
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. Alternatively, the same ensemble is put in a dürüm
Durum
Durum wheat or macaroni wheat is the only tetraploid species of wheat of commercial importance that is widely cultivated today...
, although this practice is more common in friteries run by immigrants (mostly Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
).