La Frite Bruxelloise

[John Talbott]

Host's note: I split this off from our Restaurant, Food and Chef News due to its popularity

In the "Petites Notes" section of Paris Notes there's a note that the first Belgian frites "fritkot" serving frites with 12 sauces has opened at 101 Rue Oberkampf in the 11th, right near the Parmentier metro stop.

Edited May 20, 2007 by John Talbott (log)

[Felice]

In the "Petites Notes" section of Paris Notes there's a note that the first Belgian frites "fritkot" serving frites with 12 sauces has opened at 101 Rue Oberkampf in the 11th, right near the Parmentier metro stop.

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How funny… Last night on M6 there was a programme all about how to make a perfect steak frites and during the show Daniel Rose (from Spring) goes to what I think was a Belgium French fry shop in Paris to learn the secret of perfect French fries. I had never heard of the shop and tried Google and Pagesjaunes to no avail, I wonder if it’s this place.

[John Talbott]

In the "Petites Notes" section of Paris Notes there's a note that the first Belgian frites "fritkot" serving frites with 12 sauces has opened at 101 Rue Oberkampf in the 11th, right near the Parmentier metro stop.

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How funny… Last night on M6 there was a programme all about how to make a perfect steak frites and during the show Daniel Rose (from Spring) goes to what I think was a Belgium French fry shop in Paris to learn the secret of perfect French fries. I had never heard of the shop and tried Google and Pagesjaunes to no avail, I wonder if it’s this place.

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No idea. A long time ago, way upthread, we were discussing those little jutting out fast-food places in Paris that dispensed frites or crepes or now paninis. Not many left but this place is so small it has no telephone apparently. One of us will have to drift by.

[freshsnail]

In the "Petites Notes" section of Paris Notes there's a note that the first Belgian frites "fritkot" serving frites with 12 sauces has opened at 101 Rue Oberkampf in the 11th, right near the Parmentier metro stop.

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How funny… Last night on M6 there was a programme all about how to make a perfect steak frites and during the show Daniel Rose (from Spring) goes to what I think was a Belgium French fry shop in Paris to learn the secret of perfect French fries. I had never heard of the shop and tried Google and Pagesjaunes to no avail, I wonder if it’s this place.

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No idea. A long time ago, way upthread, we were discussing those little jutting out fast-food places in Paris that dispensed frites or crepes or now paninis. Not many left but this place is so small it has no telephone apparently. One of us will have to drift by.

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Hi egulleters

The frites place on the tv and on the rue oberkampf is La Frite Bruxelloise.... 110 or 101 rue Oberkampf... It is cooler than it is good (but not bad + I 'needed' it for my reportage), but I like it after too many beers on my 'free' days... It is owned by Arnaud something or other who is also the owner of the french Pain Quotidien franchise... Nice guy and a real pro.

Daniel

[Ptipois]

Hi Freshsnail!

If Arnaud something cooks his frites in horse fat, or at least beef fat, as a Belgian should, he has my admiration. Does he?

[loladrian]

In the "Petites Notes" section of Paris Notes there's a note that the first Belgian frites "fritkot" serving frites with 12 sauces has opened at 101 Rue Oberkampf in the 11th, right near the Parmentier metro stop.

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How funny… Last night on M6 there was a programme all about how to make a perfect steak frites and during the show Daniel Rose (from Spring) goes to what I think was a Belgium French fry shop in Paris to learn the secret of perfect French fries. I had never heard of the shop and tried Google and Pagesjaunes to no avail, I wonder if it’s this place.

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No idea. A long time ago, way upthread, we were discussing those little jutting out fast-food places in Paris that dispensed frites or crepes or now paninis. Not many left but this place is so small it has no telephone apparently. One of us will have to drift by.

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We just happend to swing by and here are my thoughts: Although I am not an expert, I do not think that they were cooked in beef fat. They needed salt, which makes me think they were not. There were fried at least twice. A big batch of par-fried potatoes, and then fried again to order. If you go, be sure to order a small, because the large was big enough for 4 people. And I agree with Daniel that it is cooler than it is good. There were only about 6 sauces in big tin sauce dispencers. The general ketsup, curry ketsup, mustard and mayo. And then some different choices including sauce americain (think all of the components of a macdo hamburger pureed into a sauce...ehh) sauce andalusian (mustard/mayo mix?) and sauce samurai which we opted not to try. They also had hamburgers, paninis, kebabs, sanwiches, waffles etc., but frites seem to be the thing to eat. The decor is great, kitchy pictures of happy old Belgian people drinking beer and a big painting of a frite claiming "ceci n'est pas une frite." The young men working there were very friendly and as we stood eating frites, they asked us to translate the reggae music they were listening to. If you are in the neighboorhood, perhaps a little beer buzzed, it's a great stop.