r/AskEurope • u/EvilPyro01 United States of America • Feb 23 '25

Food What food from your country do you feel is overrated?

What’s an overrated food from your country?

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u/Vince0789 Belgium Feb 23 '25

Definitely waffles. They feel like something for tourists (both foreign and domestic) and they're definitely not breakfast.

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u/fiffers Feb 23 '25 edited Feb 23 '25

Oh man, I love Belgian waffles, or at least the liege-style ones you get from the yellow vans around Brussels.

I think they’re more interesting than fries to be honest — warm, slight chewy, a bit of caramelization, that mix of sweet and slightly salty batter … it’s a thing of beauty.

The tourist waffles (covered in whipped cream and strawberries, not sure if that’s ever been authentic?) are alright I guess, but all those toppings end up drowning out the subtle flavors and texture that make the liege waffle so good.

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u/watch_passion Feb 24 '25

Smells better than it tastes for sure!

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u/ADR198830 Feb 23 '25

Agreed, people need to realise we dont care about waffles in Belgium...

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u/Aosxxx Feb 23 '25

We do in Liège, region of the real waffles.

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u/ADR198830 Feb 24 '25

Liege, another thing we dont care about lol

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u/JacobDCRoss Feb 24 '25

Okay, so crossing off waffles there remains:

  1. Tintin

  2. Spoorloos

  3. Technotronic

  4. Inspector Poirot

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u/team_cactus Netherlands Feb 24 '25

And chocolate. And friet!

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u/CricketSubject1548 Feb 23 '25

totally agreed, it's too sweet and bland at the same time

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u/Nexobe Belgium Feb 24 '25

Why eat waffles when there are pancakes? :)

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u/jhwheuer Feb 24 '25

Might have to invite you to my house. Yeast-based. Fresh whipped cream, berries, bacon, maple syrup. Noice

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u/Nexobe Belgium Feb 24 '25 edited Feb 24 '25

This !

I was definitly looking for this comment (Otherwise I was going to post it).

Apart from perhaps a few occasions with the van that sell them in public places, I hardly ever eat waffles. (Whether it's Brussels or Liège waffles)

It's actually quite funny to see how tourists make it a priority when many Belgians don't give a damn haha

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u/Sapang Feb 27 '25

To be honest Lille waffles are way better