I know Guy Fieri gets a lot of flack, but I like him. Yes, he’s got some pretty strong bro/frat-boy vibes, but that’s mostly just part of the act. He’s way more knowledgeable about food than your standard Food Network personality — he’s a professionally trained chef who already had his own restaurants long before he stepped foot in front of the camera.
He’s also a fairly charismatic host. Diners, Drive-ins and Dives is a good show, and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.
When you’re googling the best fries in Brussels, Maison Antoine comes up quite frequently. I’m only in Brussels for a couple of days, so I should probably be trying stuff other than fries, but… Fries are delicious. They’re also cheap, which is a rarity in a city as expensive as Brussels.
So yeah, I went to Maison Antoine.
I recently tried a place specializing in fries that was right around the corner from my Airbnb. It was quite good, but nothing about it knocked my socks off.
Frit Flagey, on the other hand, knocked my socks clean off. My feet? Totally bare. My socks? I don’t know, I can’t find them. I think they exploded.
There’s some debate about whether French fries were invented in France or Belgium, but the consensus seems to be that it was probably the latter.
If you went to Greece and you didn’t have souvlaki, were you even there? I think we all know that the answer to that question is no.
So yes, of course I had souvlaki. I’m not a crazy person.
I was a bit wary of trying the Salted Egg Yolk Loaded Fries after the almost comically anemic “loaded” fries I had at McDonald’s in Hong Kong. But I couldn’t resist. Salted egg yolk fries? At McDonald’s? I’ve gotta.
Japan is pretty much the best when it comes to food. I think we can all agree on that. American-style fast food, on the other hand? They kind of suck at that.
The good news: after visiting one international fast food joint after another specializing in fried chicken, I’ve found one that features a traditional burger-heavy menu. The bad news: it’s terrible.
There was something particularly depressing about eating at McDonald’s in Vietnam. I’ve only been here a few days, but it’s already clear that this country has some of the best food of anywhere I’ve visited so far. It kind of sucks to waste a meal on McDonald’s, but I’ve come this far. No point in turning back now.
The menu at McDonald’s in Hong Kong is kind of boring; nothing particularly jumped out at me. But I’m way too deep into this McDonald’s around the world thing to stop now, so yeah — I got a couple of things.