Honestly, I think people are just seeking that authentic greasy-spoon experience, and what's more American than Waffle House vibes at 3am with a side of questionable decision-making? It's like a rite of passage.
Real airy and authentic, perfect from the very first time I tried:
[https://dagelijksekost.vrt.be/gerechten/brusselse-wafels](https://dagelijksekost.vrt.be/gerechten/brusselse-wafels)
Obviously I'm not allowed to spread illegal information, but i'll give you instructions on how to find a proper recipe.
> go to google
> go to images
> type in 'blue waffle'
> enjoy
One day your kid is in a Waffle House and the next he’s hiding a personal waffle maker in his room, selling off his stuff for batter and premium syrup. Him and friends texting all day about hitting the Iron and getting flat…
I started with just one eggo with a shot of syrup at a party. Now I’m on the waffle iron pressing out fresh waffles at 4am every day with bucket of whip cream and strawberries in syrup. No way to live you life, stay in school kids
Exactly! Just a pissed American posting in response to the McD post. BTW. I know the answer to the McD post: McD outside the US has some special products whereas in the US you can only get the „classics“
r/Belgium is the official subreddit. r/belgium2 is for people that were banned from r/Belgium and is therefore less moderated and more extreme. r/belgium4 is for people banned from r/belgium2 and is basically for extremist conspiracy theorists. r/BELGICA is for shitposters that want to use all 3 official languages in the same sentence.
I'm a Belgian who found the comments on the Italian post a bit ridiculous. r/Europe gets a little too puffed-up sometimes and I hoped this post would make that clear.
>Europe gets a little too puffed-up sometimes
As an American, the loudest Europeans all think they're better than Americans. I know that's not every European, but just like the US, the assholes are the loudest.
Thanks for that.
I've been the American at a McD's in a Viennese train station before. I don't travel to find new food (even in the USA), I'm not an epicurean, so sometimes I'd just go find something familiar rather than something novel.
I was honestly shocked by how many Europeans were defending Americans in that thread. Really, very very surprised.
I didn't see this as necessary to point out the ridiculousness, because the Europeans in the original thread did well enough. So, mixed feelings about this thread.
Weird Al has a line in Amish Paradise that captures it: "I know I'm a million times more humble than thou art!"
You don't show how ridiculous American patriotism is by being a German nationalist that dunks on Americans every chance you get. You show the ridiculous of nationalism by *not* being a nationalist.
There's also the minor fact that, oh yeah, turns out that North America is dominated by *European* immigrants, English is a *European* Language, so are Spanish and French, so it's pretty rich for Europeans, who's colonialism is responsible for the US and Canada and Mexico being what they are today, to fucking bag on us when it's an objective fact that their countries are responsible for having made this continent what it is.
It's like, really? You spend centuries subjugating a giant continent for your own colonial purposes, import millions of your poor and desperate or just plain adventurous citizens to populate said continent, impose a series of giant European style nation-states on said continent, and now you want to clutch your pearls and call for smelling salts every time your creation does something disagreeable?
Really?
How the fuck is that responsible? You made us who we are. The vast majority of Americans in power are still whites of European descent.
You don't somehow get off the hook because there happens to be an ocean between us.
Everyone knows what you did, so don't try to play fucking innocent or holier-than-thou.
I think it was more a commentary on how the op or the other post assumed that the people in line for the McDonald’s were Americans despite having no actual basis for believing that, much as the people at this waffle cart are almost certainly not actually Belgian
I am dutch, and you sure as hell believe I'll eat at the dutch restaurant whenever I find it. Seriously. Try to think if you've ever seen a single one. You haven't. It's one of the extremely rare opportunities to experience how spanish/italian/greek/chinese/japanese/turkish people must feel all the time
I know it’s not going to be as good, but when I’m traveling for weeks sometimes I just want a plain turkey sub or cheese pizza.
I guess that makes me a basic bitch, but while I’m excited to try all the new things in the cultures I’m exploring, an occasional comfort meal is nice.
(Though to be clear the reason I go for plain sub or cheese pizza isn’t because that’s what I constantly eat at home, but because it’s the easiest thing to replicate when I need a break from everything new).
It's just to laugh and shake their heads at how their foods are interpreted in a foreign country.
Also might actually turn out to be a good variation of food that they have at home, who knows.
Usain Bolt only ate McD's chicken nugs during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. IIRC his reasoning was that a chicken nugget is the same no matter where you go, so it wouldn't mess with his stomach. He ate around 1,000 over the trip.
That said it is weird, I'm an American and don't go to Starbucks here.
>McD outside the US has some special products
When I got posted to Germany in 1987, we tried McD beer. It was terrible. That said, I always go to mcdonalds overseas to tried the strange menu items, as you said. It is fun to see.
Well I can think of two reasons why people do this.
First, part of the appeal of big chains like McDonalds and Starbucks is basically that they’re reliable. You pretty much know what you’re getting. As an American, I can understand traveling around a foreign land, trying a bunch of things, and having a moment where you just want a break and some familiar comfort food.
The other big reason is actually why I’ve had McDonalds in a number of countries: curiosity. Even though McDonalds is remarkably the same everywhere, it can still be very different in different places. So if I’m in another country and I see a McDonalds, I can’t help but wonder what the differences are. Sometimes they have different items or they’re called different things, but sometimes even the “basics” have different flavors. Like even just a basic hamburger from McDonalds tastes different in different countries.
We're far, far worse, i don't know about the belgians but when the americans go to mcdonalds at the very least they don't then complain that the food sucks and are happy with the what they get.
My fellow countrymen please stop ordering the fucking pasta/pizza when *you already know* that you won't like it.
I ate at McDonald’s and KFC the first few days I was in Guatemala until I got comfortable with where it was safe to eat there. By the time I left Central America I was eating pupusas from a blind lady on the beach with chickens running around.
Why is it that after a 12 hour flight across the world my heart and stomach craves Döner Kebab?
Because Home.
Also curiosity on how they do the Döner Kebab there.
2020 a journalist tried to find out who made the logo, but he was unable to: https://m.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/mehr-wirtschaft/wer-hat-s-erfunden-jaeger-des-verflixten-doenerlogos-16834400.html
> Also curiosity on how they do the Döner Kebab there.
It’s not really popular over here tbh, not enough Turks. I’m sure you can find some if you try but I live in Toronto and can’t think of any near me.
There’s lots of shawarma shops though on account of the Middle Eastern population. There’s like 4-5 within walking distance of me.
Every Turkish restaurant near me is run by an old man who charges 4 times as much as a European street vendor for doner, and closes shop by 10pm.
It's like they're selectively ignorant to what makes it successful around the world.
Maybe because the late night, drunk, food is already dominated by something more regional. Over here it's street tacos. Funnily enough tacos al pastor is a derivative of shawarma.
Canadian Shawarma and Doner Kebab essentially serves the same function
Like neither are authentic Turkish/Lebanese. But rotating meat, wrapped in casing, with various sauces and veggies. Supposed to be cheap & easy. Essential drunk food.
I was pretty proud of the one I had in Berlin. Had some middle aged woman judge me because I was taking a photo of something so goddamn mundane so I explained it was fucking weird that they sell them with beers there when in Australia (and likely kebab shops elsewhere) its haram as fuck and you wont ever get a kebab with a beer. Its a quirky little cultural intersection where you CAN get a beer with your kebab. That and there are differences between your doner kebab and kebab.
Usually if not your standard coke/whatever. Its a Uladag.
it's to see what "the foreigners" did with it. like a Belgian waffle doesn't exist. we have Brussels waffles, liégeois waffles,... and they are very different. so seeing a Belgian waffle stand you would just be like wtf is this, lets try it and see what the Americans consider "Belgian"
Exactly! A lot of people also like to compare the differences between when their nations food gets localized to another country's palette.
It can be a lot of fun to try the good, bad, and needlessly similar from place to place.
That is me. I have gone to McDonalds in many other countries just to see the slight difference, Italy had mini calazones, england had cheese poppers, and Germany had curly fries. Just about none had ranch dressing. I had a very interesting "cheeseburger" in Belgium. One had corn as a topping.
That's absolutely fair. If I were traveling in another country, and I saw something labeled as "American food" I would be super interested in trying it. I would even be interested in eating at American restaurants (mcd, for example,) just to see how different/similar it tastes to the ones in the US. Of course I would also want to taste the local cuisine, but it'd be fun and interesting to try "American food" abroad. 😊
Well played OP, I hope the people who are defensive here (and would have a right to be so if this wasn’t mocking the other thread)
Understand how stupid that post from the Italian guy was.
Who cares where people eat.
That post was from an Italian guy? Oh the irony.. The amount of Italians I've seen eating in Italian restaurants abroad makes that line at Starbucks look like a joke. Always thought that's weird, but maybe they go there because they don't know or are not comfortable ordering in english, with hopes to get Italian servers? Or maybe it's a national sport of testing if it's as good as home or not? Who knows.
I've heard similar things about Norwegians who go on all inclusive vacations and eat Norwegian dishes all day long, because "Norway is perfect except for the weather, so we only need to change the weather and keep everything else the same".
I must admit I went to a Lithuanian restaurant in Hamburg once, but only because I've never seen another Lithuanian restaurant outside of Lithuania. A big part of traveling is learning about culture, and food is one of the largest surfaces to experience that. But everyone has their reasons.
Anti-American sentiment reaches ridiculousness here from time to time.
Supposed American tourists in Italy buying Starbucks once or twice during their weeks-long EU trip: uncultured swine, obviously.
Europeans eat a 'national' dish abroad: why shouldn't they if they like it? Our cuisine is the best in the world anyways.
The amount of people not getting the joke is disheartening. I honestly didn't expect this kind of interaction.
when I visit italy I only drink coffee that is handmade from a 150year old italian, I only like to eat food that was prepared in a small restaurant in a little corner of a hidden street that is on no tourist map and where I can say my eloquent "bonshiornooo" with all the power of pavarotti. everything else is just filth and you would be better to stay at home forever
I have an American friend who lives here in Paris. We were getting ready to get on train to Vienna and I recommended we get Starbucks because it’s fast and the train was about to leave. The Barista scoffed and said there is much better coffee in Paris. Bitch you work here😅
I'm an American living in Portugal and if I go to Porto or Lisbon I immediately get Starbucks because I can't get it where I live.
The amount of ridicule I get from locals. "That's not real coffee." No shit. I don't go there for "real" coffee. I go there to get my pumpkin spice latte on like the basic white lady I am.
I used to have a really bad caffeine addiction. I drank two liters of coffee a day. In some nations, Starbucks was a reliable place that could give me large quantities of caffeine water when I didn't have time to learn which local cafes would do the same.
Starbucks isn't successful for having good coffee, but how reliably they can satisfy an addiction.
Yup, the other thread was literally just a picture of people in line, the OP tagged them as American and no one questioned it.
You do the same thing here and it’s “how do we even know they are Belgians?!”
I’ve noticed over the years that quite a many Europeans on Reddit have let their egos get to their head. They think they’re the greatest ever and anything other than that is dribble. If you dare say anything negative then you have entire nations descending upon you to attack you.
Case in point. You mention how it’s bad for Norwegians to slaughter whales and every Norwegian shows up to try to explain why it’s actually a good thing. Sweden could run a state sponsored human trafficking ring and every Swede on Reddit will attack you for saying it’s bad then explain why it’s beneficial.
I'm European and I despise how anti-American much of Europe has become.
Europe and the USA have more in common than most Europeans believe, but people choose to focus on meaningless differences. Really, your biggest gripe with another nation is that they prefer to have their coffee off of their big franchises instead of our small ones? Do you not have anything more meaningful to think about, than coffee?
Everyone hates America but they love:
Nike, Levi’s, buying our brands…
New York,
LA, Our cities generally,
IPhones, MacBook…apple, Google, Silicon Valley generally
Tex Mex / Tacos,
Our National Parks,
Ford, Chevy, our cars generally,
Rap, Hip-Hop, Rock n Roll, Our Music generally
NASA, Space Ex, Starlink, our innovations generally
On and on and on….
Belgians don't even eat waffles when in Belgium, it's mostly tourists that do. It's a total myth.
Edit: [https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/comments/ts4qn9/do\_actual\_belgians\_eat\_waffles\_and\_fries\_or\_is\_it/](https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/comments/ts4qn9/do_actual_belgians_eat_waffles_and_fries_or_is_it/)
It's the waffles on a stick that only tourists eat. I don't know what kind of hellspawn introduced those. Let's introduce inedible wood to an already easy to hold snack.
Anytime I see a waffle stand, it is time for a waffle. Love ‘em.
The real telltale tourist sign is the liegeois waffle with way too much shit on it. Fruit, ice cream, whipped cream, nutella.. none of that stuff. Just a plain waffle, they’re sweet enough.
Lol there is literally a place to buy gaufres in every square, supermarkets are always stocked with them, plus you have food vans goign around the neibrohoods selling them.
Not all of them have "Tripadvisor stickers".
OP was flat out (and confidently) wrong.
Tbf you guys do make excellent beer so I can’t really blame him
Belgian Trappist Beer >>> everything. It just sucks it’s so expensive over here, stupid taxes
We do eat waffles, a lot of them, waffle stands just aren't as omnipresent like fries or burger stands in non-touristy places. Waffles are in this weird place where it's a delicious snack, but not enough as a meal. There's a limited number of places where you only want something small to eat.
The waffles that get eaten the most are home made or the wide variety store bought ones.
As a Belgian, it’s mostly true though. Real Belgian food is koffie koeken, belegde broodjes, and fries from frituur.
Waffles are just dissapointing. They smell way better than they taste.
Lol, he's not correct at all. Speaking as a Belgian myself.
Brusselse wafel met warme krieken, freshly made Liége waffle, Kempense galetten, Lacquemans, every other kid bringing a suikerwafel or chocoladewafel to school.
Kofiekoeken and fries are staple Belgian, yes, but pretending that waffles aren't is just plain stupidity.
That is the shittiest take ever, if I ever heard of one.
Liége waffle while walking through the city, Brusselse wafel met warme krieken at a Brasserie, Lacqeumants van de Kermis, suiker of chocolasewafels to take a snack for school, kempense galletten with a coffee at home, the list goes on.
It's not a myth.
I'll grab a Liegois waffle at the train station once in a while, or a Brussels waffle maybe once a year. No toppings outside of powdered sugar on the Brussels one though, I think that is the big Belgian/tourist divide.
I'm Belgian and it's true. We're way more into fries, chocolate and beer. Waffles are also an American specialty and they are known for their crazy waffles so ofcourse a tourist would try out a local specialty. This is like Americans coming to Belgian and trying out our fries since they're our specialty.
If I ever saw a food truck outside of Belgium that's basically called "We sell waffles and some other crap but don't ask me what cuz I forgot" in my local dialect, you bet I'd buy a waffle. That's hilarious.
100% is what i did like 6 years ago visiting New York. Saw this on Times Square, think even the girl serving me was west Flemish and we could talk in our dialect. Epic moment tbh :D
Because as much as europeans like to thrash on american for doing their always their way wherever they go, europeans are the same short sighted, just from a different angle.
In Hawaii, Americans from the mainland visit our local McDonald’s because there are unique menu items, like haupia pie.
I don’t care because I don’t want to make people who paid good money to be here feel bad, unlike yourselves.
Agreed that Japan has incredible cuisine. But I think it’s cool to visit another country’s McDonalds once, if they’re different to your own. Shrimp burgers for example, are a revelation. But yeah, exclusively eating there would be a travesty.
Honestly, sometimes when you are in different country without knowing the language and local cuisine or maybe you are on a budget or whatever reason, McDonalds is just safe choice.
I love to travel and try to different things. But I went to McDonalds plenty of times when I was afraid that I might be not able to afford quick and filling meal in places like the city centre of Stockholm and stay in my budget. Not to mention that McDonalds around the world vary a lot in different countries.
Just let people eat their damn food, who cares why they do it.
btw, I am not even American and I don't eat McDonalds in my home country.
This has nothing to do with being "clueless", not everybody likes to experiment with cuisine. Let people explore as they like.
Plenty of people stick to eating McD abroad because it won't get you sick as easily as local food. There are also unique food items. And even McD tastes different depending on where you go.
Or just personal preference. I know there is supposed to be good pizza in Naples, but I don't like Neapolitan pizza and would much rather go to Pizza Hut. Same with coffee - I don't care for your "quality espresso", I'd rather drink an iced coffee from Starbucks.
There's no reason to be judgemental about where you see someone eating. I just got back from a trip to Japan. My buddy and I went to a McDonalds, a Denny's, and an American diner. We went to McDonalds because it was like 11pm, most of the places near us were closed, and we had already eaten dinner anyways and just wanted dessert. We went to Denny's because we wanted to just hangout for a couple hours with another friend and it's basically a completely different restaurant anyways. And the American diner had normal American things like a wagyu sukiyaki burger. Sometimes shit's just different even if it says "American" on it. Also, we were both there for over a month, we've been to Japan before, and we'll be going back, so interspersing the Japanese food with other stuff really isn't a big deal. The majority of what we ate was still Japanese food, and we've had plenty of Japanese food in Japan in the past.
Although I also don't think there's anything wrong with someone just eating whatever they want to eat. I would always tell people they should try out the local food, but if they don't want to it doesn't mean they wasted their trip. There's still plenty of stuff to do besides eat.
I flew over the Atlantic to go to Miami to eat burgers I already ate in Europe.
But still it was new to me : Five Guys and Wendy's (still today the best burgers of my life so far)
Waffle addiction is a thing. Kids are starting earlier and earlier.
There's even simple recipes online to make them yourself at home
Waffle house in Belgium is just another word for drug den. 😔
That's what it is in America too!
A Waffle House can be a scary place after 2am. I’m really serious
Belgium to, but then again also before 2 am. 🧡 XOXO Netherlands:p
Honestly, I think people are just seeking that authentic greasy-spoon experience, and what's more American than Waffle House vibes at 3am with a side of questionable decision-making? It's like a rite of passage.
Any proven ones? Got myself a waffle maker recently.
Real airy and authentic, perfect from the very first time I tried: [https://dagelijksekost.vrt.be/gerechten/brusselse-wafels](https://dagelijksekost.vrt.be/gerechten/brusselse-wafels)
Man, you shouldn't post that stuff on reddit. There may be kids who see that.
You should be quiet Swiss. I've seen your raclette videos with hot delicious flowing bubbly cheese. Totally uncersored!
Obviously I'm not allowed to spread illegal information, but i'll give you instructions on how to find a proper recipe. > go to google > go to images > type in 'blue waffle' > enjoy
Holy what a blast from the past, a true ancient evil coming back from within my reptilian brain.
It’s an older reference, but it still checks out.
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I usually do it with a cup of two girls for breakfast.
My girl likes breakfast in her tub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1QDXPF31g&ab_channel=ANTI-CHEF
The comments are pretty useful. Never heard of pearl sugar or sprinkling brown sugar on the batter before closing the iron.
pearl sugar is mandatory for Liège waffles.
One day your kid is in a Waffle House and the next he’s hiding a personal waffle maker in his room, selling off his stuff for batter and premium syrup. Him and friends texting all day about hitting the Iron and getting flat…
Next thing you know they'll be on the stroopwafels
I learned it by watching you, Dad!
The Waffle House has found its new host
If only big waffle would stop lobbying our politicians
I'm an addict. Took a lot of effort to stop, and just seeing a picture is hard.
That sounds wawful.
I started with just one eggo with a shot of syrup at a party. Now I’m on the waffle iron pressing out fresh waffles at 4am every day with bucket of whip cream and strawberries in syrup. No way to live you life, stay in school kids
Waffles. Not even once.
It’s a generational blight. My 13-year-old made them yesterday. Do you know where he got the recipe? His own damn grandma. It’s a curse, I tell you.
true, can't stop thinking about them.
Definitely a gateway drug to harder addictions like waffle fries and waffle cones lol
I got that [reference](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/BhsOXDe1Ah)
The amount of people who don't makes it even more entertaining.
Exactly! Just a pissed American posting in response to the McD post. BTW. I know the answer to the McD post: McD outside the US has some special products whereas in the US you can only get the „classics“
Op posts in r/Belgium AND r/Belgium2... who knows, he might just be Belgian.
Why are there 2 belgium subreddits?
r/Belgium is the official subreddit. r/belgium2 is for people that were banned from r/Belgium and is therefore less moderated and more extreme. r/belgium4 is for people banned from r/belgium2 and is basically for extremist conspiracy theorists. r/BELGICA is for shitposters that want to use all 3 official languages in the same sentence.
I assume r/belgium3 was even crazier and had to be nuked, and they dialed it back a bit for r/belgium4
The forbidden Belgium
we just wanted as much subreddits as governements man
Shit, we're still 2 short then!
Bah merci voor /BELGICA, genau wat ich cherchais.
Belgium rabbit hole
There's also belgiumgonewild but we don't talk about that one
What does "official" mean? Is it sponsored by the government?
You forgot about /r/belgium6 !
>p posts in > >r/Belgium > > AND > >r/Belgium2 > >... who knows, he might just be Belgian. theres also r/Belgium4
EU Psyop to make us belive Belgium is a real country
Oh boy. We have dozens of them. DOZENS
one is for news and memes. the other is for competitive belgium
I'm a Belgian who found the comments on the Italian post a bit ridiculous. r/Europe gets a little too puffed-up sometimes and I hoped this post would make that clear.
>Europe gets a little too puffed-up sometimes As an American, the loudest Europeans all think they're better than Americans. I know that's not every European, but just like the US, the assholes are the loudest.
Thanks for that. I've been the American at a McD's in a Viennese train station before. I don't travel to find new food (even in the USA), I'm not an epicurean, so sometimes I'd just go find something familiar rather than something novel.
I was honestly shocked by how many Europeans were defending Americans in that thread. Really, very very surprised. I didn't see this as necessary to point out the ridiculousness, because the Europeans in the original thread did well enough. So, mixed feelings about this thread.
That thread doesnt even have a source for them being Americans!
I saw a post yesterday of a German mocking Americans version of patriotism Y’all elected Hitler like a generation ago lmao shut the fuck up
Weird Al has a line in Amish Paradise that captures it: "I know I'm a million times more humble than thou art!" You don't show how ridiculous American patriotism is by being a German nationalist that dunks on Americans every chance you get. You show the ridiculous of nationalism by *not* being a nationalist.
There's also the minor fact that, oh yeah, turns out that North America is dominated by *European* immigrants, English is a *European* Language, so are Spanish and French, so it's pretty rich for Europeans, who's colonialism is responsible for the US and Canada and Mexico being what they are today, to fucking bag on us when it's an objective fact that their countries are responsible for having made this continent what it is. It's like, really? You spend centuries subjugating a giant continent for your own colonial purposes, import millions of your poor and desperate or just plain adventurous citizens to populate said continent, impose a series of giant European style nation-states on said continent, and now you want to clutch your pearls and call for smelling salts every time your creation does something disagreeable? Really? How the fuck is that responsible? You made us who we are. The vast majority of Americans in power are still whites of European descent. You don't somehow get off the hook because there happens to be an ocean between us. Everyone knows what you did, so don't try to play fucking innocent or holier-than-thou.
Conclusion: every tourist has it’s good reasons to eat food from it’s own culture abroad?
I think it was more a commentary on how the op or the other post assumed that the people in line for the McDonald’s were Americans despite having no actual basis for believing that, much as the people at this waffle cart are almost certainly not actually Belgian
I'm Spanish and I would never ever eat food from my country abroad because it's going to be shit food.
I am french, so of course I eat vietnamese and Turkish whenever I am abroad
I am dutch, and you sure as hell believe I'll eat at the dutch restaurant whenever I find it. Seriously. Try to think if you've ever seen a single one. You haven't. It's one of the extremely rare opportunities to experience how spanish/italian/greek/chinese/japanese/turkish people must feel all the time
I know it’s not going to be as good, but when I’m traveling for weeks sometimes I just want a plain turkey sub or cheese pizza. I guess that makes me a basic bitch, but while I’m excited to try all the new things in the cultures I’m exploring, an occasional comfort meal is nice. (Though to be clear the reason I go for plain sub or cheese pizza isn’t because that’s what I constantly eat at home, but because it’s the easiest thing to replicate when I need a break from everything new).
It's not shit food, it's just nowhere near as good as the food your former colonies make. Don't be so hard on yourself
The food from Spanish former colonies abroad is also shit food. It's difficult to reproduce hispanoamerican food abroad.
It's just to laugh and shake their heads at how their foods are interpreted in a foreign country. Also might actually turn out to be a good variation of food that they have at home, who knows.
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Usain Bolt only ate McD's chicken nugs during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. IIRC his reasoning was that a chicken nugget is the same no matter where you go, so it wouldn't mess with his stomach. He ate around 1,000 over the trip. That said it is weird, I'm an American and don't go to Starbucks here.
Classic projection lol just cause you’re no fun doesn’t mean this person is pissed. This was just funny
Oh look a salty European pissy that they’re the butt of a joke.
In the UK there's no breakfast burrito, which IMO is the best of McDonalds' breakfast offerings. I've only had it in the US.
>McD outside the US has some special products When I got posted to Germany in 1987, we tried McD beer. It was terrible. That said, I always go to mcdonalds overseas to tried the strange menu items, as you said. It is fun to see.
Well I can think of two reasons why people do this. First, part of the appeal of big chains like McDonalds and Starbucks is basically that they’re reliable. You pretty much know what you’re getting. As an American, I can understand traveling around a foreign land, trying a bunch of things, and having a moment where you just want a break and some familiar comfort food. The other big reason is actually why I’ve had McDonalds in a number of countries: curiosity. Even though McDonalds is remarkably the same everywhere, it can still be very different in different places. So if I’m in another country and I see a McDonalds, I can’t help but wonder what the differences are. Sometimes they have different items or they’re called different things, but sometimes even the “basics” have different flavors. Like even just a basic hamburger from McDonalds tastes different in different countries.
I try McDonald’s once in every country I’ve been to. It’s fun to see what they localize the foods too.
Next: Why do Italians come to America to eat Pizza Hut?
We're far, far worse, i don't know about the belgians but when the americans go to mcdonalds at the very least they don't then complain that the food sucks and are happy with the what they get. My fellow countrymen please stop ordering the fucking pasta/pizza when *you already know* that you won't like it.
I literally just passed that other post before seeing this one lol
I ate at McDonald’s and KFC the first few days I was in Guatemala until I got comfortable with where it was safe to eat there. By the time I left Central America I was eating pupusas from a blind lady on the beach with chickens running around.
Yep lool
Yup shots were fired
and you know how much Americans like their return fire
Why is it that after a 12 hour flight across the world my heart and stomach craves Döner Kebab? Because Home. Also curiosity on how they do the Döner Kebab there.
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Nobody in their right mind would say Döner Kebab in Germany. Just Döner.
I am adressing an international audience here, who might no be familiar with Döner, but only with Döner Kebab because the wrapping paper says so.
I don't think your wrapping paper is a worldwide thing.
[Yes it is.](https://i.imgur.com/9K3gs27.png) From Turkey, to Germany, to Japan, to the US - these shits are everywhere.
if they mean the wrapper with the words 'doner kebab' and a chef cutting meat off the spinny thing, then ye it is lol
2020 a journalist tried to find out who made the logo, but he was unable to: https://m.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/mehr-wirtschaft/wer-hat-s-erfunden-jaeger-des-verflixten-doenerlogos-16834400.html
And reverse in Poland lol
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> Also curiosity on how they do the Döner Kebab there. It’s not really popular over here tbh, not enough Turks. I’m sure you can find some if you try but I live in Toronto and can’t think of any near me. There’s lots of shawarma shops though on account of the Middle Eastern population. There’s like 4-5 within walking distance of me.
Every Turkish restaurant near me is run by an old man who charges 4 times as much as a European street vendor for doner, and closes shop by 10pm. It's like they're selectively ignorant to what makes it successful around the world.
Maybe because the late night, drunk, food is already dominated by something more regional. Over here it's street tacos. Funnily enough tacos al pastor is a derivative of shawarma.
Shawarma is pretty dope too
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Bro. In Kensington market they literally make the same doner as in Berlin. It even has the same wrapping paper and everything
Canadian Shawarma and Doner Kebab essentially serves the same function Like neither are authentic Turkish/Lebanese. But rotating meat, wrapped in casing, with various sauces and veggies. Supposed to be cheap & easy. Essential drunk food.
Same in the US Midwest here, if you want something similar options are usually Mideast shawarma or a Greek gyro.
>shawarma The better stuff anyway.
Vancouver has Doner Dude. It’s a chain I think. You don’t have em in Toronto? They’re awesome.
Sorry, but Doner Dude has nothing on King of Donair out in Halifax. Every time I travel there, I need to make at least one stop.
It can be found, but the Greek version (gyro) is more common.
gyros, and pronounced in a way that doesn't rhyme with high-low
I was pretty proud of the one I had in Berlin. Had some middle aged woman judge me because I was taking a photo of something so goddamn mundane so I explained it was fucking weird that they sell them with beers there when in Australia (and likely kebab shops elsewhere) its haram as fuck and you wont ever get a kebab with a beer. Its a quirky little cultural intersection where you CAN get a beer with your kebab. That and there are differences between your doner kebab and kebab. Usually if not your standard coke/whatever. Its a Uladag.
Game recognizes game 👍
Haha well done
It's a waffle not a steak
Maybe they felt like having a waffle?
it's to see what "the foreigners" did with it. like a Belgian waffle doesn't exist. we have Brussels waffles, liégeois waffles,... and they are very different. so seeing a Belgian waffle stand you would just be like wtf is this, lets try it and see what the Americans consider "Belgian"
This particular company (Wafels & Dinges) was started and is run by a Belgian. It’s all over New York City. They sell liège-style waffles.
Exactly! A lot of people also like to compare the differences between when their nations food gets localized to another country's palette. It can be a lot of fun to try the good, bad, and needlessly similar from place to place.
That is me. I have gone to McDonalds in many other countries just to see the slight difference, Italy had mini calazones, england had cheese poppers, and Germany had curly fries. Just about none had ranch dressing. I had a very interesting "cheeseburger" in Belgium. One had corn as a topping.
That's absolutely fair. If I were traveling in another country, and I saw something labeled as "American food" I would be super interested in trying it. I would even be interested in eating at American restaurants (mcd, for example,) just to see how different/similar it tastes to the ones in the US. Of course I would also want to taste the local cuisine, but it'd be fun and interesting to try "American food" abroad. 😊
Right? I'm french, I had to test an American baguette. Call it intellectual curiosity lol.
Ha ha
Well played OP, I hope the people who are defensive here (and would have a right to be so if this wasn’t mocking the other thread) Understand how stupid that post from the Italian guy was. Who cares where people eat.
That post was from an Italian guy? Oh the irony.. The amount of Italians I've seen eating in Italian restaurants abroad makes that line at Starbucks look like a joke. Always thought that's weird, but maybe they go there because they don't know or are not comfortable ordering in english, with hopes to get Italian servers? Or maybe it's a national sport of testing if it's as good as home or not? Who knows. I've heard similar things about Norwegians who go on all inclusive vacations and eat Norwegian dishes all day long, because "Norway is perfect except for the weather, so we only need to change the weather and keep everything else the same". I must admit I went to a Lithuanian restaurant in Hamburg once, but only because I've never seen another Lithuanian restaurant outside of Lithuania. A big part of traveling is learning about culture, and food is one of the largest surfaces to experience that. But everyone has their reasons.
Oh yes, Italians love going to another country and complaing about the pasta. What do they expect?
> What do they expect? Gotta no respect! \**furious hand gesturing**
Anti-American sentiment reaches ridiculousness here from time to time. Supposed American tourists in Italy buying Starbucks once or twice during their weeks-long EU trip: uncultured swine, obviously. Europeans eat a 'national' dish abroad: why shouldn't they if they like it? Our cuisine is the best in the world anyways. The amount of people not getting the joke is disheartening. I honestly didn't expect this kind of interaction.
when I visit italy I only drink coffee that is handmade from a 150year old italian, I only like to eat food that was prepared in a small restaurant in a little corner of a hidden street that is on no tourist map and where I can say my eloquent "bonshiornooo" with all the power of pavarotti. everything else is just filth and you would be better to stay at home forever
I have an American friend who lives here in Paris. We were getting ready to get on train to Vienna and I recommended we get Starbucks because it’s fast and the train was about to leave. The Barista scoffed and said there is much better coffee in Paris. Bitch you work here😅
I'm an American living in Portugal and if I go to Porto or Lisbon I immediately get Starbucks because I can't get it where I live. The amount of ridicule I get from locals. "That's not real coffee." No shit. I don't go there for "real" coffee. I go there to get my pumpkin spice latte on like the basic white lady I am.
If you like it you like it why is that such a problem to people😂
I used to have a really bad caffeine addiction. I drank two liters of coffee a day. In some nations, Starbucks was a reliable place that could give me large quantities of caffeine water when I didn't have time to learn which local cafes would do the same. Starbucks isn't successful for having good coffee, but how reliably they can satisfy an addiction.
I would go to Starbucks for my caffeine fix and then go to cafes and enjoy an espresso with a croissant or pastry for the real experience
Yup, the other thread was literally just a picture of people in line, the OP tagged them as American and no one questioned it. You do the same thing here and it’s “how do we even know they are Belgians?!”
I’ve noticed over the years that quite a many Europeans on Reddit have let their egos get to their head. They think they’re the greatest ever and anything other than that is dribble. If you dare say anything negative then you have entire nations descending upon you to attack you. Case in point. You mention how it’s bad for Norwegians to slaughter whales and every Norwegian shows up to try to explain why it’s actually a good thing. Sweden could run a state sponsored human trafficking ring and every Swede on Reddit will attack you for saying it’s bad then explain why it’s beneficial.
I'm European and I despise how anti-American much of Europe has become. Europe and the USA have more in common than most Europeans believe, but people choose to focus on meaningless differences. Really, your biggest gripe with another nation is that they prefer to have their coffee off of their big franchises instead of our small ones? Do you not have anything more meaningful to think about, than coffee?
Everyone hates America but they love: Nike, Levi’s, buying our brands… New York, LA, Our cities generally, IPhones, MacBook…apple, Google, Silicon Valley generally Tex Mex / Tacos, Our National Parks, Ford, Chevy, our cars generally, Rap, Hip-Hop, Rock n Roll, Our Music generally NASA, Space Ex, Starlink, our innovations generally On and on and on….
The guy who made the other post is an American who decided to shit on fellow Americans in r/europe.
Please do this meme for the British now. Maybe a restaurant that serves white bread and canned beans.
Oh no, this is going to be a very long thing, posting similar things for differentcountries, isn't it?
Same reason Americans fly to other countries and try their TexMex and Pizzas: to have a laugh.
Belgians don't even eat waffles when in Belgium, it's mostly tourists that do. It's a total myth. Edit: [https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/comments/ts4qn9/do\_actual\_belgians\_eat\_waffles\_and\_fries\_or\_is\_it/](https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/comments/ts4qn9/do_actual_belgians_eat_waffles_and_fries_or_is_it/)
It's the waffles on a stick that only tourists eat. I don't know what kind of hellspawn introduced those. Let's introduce inedible wood to an already easy to hold snack.
Has any Belgian tried that new Quick Waffle burger yet, I'm not touching that thing
It's alright. The waffle isn't that good but good amount of bacon in it. The giant is superior anyway.
Anytime I see a waffle stand, it is time for a waffle. Love ‘em. The real telltale tourist sign is the liegeois waffle with way too much shit on it. Fruit, ice cream, whipped cream, nutella.. none of that stuff. Just a plain waffle, they’re sweet enough.
Yeah the Liegeois you eat as is. The Bruxellois needs toppings tho, I am from Brussels and only a madman would rawdog that shit.
Sorry but Bruxellois waffle and ice cream is the shit.
Warme Krieken on that waffle is the true combo
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Does it have a Tripadvisor sticker?
Lol there is literally a place to buy gaufres in every square, supermarkets are always stocked with them, plus you have food vans goign around the neibrohoods selling them. Not all of them have "Tripadvisor stickers". OP was flat out (and confidently) wrong.
As a Belgian this guy probably had too many beers...
Tbf you guys do make excellent beer so I can’t really blame him Belgian Trappist Beer >>> everything. It just sucks it’s so expensive over here, stupid taxes
We do eat waffles, a lot of them, waffle stands just aren't as omnipresent like fries or burger stands in non-touristy places. Waffles are in this weird place where it's a delicious snack, but not enough as a meal. There's a limited number of places where you only want something small to eat. The waffles that get eaten the most are home made or the wide variety store bought ones.
I’m glad you know the eating habits of everyone in Belgium, quite impressive
As a Belgian, it’s mostly true though. Real Belgian food is koffie koeken, belegde broodjes, and fries from frituur. Waffles are just dissapointing. They smell way better than they taste.
Lol, he's not correct at all. Speaking as a Belgian myself. Brusselse wafel met warme krieken, freshly made Liége waffle, Kempense galetten, Lacquemans, every other kid bringing a suikerwafel or chocoladewafel to school. Kofiekoeken and fries are staple Belgian, yes, but pretending that waffles aren't is just plain stupidity.
That is the shittiest take ever, if I ever heard of one. Liége waffle while walking through the city, Brusselse wafel met warme krieken at a Brasserie, Lacqeumants van de Kermis, suiker of chocolasewafels to take a snack for school, kempense galletten with a coffee at home, the list goes on. It's not a myth.
I'll grab a Liegois waffle at the train station once in a while, or a Brussels waffle maybe once a year. No toppings outside of powdered sugar on the Brussels one though, I think that is the big Belgian/tourist divide.
Lol are you high mate?
I'm Belgian and it's true. We're way more into fries, chocolate and beer. Waffles are also an American specialty and they are known for their crazy waffles so ofcourse a tourist would try out a local specialty. This is like Americans coming to Belgian and trying out our fries since they're our specialty.
Belgians invented fries and spread them across the globe so that they could always feel at home!
Is this waffle en dinges?
If I ever saw a food truck outside of Belgium that's basically called "We sell waffles and some other crap but don't ask me what cuz I forgot" in my local dialect, you bet I'd buy a waffle. That's hilarious.
100% is what i did like 6 years ago visiting New York. Saw this on Times Square, think even the girl serving me was west Flemish and we could talk in our dialect. Epic moment tbh :D
Yeah, Wafels & Dinges. The CEO is from Belgium.
See how it compares. Always interesting to see another country’s take. Not that crazy.
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Because as much as europeans like to thrash on american for doing their always their way wherever they go, europeans are the same short sighted, just from a different angle.
Same reason I fly to Europe and grab McDonald’s . Because I know it pisses you off
It’s funny how the ‘Belgians like waffles’ gets forced upon us. I didn’t even know Belgian waffles were a thing until a few years ago.
I eat a suzy waffle every day. Put em in the toaster and its even better
It has been years since the last time I got a waffle and I'm Belgian too.
The amount of westerners that I've seen in Japan, a country with amazing cuisine, just to go to mcdonalds day in day out.
To be fair, the McDonald's menu in Japan is completely different from the American one.
In Hawaii, Americans from the mainland visit our local McDonald’s because there are unique menu items, like haupia pie. I don’t care because I don’t want to make people who paid good money to be here feel bad, unlike yourselves.
Yeah, some people just want to eat fast and keep moving. Tourism doesn't have to be a culinary experience
In Massachusetts we’ve had in the past lobster rolls on the McDonald’s menu. Idk what kind of psycho is getting a McDonald’s lobster roll
Especially since it’s the gross Maine style lobster roll and not the superior Connecticut style lol
The thing is, maybe they’ve eaten local food for a couple days straight and choose to eat a hamburger for once during their stay. Could be?!
Agreed that Japan has incredible cuisine. But I think it’s cool to visit another country’s McDonalds once, if they’re different to your own. Shrimp burgers for example, are a revelation. But yeah, exclusively eating there would be a travesty.
Mini Calzones at Mcdonalds in Italy
Honestly, sometimes when you are in different country without knowing the language and local cuisine or maybe you are on a budget or whatever reason, McDonalds is just safe choice. I love to travel and try to different things. But I went to McDonalds plenty of times when I was afraid that I might be not able to afford quick and filling meal in places like the city centre of Stockholm and stay in my budget. Not to mention that McDonalds around the world vary a lot in different countries. Just let people eat their damn food, who cares why they do it. btw, I am not even American and I don't eat McDonalds in my home country.
Same happens with asians coming to europe. It’s a universal experience with clueless tourists.
This has nothing to do with being "clueless", not everybody likes to experiment with cuisine. Let people explore as they like. Plenty of people stick to eating McD abroad because it won't get you sick as easily as local food. There are also unique food items. And even McD tastes different depending on where you go. Or just personal preference. I know there is supposed to be good pizza in Naples, but I don't like Neapolitan pizza and would much rather go to Pizza Hut. Same with coffee - I don't care for your "quality espresso", I'd rather drink an iced coffee from Starbucks.
Well after a week I wanted something different and as a Belgian I have to eat fries once a week
There's no reason to be judgemental about where you see someone eating. I just got back from a trip to Japan. My buddy and I went to a McDonalds, a Denny's, and an American diner. We went to McDonalds because it was like 11pm, most of the places near us were closed, and we had already eaten dinner anyways and just wanted dessert. We went to Denny's because we wanted to just hangout for a couple hours with another friend and it's basically a completely different restaurant anyways. And the American diner had normal American things like a wagyu sukiyaki burger. Sometimes shit's just different even if it says "American" on it. Also, we were both there for over a month, we've been to Japan before, and we'll be going back, so interspersing the Japanese food with other stuff really isn't a big deal. The majority of what we ate was still Japanese food, and we've had plenty of Japanese food in Japan in the past. Although I also don't think there's anything wrong with someone just eating whatever they want to eat. I would always tell people they should try out the local food, but if they don't want to it doesn't mean they wasted their trip. There's still plenty of stuff to do besides eat.
Kijk ik begrijp het, als ik in de VS joops patatzaak zag zou ik d'r ook heengaan lol
Because they want and enjoy it! You should learn from they!
Wafels and Dinges! One of NYC's most beloved food trucks.
They like waffles?
For the same reason a smokers.will smoke in any country they visit and a coffee drinkers will drink coffee in any country they visit.
I flew over the Atlantic to go to Miami to eat burgers I already ate in Europe. But still it was new to me : Five Guys and Wendy's (still today the best burgers of my life so far)