There is something ironic about a «fry tent» showing the 24 Kitchen cooking channel on its tv, but this place embraces that irony. They have won something called the Frietopia award from 2009 – 2014. No word on what happened in 2015. The fries are really rich and fatty, and have a subtle potato flavor. The croquettes and chicken sticks are extra crispy, and a little longer than the average croquette format. The vanilla milkshake tasted very artificial, it was very sad. They have a limit of 6 small fries per person, so that the line doesn’t move any slower than it already does, so keep that in mind if you’re ordering for a large group. The line at the counter was crazy. We waited 45 minutes before we could order and another 10 – 15 minutes for our food at 6:30pm on a Saturday night. I don’t think it’s worth it just for the fries, but clearly many other people disagree with me, otherwise there wouldn’t be such a crowd. The wait was sort of gezellig, with people of all types cramming into the small shop. Some of the older women in line got all judgey at me for having a 2 year old in this establishment, but I guess that’s just an old fashioned Dutch mentality. Like I said, you’ll see all kinds here.
Lou V.
Place rating: 5 Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Now, we Dutchies take our fries seriously. Chips, they call them over here in Edinburgh, but for us they’ll always simply be frieten. And down in the South of the Netherlands, we really know our fries. This place is my dirty little secret. So you’d better be grateful I’m letting on! It’s not something you’d probably find on your own, it being such a hole-in-the-wall but I promise you, you will not find better fries. This, my friends, is one of the top 3(!) frieshops in the Netherlands. How do I know? Duh, because we have the National Fries Test, of course.(Yes, we’re a funny lot, but we know our priorities). This place has been serving me since I was knee high to a grasshopper, I believe the saying is, and it will serve me until I die. A Dutchie without patat is a dangerous thing indeed. Pop by here on a weekday, between regular meal-hours or you’ll find all the locals lining up around the block(I wish I were kidding) for a pointy bag of fries. I once stood in the freezing cold, a thick 2 inches of snow, for 45 minutes just to get my hand on some fries. Believe me, I’d do it again. Probably will actually come December. Those golden brown and crispy thickly cut fries, with proper mayonnaise on them. Oooh there’s just nothing that beats it! Right, when you’re in town, and in need of some proper fries(with mayo please) this is the spot!
