A new Belgian Fries franchise was recently launched. It is named Friitz (with double i, pronounce as
[/' f r i: t s /]), inspired by Fritz, the first man known to have opened a fry …

Although it is just a hour journey from my home town, I did not manage until recently to visit the city which is home to many “Vlaamse Frites” shops. “Vlaamse Frites” translates into Flemish Fries, …

A new fry shop was opened a few months ago by Erdal, my fry-friend in Istanbul. He opened the first Potato Republic a few years ago, pioneering Belgian style fries in Turkey.

Some time ago a real Belgian frituur opened its doors in the very touristic beach town Phuket, Thailand.

Run by Belgians,  it is modelled after a typical Belgian fry shop.

Just to give you an idea how popular fry shops are in Belgium, here’s a map of Leuven. With a population of about 40.000 people (center of town only) I counted 20 fry shops and …

Mumtaz emailed me some pictures of his Belgian Fries shop in Kusadasi (Izmir, Turkey).  He tells me he visited Belgium and The Netherlands some years ago and fell in love with our national dish.

I heard some rumours about a fry shop that opened recently in KL (Kuala Lumpur) (see my previous post), so I hopped over to the Malaysian capital and to my surprise I found not 1 …

Browsing my archives I found some pictures of fry shops around the world I did not publish yet.
I have no other information on the shops. Do they still exist? Did you visit them? How are the fries? …

Rumours have it a Belgian Fries Shop will be opening in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) real soon … no further information however. I am going to visit the city very soon and hopefully find out more.

Although Shakey’s, a Philippine fast-food chain, is known for it’s pizza’s, they also claim to serve what they call “100% real Belgian Fries”. Mmmm … I checked their website but found not a lot of info, in …

Eric Odinot, a Dutch artist, recently “invented” a new recipient: the biodegradable fry container! Finally someone had the brilliant idea to use potato starch (gained from the potato peels) to manufacture a bio-plastic alternative for …

I received an email from Erdal in Istanbul, Turkey. Apparantly, way back in 2006, he opened a shop selling different kind of potatoes. It is located on the outskirts of Istanbul in an area called Beylikduzu.

Although I have been to Istanbul many times the last few months, talking to various people who were (and still are) interested in opening a Belgian Fries shop, some guy beat me in the race …

Received news of a new shop opening in the USA today. No more information except a link to their website.
Bruges Waffles and Frites
336 West Broadway (300 South)
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

I received an email this morning from Het Frituurtje in Cape Town (S-A) with the sad news that they want to sell their business … hopefully they will find an interested party to take over.

Many have tried to copy the Belgian Fries concept all over the world, sadly a lot have not succeeded or just misused the name and fame of our national product.
Latest gossip has it people are …

Although I was in Singapore 2 times the last half year, I never heard of this new fry shop … found it on the internet during my daily search for Belgian Fries.

Open at basement 1 …

Een leuk en vooral nuttig initiatief: zoek een frituur in je buurt (uiteraard ken je ze wel, maar je weet maar nooit dat je hier iets nieuws ontdekt).

No information on this fry shop. Just found these pictures on Flickr.
Looking at the pictures I can see a lot of very typical Belgian stuff (snacks, sauces). In my opinion the owners must have Belgian …

This chain of fry shops “Belgian style” started in 2003 in Hungary and counts 6 11 outlets at the moment, including 1 in Spain I understand.

Some French guy had the brilliant idea to run the Dakar race in a mobile “frietkot”!
More on this story later …. or better, check their website (in French I’m afraid)

Another shameless copy of Belgian Fries, doomed to vanish, as the people behind it did not understand the concept.
Their website is dead too …

Not really a specialised fry shop, but they did make a lot of noice about their “fresh cut, Belgian style fries”. Their concept was “slow fast food” in a designer environment.
Established in 2003, they seem …

Another mysterious fry shop in the US that seems to have not enough success and had to close.
All I found about them is an old email (Jan. 27, 2006):
I want to invite you to visit …

I read somewhere a fry shop opened (in 2007?) in Japan … all I can find is some blog locating it in Shibuya, Tokyo. It was also shown in a documentary (still have to convert …