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August 4 2005 -- The Motherland right next door.
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While spending the day in NYC last weekend my girlfriend and I unexpectedly stumbled upon a Belgian fries place called Pommes Frites after leaving Toy Tokyo which is right next store. Neither of us had ever heard of the place and decided to give it a shot. Apparently it’s been featured on The Food Network as well during one of their shows, it’s been getting more attention recently so perhaps you might have heard of it.
 I saw the sign outside that read Belgian Fries but did not know what to expect. A European style fries place right here in NYC? Could it be any good? I guess I had to find out for myself. Mind you, I am no stranger to these types of fries of the dipping sauce that goes along with them, I lived in The Netherlands for 4 years of my life, during that time I have had a lot of experience with this type of food. (that's a random picture I found online, don't know who those ladies are in it)
Walking in you’ll find yourself in a tiny little place, a counter to your left and not much room to your right. In the back of the place you’ll find a few tables to sit at and another higher counter with stools for further seating. The tables and the counters have holes you put your fries into, which come in a large paper cone. At the ordering counter you’ll see a menu with a plethora of sauces to choose from. Everything from Ketchup to special combination sauces of mayo and hot sauce. How’s one to choose? I guess I’ll just need to come back and try something different next time.
I decided to stick with the basics. Frites and frite sauce, just like I used to get all the time in Holland. It might seem out of the ordinary for most Americans but over in that part of Europe it’s the standard, just like ketchup is here. It’s a sort of flavored mayonnaise, might sound strange but it’s really good. By the looks of the thing they got the sauce out of they were using authentic European sauce, not some knock off American brand,. I wonder if they even make that sort of thing. Anyway, we got our fries and proceeded to take a seat at the counter, right next to the water cooler for easy drinking access.
Ms. Girlfriend has never had this sort of thing before so I did not know what she would think of them. Lucky for me she is not a food snob and tried them quite willingly, not scrunching up her nose or being scared off at having mayo on her fries. Did she like them? Yes sirs! She enjoyed them quite a bit. Same with me. Eating them brought back memories and flavors in my mouth that I have not had in a decade. They tasted just like I remember them to taste.
This place was an excellent find. 5 cheeses for it being the first place in ten years to let me have this food that I would eat as a younger lad.
Posted by LordJezo
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