The French alternative...
Belgian cut fries. These ain't freedom fries!
On a good day, this tiny East Village storefront goes through more than 1,000 pounds of potatoes. Folks line up for a paper cone filled with fries and loaded up with one or two of 26 toppings. Authentically Belgian, the fries here are hand-cut and twice-fried, but the dippings span the globe: roasted garlic mayonnaise, satay peanut sauce and the complimentary house-special mayonnaise, ketchup and raw onions.
Pommes Frites
123 2nd Ave
New York
Betw 7th St. and St. Marks Place
And McSorley's is right around the corner!
posted by CJM at 9:01 PM
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Ah Pomme Frites! It takes me back to my trip to Amsterdam. There is nothing better than a paper bag stuffed with hot, thick-cut fries smothered in mayonnaise (sorry, no 25 other choices in Holland) after a night of brewery fresh Heineken and cannibis gold cup winning bud.
I remember those scrumdillyiscious treats as well and agree, I also vaguely recall passing out in the doorway of the Bulldog cafe. Only the Pommes Frites could revive me...
Ahh, Amsterdam and the Bulldog (never went in) and Bob’s Youth Hostel - no curfew and you could sleep in to whatever time you desired. And you got scrambled eggs with your standard hostel toast and coffee breakfast. Everyone - except me - was really hungover in that breakfast room. But what does AMSTERDAM have to do with Belgium?!
What does Amsterdam have to do with Belgium?!
Well, nothing actually, except that you mentioned Pomme Frites, and that made me think of Amsterdam. And, wow, I got so toasted there. I remember this one time we were on our way to the Van Gogh Musuem but we got so fried in the park we forgot we were going to the museum and starting wandering around instead and ended up at the Anne Frank House and that got us so depressed we decided to head over to the Bulldog Cafe and then when we got there, we had to step over this passed out American dude in the doorway, and....I'm sorry what were we talking about? Did I mention how toasted I got in Amsterdam?
Speaking of toast, I believe the connection is right there, Belgian Waffles and French Toast, hence the Amsterdam discussion. makes sense to me.
Comme tout le monde sait, le pain grillé français a été inventé dans 1724 par un homme Joseph français nommé dans une taverne au bord de la route près d'Albany, New York. Le pain grillé français est comme Américain comme le Doigt Collant Bière Brune.
[As everyone knows, French Toast was invented in 1724 by a man named Joseph French in a roadside tavern near Albany, New York. French Toast is as American as Sticky Finger Brown Ale.]
You don't say.
The next thing you're gonna try to convince me of is that Belgium or Amsterdam didn't even have pomme frites until Columbus brought the potato and Sticky Finger Brown Ale (the finest brew ever concocted in a kitchen in Clifton) back from America!
Is that true?
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