Belgium Food

The moment our feet touched Belgium ground our kids walked around with smiles like that...

...and I am quite sure the food had everything to do with it. Belgium food is a child's dream food. It is the stuff they would eat on a daily basis if they could. On every street there are "frites" stands, which sell fries with different sauces. (Ketchup with curry, onion dip, Andalouse, Bicky and many, many more.) They come in little cups and you dip the fries in it. Afterwards, for desert, you will purchase a waffle from one of the many waffle stands. All of Belgium seems to smell like waffles so you are constantly reminded of them. Some waffles come with different toppings like strawberries and whip cream or bananas and nuts while others have raspberries or chocolate or apples and cinnamon baked into the dough.

Belgium is also known for its chocolate and there are more specialty praline shops than grocery stores. Another specialty are "speculoos" which taste like gingersnap cookies. They remind me of Christmas but are eaten here all year long.

Something fairly new is the Speculoos spread. The "crunchy" kind is causing quite a hype. While in a grocery store I was reading the label of a jar, when a man came running up behind me, grabbing the last jar of "speculoos crunchy" on on the shelf and taking off with it.
According to the owner of "Juliette's Cookies" in Bruges, who makes her own speculoos spread you eat it on warm toasted bread but basically you can put it on everything from waffles to apple slices.
Unfortunately, having to eat gluten free, I can't try it but my family says it is "very, very tasty!"
:)