# The best Belgian specialities

The brasserie dishes, street food and sweets that make Belgian cuisine famous, according to guides to Belgian specialities.

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- Jul 25, 2025 · Arnaud Lejeune
- https://even.best/en/l/410/the-best-belgian-specialities

## Top 12

1. **Moules-frites** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mussels in white wine with fries, the national dish.
2. **Belgian fries** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bintje potatoes fried twice in beef fat, in a paper cone from a friterie.
3. **Carbonnade flamande** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Beef stewed in brown beer with gingerbread and mustard.
4. **Waterzooi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 'Boiling water': chicken or fish in a creamy broth from Ghent.
5. **Boulets à la liégeoise** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Meatballs in a sweet-sour 'lapin' sauce with Liège syrup.
6. **Grey shrimp croquettes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Creamy croquettes of North Sea grey shrimp.
7. **Chicons au gratin** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Endives wrapped in ham and baked in béchamel.
8. **Liège waffle** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Brioche-like dough with pearl sugar that caramelises.
9. **Brussels waffle** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rectangular, light and crisp, with icing sugar or cream.
10. **Filet américain** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Prepared steak tartare, served with fries.
11. **Stoemp** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Potato and vegetable mash with sausage.
12. **Speculoos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Caramelised spiced biscuit for St Nicholas.
13. **Pralines** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The filled chocolate invented by Neuhaus in Brussels in 1912.

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