some culinary genius on ‘ask reddit’ thought me about julientje/Hugo claus. thanks dude(tte). it’s amazing

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  1. I like the whole concept except Saté spices. it feels they’re turning into the Belgian equavalent of the Dutch pindasauce obsession..

  2. Hoe gaat het eigenlijk met Frituur Julien in de Overpoortstraat? Die is ondertussen al een paar keer overgenomen denk ik? Is het nog dezelfde kwaliteit?

  3. The culinary genius is actually Julien from Frituur De Gouden Saté at the Papegaaistraat in Ghent, if I understood well. At least, that’s what we know around here, and where the name Julienke is supposed to come from. We’ve had it around here for a while, now this stuff is starting to be on regular menu’s in Leuven too. Absolutely delicious!

    My mates and I though would usually order a Schweinebach (schweinie), consisting of fries, Saté spices, joppie (ass loads of it), crispy onions and a frikandel / curryworst in pieces. Really good shit.

  4. The original doesn’t contain raw onions.
    Only fries with stoofvleessaus, Bicky ajuintjes, mayonnaise, a viandel in pieces and topped with satékruiden (or Viagra as Julien used to call it).

    According to urban legend, when Hugo Claus died, some Language and Literature students wanted to pay tribute to him and Julien gave them the opportunity to invent a frituur combo that he’d name “Hugo Claus” as an hommage.
    After Julien’s death, they changed the name of the Hugo Claus at the Gouden Saté to immortalize Julien as a legend.
    Since then and even before a lot of frituren added the recipe to their menu as people who studied in Ghent started requesting it in their hometown frituurkes.

    If anyone knows more about the origin of the Hugo Claus, feel free to correct me.

  5. Might be unpopular, but this “julientjes” and all the varients is a pretty disgusting way to ruin some perfectly good fries.

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