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Friterie du Miroir

A fry cook wrapping an order in Friterie du Miroir paper

The story of Friterie du Miroir

For centuries, the humble fry has had its place in every village in Belgium. It has even travelled the world and carved out a spot for itself there. If Friterie du Miroir exists today, it is to do it honour.

The fry cook at Friterie du Miroir, holding a cone of fries
The front of Friterie du Miroir, Frituur de Spiegel
David Antoine, all smiles in his Friterie du Miroir apron
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My mad love affair with the Belgian fry

Hello, I am David Antoine@davidantoineRadio and television presenter, founder of Friterie du MiroirHe sent the very first packet of fries into space, created the ‘La 16/20’ sauce with Brussels Ketjep and travelled the country for La Meilleure Friterie.InstagramFacebookTikTok. If you follow me on the radio or on television, you probably know that I never quite grew up. And here is my greatest childhood dream: to open my own chip shop. A real one, authentic, unpretentious, and without any fuss.

My whole life has been set to the rhythm of this passion for our national treasure. I have done some completely mad things out of love for the fry: the very first packet of fries in space, the creation of the ‘La 16/20’ sauce with Brussels Ketjep, and I travelled the country presenting the show La Meilleure Friterie. I have seen plenty, tasted plenty, and learned the secrets of my friends behind the fryers.

The lit-up front of Friterie du Miroir on Place du Miroir in Jette, at night

Twenty years in Jette, a dream quietly brewing

But for that dream to come true, it needed somewhere to take root. I have now been coming to Jette for 20 years. Twenty years in which my Brussels life was built here, and played out in large part on this Place du Miroir. And to tell you the truth, for 20 years I have carried this mad dream around: to take over this iconic chip shop one day.

A cone of fresh fries filled with the scoop, above the fryer

Black, yellow, red and no fuss

Today, Friterie du Miroir finally opens its doors, and I make you a promise, looking you straight in the eye: here, we will never cut corners. We are going back to the essentials, to the raw, to the real.

My promise? Fresh fries made the traditional way, cooked to perfection in beef dripping, and a warm welcome in a fritkot that proudly flies our colours: black, yellow, red.

It is authentic, it is Belgian, and it is thoroughly Jette. I cannot wait to see you at the counter, cone in hand !

The gallery of Friterie du Miroir

  • The gallery of Friterie du Miroir
  • The lit-up front of Friterie du Miroir at night
  • A loaded tray of fries on the friterie’s paper
  • David Antoine and his team behind the counter
  • David Antoine outside the friterie at dusk
  • A cone filled with the scoop, above the fryer
  • The friterie’s boxes above the tray of fries
  • David Antoine, all smiles in his apron
  • A fryer closing a takeaway bag
  • The ordering kiosk and the friterie’s mascot
  • The stainless fryers and the tray of golden fries
  • David Antoine proudly showing his apron
  • Hands folding the friterie’s branded paper
  • The counter and its display of snacks
  • David Antoine holding a cone of fries outside the friterie
  • A tray of fries on the counter
  • David Antoine and the team in high spirits
  • The friterie’s poster and the ordering screen
  • A tray of fries ready to be served
  • David Antoine on Place du Miroir, Jette’s church behind him
  • A fryer at work behind the fryers
  • A fryer wrapping an order in the friterie’s paper
  • David Antoine greeting his team with a handshake
  • The friterie’s boxes lined up above the fries
  • The friterie’s entrance and its ordering kiosks
  • David Antoine leaning on the counter
  • A passer-by photographing the lit-up friterie at night
  • A fryer preparing a takeaway bag
  • The stainless kitchen and its fryers
  • David Antoine in front of the Friterie du Miroir sign
  • The team preparing orders behind the counter
  • David Antoine serving at the counter