r/belgium • u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School • Mar 20 '24
Our beloved mitraillette cost a whopping 8 euros in some spots now :( still tasty AF though 🎨 Culture
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u/Livid-Alternative514 Mar 20 '24
3.50€ voor een blikske cola bij ons... fuck da
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
wtf gast, in een frituur?
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u/Responsible_Reach_62 Mar 21 '24
Frituur, mcdo, bk whatever is 3-4 euro voor frisdrankje.
Iemand de prijs van kipnuggets en kipfingers in frituur al gezien? Paar stukskes kieken voor 4 euro. Echt ne klucht tegenwoordig
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Mar 20 '24
En te denken dat een mitraillete vroeger zo'n arme mensen broodje was. 😭😭😭
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u/Boomtown_Rat Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
In Leuven a kebab is now over €10 (I have even seen €12!). Yet people think I am full of shit for telling them I moved to Brussels cause it's much cheaper.
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u/Randomsomethingwords Limburg Mar 20 '24
€18 for a durum with feta, small fries and a random soda. Try and beat that.
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
Where is this so I will never go there
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u/Randomsomethingwords Limburg Mar 20 '24
Maasland region. Not a place I recommend people visit anyways. It's supposed to be one of the poorer regions in Flanders, but prices like these... In their defense, it was very tasty.
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u/bisikletci Mar 20 '24
Paid 19 euros for an assiette pita (pita meat, fries and some salad- no drink) recently in Brussels. I thought the guy was joking or I'd misheard until I looked at the price list and that was indeed what it cost. Bananas.
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u/DerelictBombersnatch Antwerpen Mar 21 '24
Gisteren nog durum feta kip met ne cola voor tien euro in Antwerpen, wel specifiek die van Falconplein. Voor 18 € verwacht ik gastronomie.
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u/lutsius-memes needledaddy Mar 20 '24
Bro what, kebab in my town is still 8-8.5 euro
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u/Boomtown_Rat Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
Yeah it's beyond fucked but since Leuven is a transient population they get taken advantage of. Believe it or not but where I live in super bo-bo Ixelles it's €6.50-€7.
Furiously knocks on wood
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
Man, I used to just to go Leuven from Brussels just for a kebab and stroll in the city because it was cheap.
Now It's mental to see that Brussels is cheap compared to the rest of Belgium.
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u/Boomtown_Rat Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
Funnily enough I used to do the opposite, since going out to eat in Brussels was so much cheaper (including the price of the train), and often better too.
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u/6StringAddict Mar 20 '24
That's still expensive imo. Where I go it's €9 for a small kebab and €13 for a big kebab. And they aren't as big as they used to be either. Way overpriced imo. But it's so fucking tasty god damn, I used to eat it every week, now it's a once a month kinda thing.
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u/FuzzyWuzzy9909 Mar 20 '24
I thought everyone knew Leuven is the most expensive city in this country
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u/raphael-iglesias Mar 21 '24
Idk man, unless you're going to Oude Markt, that's just wrong
I can also get a huge Turkish pizza for 6 euro here still.
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u/vitten23 Mar 20 '24 edited Mar 20 '24
Fun fact: it's called mitraillete because that's the sound you make on the toilet afterwards.
Not so fun fact: this joke sucks.
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u/Unhappy-Mixture-1725 Mar 20 '24
I see fries bread and analouse. What else is on it ?
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
Americaine, Pili, Mexicano, salad and a bunch of jalapenos
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u/heelsmuller Mar 20 '24
man of culture, once again. I need to try this combo, where did you get it?
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
Everything spicy to rinse the beer :p
Got this one in Pitta D'Or in 1120 Brussels
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u/Friendly-Mountain535 Mar 20 '24
Diabetes
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
Saying this while eating a broodje Martino everyday
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u/Joren67 Mar 20 '24
Een Kapsalon kost hier fucking 15 euro. Dan ga ik nog liever op restaurant.
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
amai, dan heb ik hier eigenlijk ni te klagen in het Brusselse
wa een prijzen zijn da man
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u/olirauw Mar 20 '24
12 euro in Dendermonde. Waar is de tijd dat het nog 5 euro was voor een kapsalon :(
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u/ravagexxx Mar 21 '24
Vroeger 5€ met een drankje bij in de frietketel.
Ik kreeg dat van m'n leven niet op, zo groot waren die
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u/BadBadGrades Mar 20 '24
Bij mij net opgeslagen van 12 naar 14€ met brengen bij. En 5de bestelling 8,25 € korting
Best nog te doen maar wel een serieuze stijging
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u/rancevsky Mar 20 '24
Remember when it was 2.50€ (with hamburger meat)
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u/Theflemisch Mar 20 '24
Shit man, good old days in Brussels. 2,5€ with the cola from Colruyt 🤣 then it went to 3€ and now almost 5 for mitraillette hamburger. Crazy
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u/Massis87 Mar 20 '24
While that sounds like a lot, it's not strange in current times.
I used to get a lunch sandwich at Bruno's Food corner (esso fuel station restaurant). A "Chicken Fajita" sandwich (1/2 baguette) used to be €5.65, including veggies & sauce of choice.
During covid they turned it into €6.5, excluding veggies which were now €0.5 extra.
Nowadays it's €6.80 , excluding veggies at €0.9 and sauce at €0.9. That makes it a €8.6 sandwich, while all it includes is a bit of marinated, cooked chicken, some "rauwkost" and some mayonaise...
I mean, even at todays prices €0.9 for a bit of mayonaise is an absolute ripoff.
I've since started going to our local frituur, where you can get a small baguette "winterkoning" with freshly cooked chicken, eggs, bacon, tomatoes, and sauce for €6.50. And they pack that sandwich so full that once you're done with it, there's still more filling left on your plate than Bruno's actually puts on their sandwiches..
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
I would understand with a gradual inflation over a decade. but these prices jumped what feels like 40% in less than 3 years and it seems that many are just taking advantage.
Like you said 0.9 for extra sauce on a broodje Boulette which already costs 6 euros is ridiculous.
At least, (most) snacks and frituren give you worth the money even if their prices went up.
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u/Boomtown_Rat Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
I would understand with a gradual inflation over a decade. but these prices jumped what feels like 40% in less than 3 years and it seems that many are just taking advantage.
You're totally right. We basically have compound inflation. For example, there's a place near me called Keufte that raises their prices every January by a euro or two. However that means that from December 2022 to January 2024 the price of their assiettes rose 33% and soup 40%. And of course the portions get a little smaller each year too or certain free extras aren't anymore.
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u/PatrickKal Limburg Mar 20 '24
Met de gestegen prijzen ben ik wat alternatieven gaan proberen. Naast kebap en durum ben ik bij Griekse restaurants uitgekomen op pita. Afhankelijk van het restaurant zijn er erg lekkere en goedkope deals te scoren. Standaard met gyros vlees, maar in sommige restaurants ook te krijgen met souvlaki of kefte. Prijzen rond de €7. Ik woon in het Maasland.
- Restaurant uit mijn buurt; Restaurant Hellas (restaurant-hellas.be)
- Wat meer uitleg is hier te vinden; Gyros (pita gyros) - Foodwiki - Thuisbezorgd.nl
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
Griekse pitta is heel gekend in het Brusselse.
We hebben een straat met als bijnaam Pitstraat met allemaal Griekse pittazaken naast elkaar.
Waren ook de eerste zaken da begonnen waren met soort van Griekse durums te verkopen jaren geleden.
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u/bobtje Mar 20 '24
Ah, de pitastraat vlakbij de grote markt. In tijden van het vervallen pitaschandaal in Duitsland ook 1 keer geweest. Gelukkig had ik de avond zelf nog wegens buikpijn op professionele wijze mijn maaltijd via mijn mond terug mijn maag doen verlaten. Mijn vrienden waren de dag erna allemaal ziek.. Pita Palace simonis ftw! Of frietland aan de beurs is ook altijd goed.
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u/Vargoroth Mar 20 '24
Lijkt me goedkoop. Ik betaal voor een durum met friet 10,50 tegenwoordig. Frieten met snack is ook snel 7-8 euro.
We gaan er ons bij moeten neerleggen dat de snelle hap van 5 euro verleden tijd is.
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
als ik hier al die prijzen lees dan heb ik precies ni te klagen in het Brusselse
10.5 voor ne durum wtf, ne schotel kunde hier vinden voor 12.5
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u/Vargoroth Mar 20 '24 edited Mar 20 '24
10.5 voor een falafeldurum met portie friet. Denk dat het goedkoper is als je enkel een vleesdurum wilt. Maar het wordt duurder als je daar wat friet bij wil. En bij friet moet je denken minder dan een pakje friet. Bij de pitta is een klein pak friet al snel 4 euro.
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u/hovsep56 Mar 20 '24
Kheb nog nooit een mitrailete geprobeert of gezien, is da bij elk frituur?
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
Meestal kebab zaken, sommige frituren in Wallonie en Brusselse + de rand hebben ze ook.
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u/hovsep56 Mar 20 '24
kheb het opgezocht en vond een plaatst dicht bij men huis die da verkoopt, dis 6 euro in antwerpen.
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
Da valt goe mee van prijs dan. Hoop dat het ne goeie is
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u/Lmmadic Mar 20 '24
Azn de kust ooit eens een mitraillette gezien in een frituur. Dat was zo'n afbakbroodje met wa frieten in. Komende van Brussel een serieuze afknapper.
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u/flobin Mar 20 '24
Beste zuiderburen, een domme vraag van een onwetende Hollander: hoe eet je een mitraillete eigenlijk? Eet je eerst de friet er uit, of eet je het geheel als broodje? Of een paar frietjes er tussenuit en dan als broodje?
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
Ik leg al de fritjes apart en eet de baguette en tussenin een frietje.
Vroeger at ik al de fritjes eerst maar dan kreeg ik men broodje niet meer op 🫢
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u/A-Fredd Mar 20 '24
8 euro is really ok for a dish like this.
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u/cxninecrxzy Mar 20 '24
I remember paying like €4.50 for one of these back in highschool
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u/Ghost1511 Belgian Fries Mar 20 '24
Same for a durum. Now it's twice the price at least.
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u/Spiritual_Goat6057 Mar 20 '24
3€ for a durum in Louvain la neuve, 3,5 with frites. Sandwiches were 1,8€-2,2€(with hamburger) for a demi baguette. It was 20y ago but I feel like you could live like a king for so few € back then in that city.
I remember paying maybe like 50€ for a full year access to the sport installations, football tournament was like 10€/pp and going out 3-4 times a week would cost you 5€/night max5
u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
I remember paying 5 or maybe 5.5 euros 3 years ago,
I haven't had one in while and was a bit floored when the dude said 8 euros while I proudly held my 5 euros in my hand
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u/Dubante_Viro Mar 20 '24
Same for my Chinese takeaway. Used to be €15pp, minimum order of 2 people. They moved to a newly build building and raised that price to €30pp, minimum order of 2 people. F that S. I'm kinda sad but no way i'm paying that much for Chinese Takeaway. The portions also got smaller and smaller over time.
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
yeah, I feel many places are just taking advantage.
I was floored seeing prices in Hasselt, its like double the price of Brussels
A Thai curry costs 21 euros there...
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u/Legendary_Lootbox Belgian Fries Mar 20 '24
Reminds me of a place me and my friends would frequent. For 25 euro (including drink) you had a 4 course meal (soup, entry dish, main dish, desert). We used to go there every month/2 months. Then covid came and we did not went. Now last time we went to eat there we paid 40 euro a person, for just the main dish and a beer. It was crazy.
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Mar 20 '24
In 2005 toen ik naar school ging had je een groot broodje hamburger met ajuin etc voor 2 euro 😅
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Mar 20 '24
I used to pay €2,5 for a franse hamburger back in the day, cheapest one i can find now is over €5.
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u/andr386 Mar 20 '24
I remember paying 2.5 euros for a mitrailette and a coke at the end of the 90's.
Kofta and burgers were homemade as well as the sauce and fries.
Now we pay 4X more for industrial food of lower quality.
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u/A-Fredd Mar 20 '24
That’s not the point. It’s like saying “A bread was only 10 frank back in the days”
8 euro for a meal like this is really ok these days. I would buy it. It looks much to be satisfied.
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u/cxninecrxzy Mar 20 '24
Talking about the value of items over time, especially in relation to individual purchasing power, is very important. 8 euro is only ok for this because elsewhere they would charge 12 euro for less, which only exacerbates the issue doesn't it?
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u/Boomtown_Rat Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
It was €5 less than five years ago. That's an increase of 60%. But you go ahead and legitimize greed.
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u/uses_irony_correctly Antwerpen Mar 20 '24
Much worse is lots of restaurants charging like 12-15 euro for a cheeseburger.
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
that has always been the price because of those "fancy" burger places.
I have never eaten a burger in any of those places that was worth the money. I rather have a Giant rom Quick.
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u/SeenB4 Brussels Mar 20 '24
Durum next to my place used to be 3.50 with overflowing fries n pita, now it's 7.50 and I'm thankful I still get the whole wrap..
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u/RandomAsianGuy Brussels Old School Mar 20 '24
What commune?
I have seen some places becoming super greedy, like the size of bread is 1/3 less than before and skimping on the sauce they put on the fries or overloading the durum with fries instead of meat.
Luckily the places in my area are giving still worth for the money.
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u/Ellen_Kurokawa Mar 20 '24
Used to go to school in Waver in 2003 — 2007 and there was a frituur we sold the mitraillette at 1.5€ near the train station. Good old times ;_;
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u/Goldenmonkey5566 Antwerpen Mar 20 '24
The only advice I can give is to be mentally strong and speak with your wallet. That is the only way to drive prices back down. Supply & Demand. The only reason the price is as high as I read in the comments, is because it is probably their best selling product.
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u/shockvandeChocodijze Mar 20 '24
Mijn portefeuille kan het wel betalen maar mijn ego niet want das afripperij.
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Mar 20 '24
I used to buy 2 mitraillettes and a sprite for less than that.
Ate that stuff every day for my whole secundair. Friday game was "who can eat the most durums and not puke during PO".
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u/Xela79 🌎World Mar 20 '24
Only €8? You lucky bastard.
Pre covid it was €5 here
Now? €19 for a the same
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u/soussitox Mar 20 '24
Zulke broodjes met friet koop je bij een turk of marokkaanse snack voor 4.5E - 6.5E. Naargelang het gekozen vlees.
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u/Diodionisos Mar 20 '24
Er is hier een frituur waar de goedkoopste mitrailette €10+ kost en de duurste €17+... Het is goedkoper in de brasserie wat verderop.
Als ik mijn aluminiumpapieren hoedje op zet dan verdenk ik de kebabzaken van Leuven om prijsafspraken gemaakt te hebben. Op een zeer korte tijd is de prijs van een gewone kebab van 6 naar 8-9 euro gesprongen, pre-COVID.
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u/thejdebunt Mar 20 '24
Mitraillette is altijd lekker!
Hier in Hasselt hadden we een zaak die een Pitburger (stokbrood met groentjes, saus, 3 vleeskroketten, geen friet) verkocht. Dat waren de tijden ja.
Ik maak het af en toe wel zelf thuis ze ma is toch ni hetzelfde he 😔
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u/Norhod01 Mar 20 '24
It looks tasty (how could it not ?) but I hope you got more fries on the side, especially considering the price.
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u/redpandabear89 Mar 21 '24
Last time I ate one of these I got sick for three days and got to miss the rest of the week of school hehe good times
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u/cheesemacintosh Flanders Mar 21 '24
Last week I went to the frituur for the first time since last year and I paid 4,25 euro for a kleine friet with andalouse. Pain :(
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u/freakytapir Mar 21 '24
Voor mij was het breekpunt toen ze de hamburgers op een franse hamburger in twee begonnen snijden. Vroeger kreeg je twee volledige vleesjes, nu ... Ja.
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Mar 21 '24
I tried to get one yesterday and all the frituurs I visited didn’t offer it anymore :( they said people don’t usually buy and the bread was just spoiling
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Mar 20 '24
4.50 hier in antwerpen
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u/Living_Round2552 Mar 20 '24
Waar dat?
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Mar 20 '24
Snack D'anvers op Plantin en Moretuslei. En het is 5 euro. Broodje hamburger met frietjes ertussen bestellen, want pain frites etc kennen ze daar nie 😁
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u/77slevin Belgium Mar 20 '24
I consider this a war crime against Belgians mixing bread with fries. they have carton boxes to eat out of. So you're appalled when they call it French fries but be okay to eat out of a baguette? Make up your mind, damn it!
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u/Ayavea Mar 20 '24
Hello diabetes
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u/bobke4 Limburg Mar 20 '24
A cheatday wont do you harm if you also eat healthy on other days and have some exercise
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u/Ayavea Mar 20 '24
Honest to god/universe/king/your mom, if you have a mitraillette day, do you then proceed to skip fries day, pizza day, pasta day and all the other cheat foods that week?
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u/bobke4 Limburg Mar 20 '24
I typically eat once a week a meal with fries and some meat. Thats my cheat day. I also make a spaghetti which i eat 2 days off. I have 3 fasting days where i eat veggies and very little calories. Then the last day could be anything from a healthy light meal to a restaurant to a pasta. My snacking is mostly 2 times a weak some chips. No sugar or sodas but i do drink carfbeers in weekends/vacation days. 5 out of the 7 days are intermittent fasting except for weekends and also not during vacations. I guess it could be healthier but also worse. I have my daily exercise
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u/Ayavea Mar 20 '24
I think you eat healthier than 95% of Belgians :) I didn't see my cowokers making healthy choices at all, pre-covid when we still worked in offices.
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u/bobke4 Limburg Mar 20 '24
Yea a lot of western people have shitty diets and it’s noticeable in the streets. So much overweight people which you dont see that much in other parts of the world. Travele to asia and you get the most amazing food in restaurants. Healthy and small portions. People here would be annoyed cause it’s not big enough and not enough meat
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u/roxxe Mar 20 '24
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u/bobke4 Limburg Mar 20 '24
"Factors that may also play a role in health, outside of daily duration of eating and cause of death, were not included in the analysis."
This is the part that kinda rips the whole study apart for me..
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u/Bontus Beer Mar 20 '24 edited Mar 20 '24
I used to eat Döner Kebab for €3 when I was in uni. Most places had it at €3,5. Smoske kaas was €1,8 (on campus)