This Is Italy
Yes, the time has come. Dutch fries are conquering Italy at breakneck speed. And it still starts in the culinary highly regarded Naples, which they are averse to fusion cooking and other modern kitchen antics. By presenting the fries as 'authentic Dutch', at the end of last year there were long queues of interested parties for the first chipstar chip shop on Via Scarlatti in Naples. It turned out to be a bull's eye. The Neapolitans are warm to the real Dutch street food.
7 new chip shops
At breakneck speed, owner Di Lorenzo opened another 7 collection points in Dutch style last year ('vere patate fritte d'Amsterdam'). The shops are located in chic streets such as Via Chiaia and Via Toledo and in the Fuorigrotta district. Branches in Caserta, Avellino, Salerno and Aversa have also been opened.
Fries mayo or with Moroccan sauce?
Of course the fries are delivered in a cone, with mayonnaise if desired, but you can also choose from one or more of the other sauces. In addition to ketchup, these are at least pepper mayonnaise, curry, barbecue sauce, cocktail bars, andalouse sauce, pitta sauce and Algerian and Moroccan sauce). What seems? The Neapolitans were really waiting for this.
During lunch breaks and holidays, a long queue forms and blocks the streets. What, according to the owner, is the secret of his fries? A typical Italian answer: 'We use first-class Dutch potatoes, freshly cut and fried while you wait. Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, according to an ancient Dutch artisanal process.'
Almost a kilo of fries for only 5 euros!
The price for this delicacy is also reasonable. You can get a small bag for €2,50. But for those with a strong appetite, there are also quantities that cost €3,50 and €5. With this last option you get almost a kilo of gluten-free fries! Who can resist that?
Cut-throat competition
The success also did not leave the competition unmoved. Various other chip shops are now rivaling Di Lorenzo with their own variant of Dutch fries.
"Cheap imitation," says Chipstar's owner. He is not happy about it because of the bad name that other people's inferior products give his fries. Also not happy are some fryers of classic Neapolitan snacks, such as the famous ones donuts.
Di Lorenzo doesn't care about it. He will open 5 more branches in Italy in the coming months. He expects an unstoppable rise from this cucina inlandese.
Commenters on the internet are still somewhat divided about the Neapolitan interpretation. 'They cannot be compared with the Dutch ones, they cannot stand in the shadow of those from Utrecht.' Another speaks of 'a terrible cooking oil taste and indigestible and the sauces ruin it even more'.
Yet there are many more enthusiastic messages: 'You sometimes have to wait an hour for it, but it is really worth it. I guessed maionese al pepe like a sauce, it's really delicious.'
Funny authentic detail is that the website of Chipstar has a .nl extension.
Source: napolidavivere.it
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