mitraillette
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A mitraillette (, ) is a type of sandwich in Belgium commonly served at friteries and cafés. It is popular among students.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Mitraillette
- Food.image
- Mitraillette (fast food).jpg
- Food.image_size
- 250px
- Food.caption
- A mitraillette
- Food.alternate_name
- Américain
- Food.country
- Belgium
- Food.region
- Brussels
- Food.course
- fast food
- Food.type
- Sandwich
- Food.served
- hot (filling) room temperature/ warmed (baguette)
- Food.main_ingredient
- Bread, meat, fries, various sauces
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- Composition
- In popular culture
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- References
A mitraillette (, ) is a type of sandwich in Belgium commonly served at friteries and cafés. It is popular among students.
It is thought to have originated in Brussels, but is also popular in Flanders, Wallonia, and the Nord region of France, where it is also known as an "Américain" (literally an "American").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “mitraillette” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.