IN AUCKLAND TO BRING YOU AUTHENTIC HAND CUT DUTCH FRIES
visit the food trucks to taste the difference
Since 2015, Double Dutch Fries has been changing the chip game and revolutionising the way people view fries. No longer just a side dish, their handcut chips make fries the star of the show. This is what the Denizen had to say after sampling their product:
“Dubbed the fries specialists entrusted with the task of bringing authentic Dutch fries to our fair shores, the hand-cut fries here have been treated with the utmost care before being topped with creamy mayonnaise, tangy satay sauce and finely chopped onions for garnish.”
Still not convinced? Check out any one of these other articles by the Urban List, the Localist and Concrete Playground - they’re sure to win you over.
OUR STORY
After arriving in New Zealand from the Netherlands, I struggled to find anyone selling decent fries. It was all sloppy chips straight out of a freezer. Back home we eat fries like Kiwi’s enjoy their flat whites and it’s standard for people to meet at least weekly to share a cone of fries with Dutch mayo. On every corner in each major city you can find a place selling delicious crunchy golden fries so it was strange to no longer be able to find something similar in Auckland.
After 15 years of searching, I had no choice but to try to make them myself. After countless nights hand cutting and frying potatoes in the basement of my flat and force feeding my flatmates hundreds of chips from different potatoes I finally had it sorted.
After everyone urged me on, I decided to head out and see if anyone would like to buy these fries. Armed with two tiny benchtop fryers, gazebo and a mate we decided to give it a go. The first few times was utter mayhem but so much fun. Mind you I was working as a Risk Manager at the time and had no experience in hospitality so I was learning everything on the go.
After a year of working in my corporate job Monday to Friday and selling fries on Friday night to Sunday I realised I had fallen in love with the food truck and entrepreneurial scene and decided to give up my job to risk it all in hand cut Dutch Fries (My dad initially thought I was an idiot for this decision, now he’s one of my biggest fans).
OUR FRIES
I always get asked why I don’t add more Dutch snacks on the menu and my response is because we want to make the best fries possible. I believe the way to do this is to only focus on fries and perfect that process until I nailed it.
I do whatever I can to make the fries better. I speak with the top potato farms on the North Shore and personally sample from each before deciding on the supplier (some months we go through 1000kg per week so it pays to get this right). We import Zaanse Mayonnaise directly from the Netherlands as it’s rated among the best. I’ve flown to the Netherlands to meet with the winners of the national best fries competition and they were happy to teach me their ways.
“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”
I’ve tried to make sure everyone can enjoy the fries.
They’re 100% gluten free and coeliac safe as we don’t fry anything else in the fryers. Just potatoes. Most of the sauces are gluten free as well and the crew are happy to outline which ones.
The Fries are also vegan friendly and we’ve adjusted our famous homemade Satay sauce to be vegan as well.
OUR TRUCKS
Have the food truck all to yourself
You can hire us out for any event, be it weddings, birthdays, Christmas parties to add a little something extra that everyone will be talking about.
Invite us to your event
Do you have a public event, concert, market or school gala that you think we just have to be a part of? Send us a message and let us know the details.
OUR TEAM
Our crew is our family. A bizarre collection of people from literally every walks of life. Travellers, students and people needing a break from corporate life, everyone is welcome. The only requirement is loving fries and having epic banter.
If this sounds like you or you have a general enquiry, send through an email!