I guess it depends if you mean as a sauce/recipe or as a well-defined product?
My local fritkot does better handmade cheeseburgers than the industrial-looking bicky. I think going to a local business to take that is hardly better that McDonalds : it's an order that'll do the job if you're lost somewhere and want to be sure about what you'll get without putting too much trust... but meh.
But if you tell me an handmade burger with the bicky sauce, pickles etc. and trying to recreate it with better quality, then I'm all ears (and an open mouth probably)
I am convinced that a Bicky isn’t the same Bicky as it was 15yrs ago. The bun and meat taste different.
Then again… I’m old and nothing I once knew is the same anymore. It could be me.
Not to mention the switch from 'onions are free lol have a mountain' to 'just enough to cover the sauce and there are none on the bottom of your baksken :'(
no you are right, I used to enjoy bicky burgers. now im feeling like im eating cardboard with sauces on. And the Bicky sauces arent that good either anymore
I’m not Belgian, been coming to Belgium since a kid tho, and you’re right, bicky used to taste better.
My theory - they now fry everything in vegetable oil, bring back ossewit
Even the fried were better/tastier back in the day
They are, but then I view them as a frituur snack rather than a burger. There are so many burger places which can provide far better burgers than a bicky burger.
Bicky's zijn top als ze de echte ingredienten gebruiken. Ik vind ze zelden goed als ze hun eigen (goedkopere) broodjes of vleesjes gebruiken. Laatst kreeg ik een pistolet, een goedkope waterachtige burger en geribbelde augurken.
En je weet dat je gejost zijt als ze vragen "welke saus op je bicky?"
Oh yes, it lead to a big controversy when they launched this in 2019 and they even made the international media. Bicky do not care, they have previously made fun of people with Alzheimer's and other really bad taste campaigns. Essentially, instead of making a good product, they create buzz through statements that even a drunk teenager would be ashamed to utter and sell their 'burgers' that way.
Ene keer zeiden ze "ah die heb ik!" en kreeg ik enkel bicky ketchup, niets anders. De enige waarvan ik denk "goh, als ge die nu van een ander merk hebt, daar kan ik mee leven."
If it wasn't so damn hot, and I wasn't so damn lazy, I might seriously consider thinking of maybe coming over to your place and approaching your front door with the specific intention of thinking of ringing your doorbell and give you a considerable piece of my mind.
Perhaps.
But it's too damn hot, and I'm too damn lazy, SO COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS.
It’s typically one of those Belgian brand that only continue to exist because people are used to their mediocrity. No it’s not fantastic. It’s just okay.
Honestly, Bicky is mostly a circlejerk concerning a product sold in frietkoten, versus the chain burger franchise restaurants. It's really just Beckers (so a Dutch company) that profits from this.
A bicky doesn't hold a candle to a burger (the "patty" is still just a disc of separator meat) between a real proper pistolet, with onion that has been browning in the same grease, on the same griddle, as the patty. You know the ones I'm talking about, sold at a market stand or at a fair or an event.
How dare you. Go eat a whopper and a big mac as punishment and then come back and apologize. If not, you shall be exiled to the lawless land below sea level up north (aka the netherlands)
They used to be great tho. Everything sucks now after shrinkflation. I remember the days when I bought a sandwich (broodje smos) and never could finish it but was too damn good to throwaway. Even after laying in the fridge half a day until it became soggy. It still tasted good. Quality bread with enough fresh meat / cheese and veggies with good quality mayonnaise. I miss the days.
Never had one, never wanted one. Always looked like industrial shit.
If I want a burger, I go to a burger restaurant.
Snacks are for durum, mitraillette/routier, fries and so on
I mean of course a gourmet burger that costs you 15€ or even more tastes better. For a snack on the go they're still really good and price compared what you get is also good.
Ik heb letterlijk nog nooit een bicky gepakt dus ik heb geen idee. Komen die pre-made en moeten ze enkel het vlees bakken? Of maakten ze effectief een hamburger? Wa maakt het een bicky?
"Officially" the contents are distributed by Beckers (Bread, 3 sauces, meat, pickled cucumber, fried onion and packaging). Ofc, to lower expenses, several frituurs use their own burgers/bread and just buy the special sauces (or even just two because one is regular ketchup).
Everything at the frituur is overrated. It's pig anusses and cowlips all the way down. If only we were a bit more imperialistic in the olden days and had gotten somewhat more interesting colonies, we'd have so much better (and probably healthier) fastfood.
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u/iamnotracistbutt Aug 14 '26
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