French fries

Belgium is strenuously trying to inscribe fries as a Belgian dish on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

An excerpt from the article 15 facts about french fries

Whether this will succeed remains to be seen, as the committee must first establish the origin of the dish. The resolution of the Franco-Belgian dispute will not come to an end soon enough. Although the legend of Namur sounds convincing, the city eventually passed under French jurisdiction and the date given in the legend (1680) cannot be verified.