Make this on your third date with a new man, and you'll be guaranteed to go to sleep happy :)

I'm missing what makes the frites fake.

There is no better, more reliable restaurant dish than steak frites. It is perhaps America's favorite French food, a cheeseburger deluxe recast for date nights, celebrations, feasts. Few make the dish at home, though: The frites are too labor-intensive for all but the most project-oriented cooks. Here, then, is a recipe to fake out the fries, one that will take even a relatively neophyte home cook little more than an hour to make. The aim is great steak, a delicious sauce of maître d'hôtel butter, and potatoes with a terrific quality of French fry-ness, supreme crispness, with soft and creamy flesh within. (Here's a video to get you started on how to cook the perfect steak at home.)

Frites means FRIED. These are boiled then roasted in a hot oven.

Oh! Oh!!! Thank you for the clarification. Still looks wonderful.