What do you get when you bring a chef, a musician and a dancer together? A brilliant lunch concept called “Les Filles – Plaisirs Culinaires“! These three girls: Jeanna, Pascale and Line, dreamed of a communal kitchen where you can get a healthy lunch, follow a cooking course or get a group lunch delivered to your office door. Read the rest of this entry »
24
Aug
2010
Aug
2010
The Reference – Les Filles
16
Jul
2010
Jul
2010
The Reference – Cuberdons
You can recognize a country by the food they serve. Everybody knows Belgian chocolate, but what about the cuberdon candy. For many Belgians a beloved childhood taste, but unknown outside our frontiers. The recipe, that dates back to the 19th century, is a well kept secret only known by a handful of confisiers (aka candy makers). You can recognize a classic cuberdon as a violet collared sugar cone containing a thick raspberry syrup. Read the rest of this entry »
6
Jun
2010
Jun
2010
The Reference – Mil’s Place
There are places where you just walk by. Places known by insiders. Mil’s Place is one of those. The tiny Italo-French restaurant in Antwerp is not in the city centre, but it’s not really outside the city either. It’s hidden between typical pubs, galleries and shops in the St.-Jorispoort just across the neo-gothic St.-Joris church. Read the rest of this entry »
3
May
2010
May
2010
The Reference – La Cantine de la Ville
The Marolles district in Brussels is one the most cosy neigbourhoods to walk around. The Marollen, originally a working class neighbourhood but getting more and popular with hipsters young and old, hides some great lunch places. Read the rest of this entry »
14
Feb
2010
Feb
2010
The Reference: Pixel Bar
The Pixel Bar is a brand new wine & tapas bar near the Brussels Sablon. The particular interior is done by Belgian designer Charles Kaisin. Take the ‘pixel’ in the bar’s name very literally. The interior designer took a picture of a landscape and blew it up in a way the whole picture was pixelated. Read the rest of this entry »
8
Jan
2010
Jan
2010
The Reference: Henri
When you’re a few days in Brussels, certainly check out restaurant Henri on the Vlaamse Steenweg just across the Martin Margiela shop in downtown Brussels. This laid back restaurant has managed to build itself a very popular reputation in only 6 years time.
Henri used to be a classical fish restaurant but three young foodies turned it into one of the trendiest lunch and dining places in Brussels. Don’t try to arrive without a reservation in the evening, you won’t get in. Even on a normal week day. On the menu you’ll still find the old house’s specialty : mussels. But the chef, who traveled all over the world, prepares them in so many ways, that it will be difficult to make your choice. I advise you to try the Thai version with coconut milk and coriander.
Other recommendations would be the homemade gooseliver, (foie gras) and the ‘Tiramisu de Bruxelles’ witch is a tiramisu with caramel biscuits (‘speculoos’) instead of the Italian long fingers. Don’t wear your skinny jeans, you’ll have to open a button…
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