It has been some months since my last visit, but still one to remember… for the good, but also for the bad unfortunately. Some happy moments, great company and nice looking dishes! But absolutely no WOW effect and even overpriced at some levels. And please do understand me, this is one of Antwerps, or even…
Category: Belgium
Le Cor de Chasse, Durbuy, Belgium (*) 9.7 out of 10
Best in Belgium in 2017 for me! By far the best food I had in Belgium all year, and I had a lot 😉 Too bad they missed a few points on other aspects of the restaurant game…. they could have had a perfect 10 if it was just the food. For all my Belgian…
De Veehandel, Antwerp Belgium $…
Just a super short post today… not a happy one and I will make many enemies now…. why? Because this is, or has been the favourite restaurant of many friends and also family. They are one of the best known restaurants in Antwerp, bringing quality for over 60 years! “De Veehandel” (which means livestock market)…
d’Essensi ‘s-Gravenwezel (*) 8.5 out of 10
Not sure if we had a reason to visit, but why do you need a reason to eat great food? And as it was on my very long Belgian restaurants bucket list, we made some time and went. They just received their first star in 2015/2016, being open for approximately 2,5 years now, they were…
The Jane Antwerp (**) 9.6 out of 10 (!)
Very unexpected, but strange enough I forgot to review one of the most popular restaurants in and around Antwerp, Visited them twice, once for dinner and once for lunch (which is the same, a part from the different starting and finishing time….) First time 6 months after opening somewhere at the end of 2014 and…
B23 Antwerp (9 out of 10)
Wow, I’m back !!! Finally !!! Sorry again for waiting all this time, due to a lost recipe & notions book as well as a loss of some photo’s I did not have the content I wanted. But now we are back, and let me start with this great restaurant: B23 with a great inspiring…
Klein Constantia Ekeren (8.2 out of 10)
Celebration dinner at Klein Constantia Ekeren http://www.kleinconstantia.be It was funny since last year I was in South-Afrika, at “klein constantia” So I was very curious what this place could offer us, and what a pleasant surprise it was! Nice entry, good music, perfect atmosphere, quickly we focussed if the menu was matching. So what did we…
Ingredients by Radis Noir Antwerp (7.6 out of 10)
Typical higher lever French kitchen, very classical schooled. http://www.ingredients.be It was recommended by a good friend from Budapest, so we had to check it out for sure! We had a menu, made and recommended by the chef Jo Bussels, who was trained over the years by many well known chefs around the world. What did…
Restaurant Umami Antwerp (8.1 out of 10)
ff Restaurant Umami Antwerp, typical Asian fusion kitchen, with many new elements and surprises combined with traditional dishes. http://www.umami-antwerp.be/restaurant/site.html What did we eat? Everything…. 🙂 Grilled Tuna, braised porc saté, fried rice, beautiful mushroom broth with dumplings, sushi, shrimps in katafi dough, wagyu carpaccio and some unique refreshing cocktails. Good / Bad points: + Crazy…
Kommilfoo Antwerp (9.2 out of 10)
Kommilfoo Antwerp. http://www.restaurantkommilfoo.be/home.jsf?nav=492&lang=4 Higher class restaurant with 1 michelin star, French – Belgian cuisine. Sorry that the pictures are backwards…. What did we eat? Too much to mention…. 2 beautiful light fresh amuses, nicely grille langoustine tails with lavender cream aspergus and spring beans – coquilles with green aspargus – suckling calf 2 ways…
Restaurant Eat Things ‘s-Gravenwezel
This review will be presented here as soon as my stolen laptop is returned to me….with all my pictures….
Restaurant Culinaria Merksem / Antwerpen (7,6 out of 10)
I got an invitation to this restaurant by my parents in law to celebrate an upcoming birthday. (happy birthday Nicole!) This restaurant, http://www.restaurant-cuinaria.be , is placed just outside the city center of Antwerp in the part called Merksem. My parents were very enthusiastic about this restaurant because they went here a week before, and they really wanted…
Il Gambero Rosso Westmalle 2nd visit (8.9 out of 10)
Had the luck to come back to one of my favorite restaurants and test them again to see if the quality is still the same or even better then last time. http://www.ilgamberorosso.be I was here with some guests and the greeting is always warm and traditional, fresh lobsters staring at you when you enter…
Restaurant Old Birdy ‘s-Gravenwezel Belgium (9.1 out of 10)
Finally time to put this restaurant on this site. Because this is place is my second home, at least almost…. coming here minimum of once a week and even 5 times in bad (or good) weeks, I can say I love to come here from the first time I came here 4 years ago. Of…
Restaurant Kandinsky Kapellen (6.5 out of 10)
Just another Saturday, this time going out with my parents in law Lucien and Nicole after being to a crazy old neighborhood reunion with them in the middle of Antwerp. Time to have some dinner in on of their favorite restaurants, restaurant Kandinsky in Kapellen, near Antwerp. (http://www.kandinsky.be/) This restaurant you could describe as a traditional Flemish…
Oriental Plaza Schilde, Belgium (7 out of 10)
Just another quicky here, since I try to put on every restaurant visited from the beginning of this blog, it sometimes happens I forget one or two…. On the 13th of august, me and my wife came back from the horse races, don’t ask me why but I just wanted to go there for many…
Restaurant La Maree Nieuwpoort, Belgium (8 out of 10)
On our last day of the holiday, and as we were on the coast, we decided we would go for some fresh fish. As my wife was nagging for 3 days about bouillabaisse, we looked for a typical fish restaurant in Nieuwpoort-Stad, just a cross the fish mine. How much fresher could it be? Off…
La Scala Restaurant – Pizzeria Nieuwpoort-Bad, Belgium (3.5 out of 10)
Being on holiday in our own small country, we visited this restaurant together with the kids, as they are always in for some pizza. Entering La Scala, you could immediately notice it was very busy, and therefore the waitress didn’t mention us. La Scala looks like a typical un-Italian pizza and pasta place, but as…
Restaurant Amadeus Antwerp, Belgium (5.5 out of 10)
Went to this famous Antwerp restaurant last Saturday the 7th of July. (http://www.amadeusspareribrestaurant.be/) It’s well known around the country for just 1 thing: the Spareribs…!!! Since we had a festival nearby, it was the perfect time to check it out. After making the reservation, which can only take place in 2 different shifts at 6p.m….
Restaurant Il Gambero rosso Westmalle, Belgium (8.5 out of 10)
Today, the 10th of July, my birthday, it was the second time I visited this Italian restaurant. http://www.ilgamberorosso.be Being a big fan of Italy and its cuisine, you can never go wrong here. I love this restaurant because besides the traditional food, they also serve numerous suggestions which are far from standard and changing every 6…
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