Same Old. Michelin Stars.

Some lost them. Some got them. 2 of them have 3. Michelin has spoken in Belgium. Seems we’re doing pretty well on the Bib Gourmand section.
 
 
 

Plum Pie Going Topless.

This whole tart vs. pie … very difficult concept! I guess it has more to do with my non-native English than anything else. However, once I read all about the topless tart it started to make sense.
October/ November/ December are not what I would call easy months. Seems the (working) world forgets that every year [...]

Nuts. Chestnuts, Hazelnuts, Walnuts.

There is so much I don’t like about autumn. Sorry. This should read ‘there is so much I don’t like about autumn in … Belgium’. Autumn in Belgium equals constant rain. Constant! Grey skies. And that miserable wet coldness. You know what I mean. (The t-w-o sunny days we just had don’t count!)
But there is [...]

Party Time. Suggestions?

We usually have 2 parties a year. One is a summer party, one is a pre-winter holiday seazon party. We used to have birthday parties as well, but figured that travelling for ones birthday is a better way to celebrate.
This year we did not have a summer. Which means we did not have a summer [...]

Welcome. Guardian Unlimited.

To anyone coming here from the Guardian Travel Site - a special welcome/ bienvenue/ welkom. Hope you will enjoy what you read, share your thoughts and visit Brussels one of these days.

Bacon. Gorgonzola. Pasta.

I should have called this leftover pasta. It was as delicious as it looks, and even easier to make. A no brainer, but a wonderful lunch. I guess sometimes these are the best dishes, right? Simply tossed together, flavors mixing, the right dish at the right moment in time (lunch) and the world is [...]

I Scream. White Chocolate Ice Cream.

“Sometimes I am afraid to admit that I love white chocolate.” This is how David Lebovitz starts his white chocolate ice cream post in The Perfect Scoop. Well … personally I don’t like white chocolate. Which made me very skeptical at the whole idea of white chocolate ice cream. But I absolutely loved, loved, loved [...]

The Belgian Coast

A weekend at the coast. Freezing. Some sunshine. Great food.