In the family of restaurants where the welcome can be described as 'noble' I must include 't Verschil. Initially a cook, Peter Maertens learned his trade in impressive houses such…
Luc Bellings is a great cook. Already a precocious talent at a high-level at the Hasselt Savarin before taking over the kitchens in Château de Petit-Leez near Gembloux, it was…
Brussels, October 2011. Eighteen months on, freeze frame on an address that reached the dizzy culinary heights the moment it opened wide its doors. Before the first customer had even…
We can only rejoice at meeting a man like Alex Hanbuckers – he radiates enthusiasm and his joy clearly has an effect on his cooking. He is a happy man,…
In the centre of the village of Eprave, a stone's throw from Rochefort, the Auberge du Vieux Moulin restaurant plays with contrasts, and brilliantly so. In the kitchen, the gastronomic…
Not so long ago, 't Huis van Lede was called 'In den Hert, 'a small café-bistro and grocery store such as can still be found in many corners of our…
A magnificent villa encircled by a beautiful garden—a magical place that serves as a backdrop to the restaurant 't Overhamme. The interior is pretty, sober, as dark walls compete with…
Strange name for a townhouse. It was called that simply because the initiators got used to calling it that as a code name for the project: B52 after its address…
"Simplicity is the first step of nature and the last of the art" is the maxim ascribed to Bart Desmidt, and it's evidently a legitimate claim. This grand house was…
The perfect "étage" is somewhere in-between, it's neither the ground floor nor the first floor, it's neither one nor the other—it floats between the two, as if hesitating. In creating…
There are two of them, as close as five fingers of the same hand — as only real brothers can be. The elder, Benoît, was a home chef and from…
A ‘Marché aux Poissons’ institution; in its old-fashioned, charmingly antiquated café, regular Bij den Boer customers relax in a friendly atmosphere and enjoy simple, fortifying, delicious food. Marnic Malaise and…
