François Piscitello’s Le Jardin des Bégards offers a true gem. Firstly for the location, nestled gently at the foot of the sloping Sauvenière. Once through the gate, the lovely garden…
We like Thierry Bedeur – largely because his Enoteca has now been serving impeccable Mediterranean cuisine for nearly 20 years and, as a true taste craftsman, Bedeur pays due respect…
Claudio Dell'anno is back but not in Courtrai but rather down the coast in Knokke. It's a bit like a rebirth for a man who was a finalist in "Mijn…
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…
White tablecloths, walls in soothing tones and seats draped in cloth, Da Mimmo's Italian cuisine is dressed up haute couture rather than ready-to-wear. The spirit of the place is similar…
Le Caffè al Dente is shaping up to be a real discovery, a cross between a trattoria and a enoteca. Trattoria wise, le Caffè al Dente has a short…
It's true to say that Italian cuisine is primarily about the produce. However, putting this produce on display as the Caffè al dente has done is a stroke of genius.…
What enthusiasm! On our part of course. But also from the man himself. Not far from La Louvière, close to an abandoned station, three letters adorn a discreet façade by…
In Brussels, but it is also true elsewhere in Belgium, restaurants faithful to the spirit and letter of Italian cuisine can be counted on the fingers of one hand, and…
In Italy, they don’t joke about the notion of ‘family’. Nadia and Giovanni Bruno are living proof of this, having taken on their parents’ place. And they have whipped up…
