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02/08/2010Introducing Dining & Cuisine in Belgium

Introducing Dining & Cuisine in Belgium Expatica’s Dining & Cuisine section highlights the best restaurants in towns, and our food and drink writers offer up Belgian classics.

Eating the local food is one of the most important ways to experience local culture. After all, you’ll be eating it every day.

Eating out
Brussels has a bewildering array of restaurants and many believe that its geographical position has much to do with it – Belgians boast they can beat the French for food and the Germans for beer.  

You can’t mention Belgium without mentioning frites, those wonderful little sticks of pure joy fashioned from the humble potato. Food writer Kimberley Lovato went in search of The not-so-secret recipe for Belgian frites,  and The story of Belgian frites reveals the origins of the delicacy on the banks of la Meuse.

But the city is about much more than just fries, in Dining under the stars we have compiled our suggestions for this summer on the city’s terrasses.

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Belgian Chocolate Mousse - Assorted Desserts

This month food blogger Brussels Sprout will be offering vegetarian alternatives, and if you’re still missing those little things from your own country then check Food from home in Belgium.

If you prefer to do it yourself then Peter Driscoll offers an alternative to the traditional summer barbecue burnt offerings in Smoking - the new year round outdoor cooking and BBQ experience.

Beer
Check our guide to traditional bars in Brussels, The best bars in Brussels where you can sample everything from a kriek to the one-off originals from the many micro breweries. In Belgian beer - in a glass of its own, Ben Nimmo handles the strange Kwak glass… with care, of course.

Prophet vs profit: dilemma for brewing monks reports on how Belgium's Westmalle abbey faces a new and unexpected challenge.


And for those who’ve overdone the tipple, an apple a day could keep your hangover at bay.

Bon appétit!

If you don’t agree with our choice or see one missing, please send us your recommendations  or leave them under the article via the ‘reply’ button.

Photo credits: avlxyz


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