MattBackHome
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Morning all. Any advice on food and drink in any of these places?
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[Travel] Ghent / Antwerp / Brussels
- Thread starter MattBackHome
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Easy 10
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Waffles and paté
kemptown kid
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- Apr 17, 2011
- 362
Mussels, chips and beer. Followed by chocolate.
Mussels frittes mussels frittes is about it.
They even have frittes museums.
They even have frittes museums.
Brussels has some superb restaurants but you cannot beat the street sold "triple fried chip baguette", it is food heaven! Must have frit sauce on it, lashings of it!
Bevendean Hillbilly
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Why not ask the Albion scouts...they practically live over there at the moment.
Ghent is one of my favourite cities in Europe.
mike1901
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- May 12, 2017
- 281
Musles, chips, mayo and beer and you must try Carbonnade Flamande. Which is a Flemish stew cooked in beer, it is to die for. I used to have this alot when I was younger. My Dad was Belgiun.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
He may be one of the Albion scouts, for all we know.
Machiavelli
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Ensure you go to Antwerp train station. A thing of beauty. Avoid chocolate-box Bruges. We went to Ghent a few years back, it's a very livable city.
Yep go here, order yourself a Klokke roeland (11% lovely) and cubed cheese and meat. Amazing.
Dirk Lehmann's Python
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Agree with all of this except the Bruges bit. In the week when quieter it's a great place with fantastic bars. It's only when the cruise ships dump in the visitors that it's a nightmare. Better in the evening.
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Decent steak house in Ghent I seem to vaguely remember.
Had over indulged on the Kwak, but can still remember the steaks tasting good.
http://tomvandenhecke.wixsite.com/argenvino
Had over indulged on the Kwak, but can still remember the steaks tasting good.
http://tomvandenhecke.wixsite.com/argenvino
Tony Towner's Fridge
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Bia Mara is a fish and chip place in Brussels. Sustainable fish and it's quirky, inexpensive and very very nice. Doesn't seat many so you may have to wait.
I was in Brussels last week for a few days. You have to walk through the Beirut type area between the midi-station and the main centre , it's not too bad but is pretty unkept and untidy. Good to get through if you have to.
Main Grande Place is ok if a tad expensive but we liked Place Geri (spellinge?) which had a lot of wee neat bars and restaurants.
Bus tour is 25 Euros but most city maps give you a two euro discount voucher. For this you also get two tours for the price of one.The main city history tour and the Europe tour (European Commission building, aka Maison Farage) etc etc. Lasts 24 hours (the ticket not the tour) and you can hop on and hop off at will.
Good place Brussels but two full days was enough. Beer OK but too sweat for me. Most bars had extensive 80 beer beer lists but i tended to concentrate on the citrusy IPAs of which there were only a few. Lupinus was good and the standard Juliper draught is ok too.
Enjoy.
TNBA
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I was in Brussels last week for a few days. You have to walk through the Beirut type area between the midi-station and the main centre , it's not too bad but is pretty unkept and untidy. Good to get through if you have to.
Main Grande Place is ok if a tad expensive but we liked Place Geri (spellinge?) which had a lot of wee neat bars and restaurants.
Bus tour is 25 Euros but most city maps give you a two euro discount voucher. For this you also get two tours for the price of one.The main city history tour and the Europe tour (European Commission building, aka Maison Farage) etc etc. Lasts 24 hours (the ticket not the tour) and you can hop on and hop off at will.
Good place Brussels but two full days was enough. Beer OK but too sweat for me. Most bars had extensive 80 beer beer lists but i tended to concentrate on the citrusy IPAs of which there were only a few. Lupinus was good and the standard Juliper draught is ok too.
Enjoy.
TNBA
TTF
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
I was there around 18 months ago and received some good advice from a NSCer but cant find the thread.
I drove there and boy is the town impossible to get to. Just like Brighton, they hate cars. Stayed at the Harmony Hotel overlooking the river. Nice room with free parking. The Waterhuis is a must visit micro pub style place with what looked like 500 beers and nothing under 10 Euros it seemed. There is a square called Korenmarkt which has a load of restaurants with outside tables. We ate in one and were more than happy with the food, drinks, service and cost.
I drove there and boy is the town impossible to get to. Just like Brighton, they hate cars. Stayed at the Harmony Hotel overlooking the river. Nice room with free parking. The Waterhuis is a must visit micro pub style place with what looked like 500 beers and nothing under 10 Euros it seemed. There is a square called Korenmarkt which has a load of restaurants with outside tables. We ate in one and were more than happy with the food, drinks, service and cost.
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,776
Head for the main squares in each city, the food and drink is top quality at very affordable prices and the service both warm and welcoming.
Tom Bombadil
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I liked Moeder Lambic in Brussels. Good range of beers and knowledgable staff.
Yes Chef
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There was a favourite building thread a while ago, and I mentioned Antwerp railway station
When I went, they only sold the Klokke Roeland in 33cl, and you were only allowed 2!