This restaurant is a classic for nightcrawlers in Brussels: good food, correct prices and the kitchen is opened until 1 AM.
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| Don't expect chips with the dishes, here it is potato or rice |
To locate the place, it is in the rue des Chartreux, next to the Greenwich café (this bar also deserves a visit, especially if you like chess).
I know this restaurant for more than 10 years now and nothing changed there since (not even the prices!). For me it is filled with memories of endless conversations, big laughters and all that happens on an improvised night out with friends.
It is also the place I show to people visiting Brussels to explain how we live here: simplicity, warmth and amiability.
The place has more to offer than meets the eye (yes, I saw Transformers just before writing this.) because when you'll enter you might think "what is so special about that place? The tables and the chairs don't match,it is noisy, crowded and the crew look like 4 hobos and a bear..."
To explain, I would say that it is all about the food.
I was once said that when the bread they give you is good, the food will be good too.
Well, they have the best bread in Brussels.
And the rest follows of course. The last time I went there was the première for Agata and the magic operated, she tasted all the dishes (we were 3, our friend Jonathan joined us) and loved it all!
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| The black board, only menu available here. It will keep you busy while waiting for your table |
On the menu my favourite dishes are:
Le jambonneau à la moutarde à l'ancienne (Ham with mustard) to eat only when you are REALLY hungry.
La tranche de gigot d'agneau sauce au porto (grilled lamb with porto sauce)
And the traditional Stoemp saucisse (Mashed vegetables and potatoes with sausage).
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| The rabbit in cherry beer sauce, a belgian classic |
If you prefer something lighter, you have salad with grilled chicken, rabbit with cherry beer sauce or the scampi brochette. Or you can just pick randomly, anyway it will be good (just don't take anything you are allergic to. I don't want to be sued by a potential Darwin award winner).
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| light and tasty, how scampi should be (don't forget to spread them with garlic butter) |
I will just finish with some advices:
- first, they don't accept plastic so be sure to have enough cash (you don't want to piss off the grizzlie).
- second, be there early. I said it for the tapas locas but it is twice an advice for the fin de siècle, especially if you are a group, you might never have a table and you'll have to end up eating thaï next to the O'Reilly (I'll give you addresses later!)
- third, just enjoy, don't hesitate to engage conversation with your neighbours and to try every drink, especially the shots.
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| First Rodenbach for Agata, teenagers in Brussels drink it with grenadine syrup as an introduction to beers |
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