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Obviously, I refer first and foremost to the bagel. Although the Jewish community of Antwerp provides a refuge for some, the bagel battle in Brussels is a bitter one.
I have lived in Etterbeek since 1999 and had never given much thought to the hotel restaurant next to Mérode metro on Avenue Tervuren.
In order to compensate for my dwindling meat consumption, I’ve been exploring the strange, new world of health food stores and vegetarian restaurants. And I’m quite enjoying the journey.
Opened last autumn, Bia Mara is Brussels’ first fish and chip joint. Only it’s not your standard ‘cod’n’chips in yesterday’s paper’ affair.
De Markten is, in the first instance, Brussels’ Dutch-language community centre. It is also, we gladly discover, the perfect lunch spot.
Greek cuisine tends to get lost in translation. Friends and family come back from Greece waxing lyrical about light-as-a-feather dishes of grilled fish and cooling salads.
We order Ethiopian beer (a malty lager from St George Brewery in Addis Ababa), a glass of red wine and a couple of house cocktails made with honey and fresh pineapple juice and sit back to take in
Myny, who grew up in Dilbeek, just outside of Brussels, learned to cook in his grandmother’s kitchen.
