A Guide to the Restaurants of Brussels, Belgium

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Gastronomic delights await foodies on tour insprouts to round off your Brussels experience.
Brussels, Belgium. The local cuisine has a uniqueArcadi isn't strictly vegetarian, though; it does
flavour and style, but the city also pays homageoffer bacon with some of the dishes and not
to cuisines from around the world. Butcher'severyone considers dishes that include eggs to be
Street, for example, is home to a large numbervegetarian.
of international restaurants that cater to a rangeThose who would prefer to sample something
of budgets and tastes.beyond Belgium's local flavours (at least for a
For something local, simple and relatively cheap,break from the norm) may enjoy La Kasbah.
head to Les Brassins with its brasserie set up.Serving up the tastes of Morocco, everything
Patronised mostly by students and locals, thefrom the food to the conversation of the waiters
restaurant offers good quality as well as good(in Arabic) to the décor is distinctly
quantity from a small menu of items.Moroccan. Try out the popular favourites of
On the other side of the spectrum, there's Auxtagine, couscous and mezze. Top it all off with a
Armes de Bruxelles, which caters to an upmarkettasty baklava.
clientele with haute cuisine. Everything from theA number of restaurants in Brussels are
food to the wine is highly praised by those whoconverted from interesting origins. In't
have visited the restaurant. As a result,Spinnekopke was once a stagecoach inn and now
reservations should be made in advance as theserves up hale and hearty country cuisine washed
high price tag doesn't appear to dissuadedown with over a hundred varieties of artisanal
customers from filling up all the tables each night.beers. Similarly, La Manufacture, which now
If mussels in Brussels sounds good, visit Chezserves Mediterranean and Asian cuisines, was
Leon. Popular in France, the restaurant serves uponce a leather goods factory. Not to be outdone,
mussels, French fries and beer in a variety ofLa Quincaillerie, a former hardware store, is now a
ways along with other traditional Belgian cuisine.popular favourite with local businessmen.
Arcadi is one of Brussel's most popular vegetarianIn keeping with the varied nature of the city, the
restaurants. The bistro style restaurant offers arestaurants of Brussels, Belgium are just as varied
lengthy menu with conservative prices. Dig intoand provide for hours of entertainment...
everything from quiches and pastas to salads and