BRUSSELS: The large raviolo stuffed with a whole burrata and a tartare of red prawns flown in from Sicily is cooked for just 52 seconds in boiling water. Chef Ugo Federico of Brussels restaurant Racines wants the burrata to melt but remain inside the pasta and the tartare of prawns to be served as a tartare, i.e. still cold. The end result is not only spectacular to see but … [Read more...]
Nick Bril and Lionel Rigolet join forces for four-month Brussels pop-up
BRUSSELS: Nick Bril and Lionel Rigolet have teamed up to create a new gastronomic experience in Brussels. It is housed at the top of one of the most emblematic buildings in Belgium. From March 15, the pop-up restaurant Table 58 will be set up on the rooftop of Palais 5 at Brussels Expo with a view of the Atomium one of Brussels’ most recognised symbols. Nick Bril is chef … [Read more...]
Pop-up Kokotte: a culinary incubator in Brussels to test new restaurant concepts
BRUSSELS: Regine and Aline did not know what they would face when they opened a temporary pop-up restaurant at Pop-up Kokotte in central Brussels in March 2020. They still remember the day, a Tuesday. Little did they know that by Saturday, they would be shut for good in the first COVID-19 lockdown. Their concept was that of introducing African burgers to gastronomic burgers. … [Read more...]
Humus Hortense starts Save the Harvest project
BRUSSELS: Chef Nicholas Decloedt of Humus Hortense has been working together with Caroline Baerten on a roots to leaves and a zero-waste approach long before this became a trend. Fresh from their new Green Michelin star, over the past weeks they have launched a project to help and support their farmer Dries Delanote of Monde des Mille Couleurs who lost all his restaurant … [Read more...]
Teddington: the new Brussels bar and bistro with a ‘hockey theme’
BRUSSELS: Hockey is big in Belgium. After all the Red Lions, as the Hockey team is called are the current World Champions. A brand new address in Brussels that has just opened just off Place St Job in Uccle by Olivier and Catherine Lust, the owners of a gastronomic restaurant in Lasne called La Ligne Rouge. Teddington is housed inside a former printing press just off … [Read more...]
