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Posted on March 8, 2013 by aaron

There’s no such thing as trying to eat. One eats or one doesn’t. And half-hearted promises are as loathsome as air kisses and limp handshakes. So when I told a guy named Kobe that I would come to a town called Dranouter, I meant it. Now I’m In De Wulf.

This place is in de middle of nowhere, so we’ll stay the night in the guest rooms upstairs. But this afternoon, ambassadors from France, Spain, China and the US convene in the lounge — a UN of restaurant junkies. Friends old and new have just eaten lunch, while my buddy Jose and I await dinner. 3,600 miles from my house, I am at home. Continue reading →

Posted in Benelux | Tagged belgium, dranouter, flemish foodies, hay, in de wulf, justin yu, kobe desramaults, le grand fooding, michelin 1*, natural wine, new york, oostende, ostend, san pellegrino world's 50 best restaurants, the flemish primitives, vin naturel | 5 Comments

Posted on April 4, 2011 by aaron

“You owe me, bigtime.”

Those four words appear frequently in conversations between my girlfriend and I. By pure coincidence, I’m always on the receiving end.

Her eyes alone shouted them at me now. Some curious little man, cracked out on Spanish ham and Russian caviar, had just swiped an Italian sparkling water bottle from her hands and flashed it before the Danish gentleman standing next to us while his curious little friend photographed the crime.

The guy next to us was René Redzepi. And those two sneaky bastards were either chef groupies or desperate PR reps, maybe both.  This was my poor girlfriend’s introduction to The Flemish Primitives, a food festival held last month in Ostend, Belgium. It was my introduction to the doghouse. Continue reading →

Posted in Food Events | Tagged 95 keerom, a priori, alex atala, alexandre gauthier, arabelle meirlaen, astrance, beer, belgium, bruno goussault, carne sa, chocolate, chris young, clandestino, d.o.m., david martin, de jonkman, de librije, dominique persoone, faviken, filip claeys, flanders, flemish foodies, french fries, frites, gert de mangeleer, giorgio nava, guggenheim bilbao, hendrik dierendonck, hertog jan, in de wulf, institut meurice, jack o'shea, jonnie boer, josean martinez alija, kamo, kobe desramaults, kristof coppens, kuleuven, l'air du temps, l'eveil des sens, la grenouillère, la paix, laury zioui, li cwerneu, magnus nilsson, massimo bottura, michel bras, modernist cuisine, ned flanders, noma, oostende, ostend, osteria francescana, oud sluis, pascal barbot, rené redzepi, san pellegrino world's 50 best restaurants, sang hoon degeimbre, sergio herman, simpsons, stanford university, the chocolate line, the flemish primitives, tomoyasu kamo, ugent, waffles, wouter van der vieren | 5 Comments