Top 10 foodie destinations in Gent, according to The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/feb/10/top-10-food-shops-restaurants-ghent?CMP=twt_gu
(February 10th, 2012)
Belgian Restaurant · Brugse Poort-Rooigem · 79 tips and reviews
Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: It is well worth the 10-minute walk out of the city centre to discover Volta, a cool restaurant housed in a vast converted turbine hall. The kitchen is run by genial young chef ...
Belgian Restaurant · Patershol · 37 tips and reviews
Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Newly opened JEF typifies the changes going on in Flemish cooking. Chef Jason Blanckaert abandoned the Michelin-starred cuisine of the chic but classic C-Jean restaurant to open ...
Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: One of Belgium's most talented chefs, Kobe Desramaults cooks his signature "earthy" cuisine in a cult restaurant in the Flemish countryside, but now he has just opened De ...
Chocolate Store · Nederkouter · 11 tips and reviews
Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: There are all the usual famous-name Belgian chocolates on sale in the centre of Ghent, but real chocoholics will search out this off-the-beaten track boutique showcasing the ...
Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Annick de Splenter has renovated another of Ghent's old industrial buildings, installing brewing vats and transforming the rest of the space into a friendly bar and restaurant ...
Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Ghent has a beautiful medieval fish market, but it is now being turned into offices and a brash modern brasserie. The last fishmonger to leave was Guido Meersschaut, the fourth ...
Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Tierenteyn looks more like an apothecary than a delicatessen, and although the shelves are stocked with stone jars of spices and herbs, everyone comes here for their unique ...
Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Maarten and Jeroen Michels look like a couple of mad scientists, and are known around town as "the Roomer Boys", after the unique aperitif they invented using Heath Robinson ...
Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Housed in a splendid baroque mansion on the Leie river, Temmerman is the town's favourite old-fashioned sweetshop. The shelves are lined with tempting jars of sticky toffees ...
Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Thirty years ago, three students began making organic cheeses using non-pasteurised milk in the cellar of an ancient convent, and they've become something of an institution in ...