Beef brisket and pulled pork is just what Brussels needed; a Texas BBQ place where no vegetarian would set foot in, where you can enjoy meat with that unique smoky taste along with a homemade barbecue sauce and enjoy along with a cold lager.

Soup. Soup can be quite a boring dish, but when prepared well and with the right spices it can be a unique experience. Especially Asian soups with lots of spices and interesting ingredients are something that many people, me included, are crazy about.

When we arrived in front of Nonbe Daigaku on a rainy Saturday evening (Hello Brussels!), I was a bit hesitant whether this was really the place that looked so nice on the pictures I had previously seen. There was a big phone number made from red tape, glued to the window, a not too inviting entrance door and a quite worn-down facade.

You can also read the article here on 'The Brussels Express' 

Natural wine - what is that? Normally, this means that the wine is produced without any chemical additives, like sulphites. As soon as even a small quantity of these is added (at bottling for example) one speaks of organic wines and not natural anymore. But lines are blurred here and there is no strict regulation, which is why one natural can differ to some extent from another one.

I am always a bit scared to go back to restaurants twice. It happened too many time already that when coming back the food wasn’t as good, because the cook had a bad day, or the service wasn’t as nice as the first time I went, or the restaurant has decided to change its interior entirely, sometimes to a worse in my opinion. It’s some kind of non-fulfillment of expectations anxiety. But on the other hand, like this I can be really certain to recommend a restaurant: when it was great many times.

Maastricht. A small, enchanting city in the South of the Netherlands that immediately catches you with its charm. It’s the birthplace of the European Union and reachable from Brussels by train in less than two hours. On weekends you even get a 50% discount on train tickets. While it’s quite evident where to walk around, because the city is quite small, I want to give you a few tips where to eat and where to linger for a cup of coffee.