On Place Brugmann at the end of Avenue Louis Lepoutre the atmosphere feels more Parisien than Bruxellois. Kevin and I love heading down to Brugmann on a weekend to soak in the European atmosphere. There's great shopping, a wine bar and plenty of choices to sit for a cappucino and croissant. My favorite café hands down is Gaudron. Open for breakfast, lunch and teatime, it's part traiteur, part bakery and part greengrocer. They offer a wide variety of gourmet goods from around Europe and often are sampling their products. The service is excellent with an army of wait staff to satisfy your every whim. On a lovely summer day, Kevin and I went there for afternoon coffee and I ordered the blueberry tartlet which was the best tarte I'd ever tasted. If you're pressed for what to have for dinner, you can order at the counter for take-away until 8pm.http://www.gaudron.be/
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Great blog! Too bad it seems you've stopped posting. Are you still living in Brussels? I will be visiting (from the U.S.) at the end of this month, and my parents live right around the corner from Gaudron on Alphonse Renard.
Anyhow, seeing as you've spent some time in the area, could you recommend any good vegetarian restaurants in Ixelles? My girlfriend is a vegetarian, and the last time we were there, she ate pasta almost every night we went out to eat. Meatless options were virtually nonexistent. While we did eat at Dolma over by Flagey, and we found vegetarian food at various ethnic (Thai, Middle Eastern, etc.) restaurants, the Belgian restaurants always presented a challenge. Perhaps it's just the nature of Belgian cuisine, but I'm hoping there are places serving traditional Belgian food that can accomodate my little herbivore.
Thanks.
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