NYC Tastes

After our tea we trekked across Brussels to Cantillon.  I won't get into the details about this amazing brewery again but here's a little recap from the last trip . When the doors opened that familiar funky barnyard smell greeted us as we wedged into a small seat by the heater with a bottle of Cantillon Carignan; a lambic brewed with Carignan grapes. This was simply lovely; a bright ruby body with the subtle aroma of fruit and oak and a soft, juicy grape flavor that was tart but tannic like a red wine. We were quietly enjoying this beautiful lambic when we heard our names being called and turned to see some old beer friends from NYC enjoying their own bottles!  We ended up grabbing a table together and started to work our way through the bottle list in the short hour that was left.  Of course we didn't get too far but we all planned to return later in the week to finish what we had begun. We bought some beer to take with us on the way home- two huge magn...

After our lovely afternoon in Beersel we trekked back into Brussels.  Mr. T said he felt well enough to check out one more place so I took him to Moder Lambic which he missed out on the day before.  We grabbed a table outside and took a look at the bottle list.  I had been so psyched about all the Cantillon's on draft the day before this thought hadn't even occurred to me.   Oh my goodness that list...there were beers on there I never thought I would see in this lifetime.  We were both floored and quickly started formulating a plan to justify the expense of one of these gems.  Well Mr. T really hadn't eaten anything since we got to Brussels and I skipped dinner last night in favor of macaroons.  It seemed that we had actually been saving money so it was only right that we treat ourselves to one of these beers.  See how wonderful that worked out:) We began with an incredible rarity from Drie Fonteinen the Millennium Geuze.  ...

I’m kind of upset with Brussels because I got horribly sick while we were there.   It started with my breakfast while waiting for the Euro star. I had ordered an almond croissant. It came stuffed with some kind of rich custard inside which would have been fine for dessert but really didn’t make my stomach feel so great that early in the morning.   The heavy cappuccino didn’t help things much either and I was feeling a little weighed down on our train ride. However I bounced back once we got to Brussels and went out for some fantastic beers at Mappo Mudo (loved sitting upstairs and staring down at all the people) and big silly Leffe Brun’s at La Lunette.   Look at this head on the Duvel! I had heard some good thing about In 't Spinnekopke so we headed over there for dinner. The place was very quaint and old fashioned. Our waiter was great with helping with the menu and we ended up ordering two dishes to split.   I got some sort of chicken dish that ...