The man who has matured I was told, by head chef and owner Filip Claeys, that De Jonkman was translated into “The Young Man”, the phrase representative of himself when he opened this modern restaurant with rooms off Bruges’s city centre. Filip has a good culinary pedigree, having worked for Bruges’s 3-Michelin-starred institution restaurant De …
What can go wrong? Many things. Same as many other restaurants I often visit on the first days of their opening. The service might be slow. The food might not be the best the kitchen can offer. There are, though not always, creases that need ironing out. An unsatisfactory meal can tell so much about …
EAT A LOT OF CHOCOLATE!!!! Yes. Last Monday I was in Brugge–also known as “Bruges” to the rest of the world–Belgium, the world’s capital of chocolate. Guess what–you don’t need to–chocolate was at the very top of my food agenda. There are so many ready-made and artisanal chocolate shops in the city. I was so …