Street food in brussels
Street food has been popular years now. It used to be just a hamburger or hot dog or some chips, but nowadays there’s a whole range of balanced, exotic dishes to take away. Food trucks and salad bars have made started to pop up all over the city… but restaurants are also joining the party and offering quick and often worldly bites! Thanks to this nomadic cuisine, you can sample culinary specialities from around the world. Mexican, Indian, American, Asian… Organic, vegetarian and even vegan.
At a table or on the go? The choice is yours! Wolf Food Market In a place where primarily financial wolves used to roam, you can now devour street food to your heart’s content. Wolf, named after rue Fossé aux Loups (a former favourite watering hole among the financial wolves), is located between the Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudula and the Monnaie. Brussels’ former General Savings and Pensions headquarters has been transformed into a veritable marketplace, where you can choose from all kinds of street food. The site is home to no fewer than nineteen restaurants and two bars.
It’s a genuine world tour of gastronomy: from hamburgers and sushi to pasta and Syrio-Lebanese sandwiches. Treat yourself to a poke bowl or one of the gourmet waffles of renowned chef Yves Matagne. If you want to stay a while longer, you can hang out in the chill room. Another must is the Food Hub, the site’s organic and zero-waste market.
Manneken Pis, one of our landmarks
Manneken Pis Dutch for ‘”Little Pissing Man”‘) is a landmark 61 cm (24 in) bronze fountain sculpture of a ‘puer mingens’ in central Brussels, depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain’s basin. It was designed by Jérôme Duquesnoy the Elder (1570–1641), and put in place in 1618 or 1619. The current statue is a replica which dates from 1965. The original is kept in the Brussels City Museum. Manneken Pis is the best-known symbol of the people of Brussels. It also embodies their sense of humour (called zwanze in Brussels’ dialect) and their independence of mind.
Manneken Pis is an approximate five minutes’ walk from the Grand Place (Brussels’ main square), at the junction of the Rue du Chêne/Eikstraat and the pedestrian Rue de l’Étuve/Stoofstraat. This site is served by the premetro (underground tram) station Bourse/Beurs (on lines 3 and 4), as well as the bus stops Grand Place/Grote Markt and Cesar de Paepe.
Origins of Manneken Pis
The earliest mention of the existence of Manneken Pis can be found in an administrative document, dating from 1451–52, about the water lines supplying the fountains of Brussels. From the beginning, the fountain played an essential role in the distribution of drinking water. It stood on a column and poured water into a double rectangular basin of stone. The only representations of this first statue can be found, very schematically, on a map by the cartographers Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, in which the fountain appeared to be installed directly on the street and not on a corner as it is today; it was depicted again in a painting from 1616 by the court painters Denis Van Alsloot and Antoon Sallaert representing Brussels’ Ommegang of 1615, as well as in a preparatory drawing to this painting, in which Manneken Pis is dressed as a shepherd.
The first statue was replaced by a new bronze version, commissioned in 1619 by Brussels’ city council. This 61-centimetre-tall (24 in) bronze statue, on the corner of the Rue de l’Étuve/Stoofstraat and the Rue des Grands Carmes/Lievevrouwbroerstraat, was conceived by Brussels’ sculptor Jérôme Duquesnoy the Elder (1570–1641), father of the architect and sculptor Jérôme Duquesnoy the Younger and the famous sculptor François Duquesnoy. It was probably cast and installed in 1620. During that time, the column supporting the statue and the double rectangular basin collecting water were completely remodelled by the stone cutter Daniel Raessens.
Manneken Pis histoire, © wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Fantastico
Dine in. Take away. No home delivery.
71, rue de l’Enseignement – 1000 Brussels
Lovely italian restaurant offering all the usual … pasta, pizze, terrine, limoncello!
Friendly staff and professional service demonstrate quality. The comfortable ambiance is to be appreciated.
Mile End
Dine in & terrasse
24, rue du Congrès – 1000 Brussels
Lovely fermented food that will suit vegan, veggie, flexitarians and other curious of fourth dimension culinary.
Food and service reputed exceptional. very very healthy bowls (with lots of fermented foods) and with wonderful flavours.
Perfect for vegans, vegetarians and meat eaters alike. Lovely vibes in this place of all local, organic, etc. and minimising waste
Per Bacco
The kitchen of the restaurant “Per Bacco” inspired by the recipes of Italian cuisine, with special attention to fresh and strong taste of authentic Calabrian tradition.
In his careful and daily search for excellence great products, plates from the chef Carmine conquer every palate , even the most refined . Among our specialties, you can enjoy our delicious and tasty pizzas and calzones stuffed with your choice made with raw materials of high quality.
The restaurant ” Per Bacco ” is also close to the Royal Circus and two minutes of the downtown area .
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Brian Joyeux
A pastry shop, yes, but above all a workshop/store, give us a try!
A special request? Place an order!
The Brian Joyeux workshop: a different approach to traditional pastry. “Our wish is to offer you homemade delicacies, made with fresh and top quality season products, selected with care!”
The Brian Joyeux pastry shop: Brian and Anastasia Joyeux have dreamt, imagined and conceived it.
The Brian Joyeux showcase: every morning, Brian Joyeux produces a new series of pastries, small cakes and pies, as well as 3 daily cupcakes according to the season and available products. As you walk by the window, you’ll see him in action!
The Brian Joyeux workshop: weekly pastries
- Tuesday is always the eclair day,
- Wednesday is the lemon meringue small-open pies day,
- Thursday is the merveilleux one,
- And Friday it is the rum babas.
From Epiphany galettes in January to Christmas yule log in December, we play a happy pastry tune!
The Brian Joyeux workshop: his know-how
- 15 homemade macaroon flavors depending on the season,
- Take away tea-cakes, sweets and other little goodies.
The Saturday viennoiseries workshop: Saturday morning, cupcakes, croissants, puff flake pastry goodies, kooglehopfs, chocolate brioches, etc. are waiting for you at the shop. We also work on order if you desire any during the week.
The special cakes workshop: from 2 to 100 people or more, unlimited choice and custom realization to meet your expectations. You can also have a look at our catalogue before placing your order.
We do our best to satisfy your needs: individuals or professionals – companies, offices, ministries, restaurants, tearooms, weddings, buffets – everyone is welcome!
See you there,
The Brian Joyeux workshop
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Floyd's
Floyd’s has become a must in Brussels, located just a stone’s throw from the Royal Park. In its elegant, air-conditioned and cosy setting, created in 2018 by interior designer Charline Lemaire, you can enjoy its renowned cocktails accompanied by its varied flavour aperitif boards.
Open for lunch and dinner from Monday to Saturday, Floyd’s now offers you its new concept of Bistronomy to share with its incredible dishes constantly renewed by the chef Paco Martinez Benavente, a well-known figure in our capital. Everything you need to eat and spend a good time, whether for an aperitif or a whole evening in a very pleasant atmosphere.
Menthe & Safran
Located in the center of Brussels, between the Royal Park and the Congress column. Mint & Safran is a friendly place where you can enjoy a traditional Moroccan dish or marveling at one of our many teas or fresh juices. The restaurant does not sell alcoholic beverages.
While listening to classic Andalusian or Arabic music on the background, you will be able to enjoy homemade pastries but also get care products directly from Morocco.