Top 10 Restaurants in Flanders

The Flemish Tourist Authority has issued a list of the 10 best restaurants in Antwerp, Brussels, Bruges, Elverdinge, Ghent, Leuven, Mechelen, Ostend and Poperinge

I have fond culinary memories of Belgium (chocolate and mussels topping the list!) and have long been trying to recruit friends to go on a tour of Belgian beer-brewing Trappist abbeys, but unfortunately it's a few years since I last visited the country.

That is to say that I'm not pretending that the following list comes from my own experience (alas!), and I cannot vouch for its accuracy. Still the source seems reliable, because it was compiled by Tourism Flanders (the official Tourist Board for Flanders and Brussels, which should act as an impartial judge one would assume).

Purportedly, these are the ten best eateries in the region. Let me pass the list on "as is" and invite you to share your thoughts if you tried any of these (purportedly very fine!) restaurants:

• Patrick De Vos "Zilveren Pauw" – Zilverstraat 41, Bruges
• Dome – Grote Hondstraat 2, Antwerp
• Pakhuis Brasserie – Schuurkenstraat 4, Ghent
• Rouge Tomate – Avenue Louise 190, Brussels
• De Blauwe Maan – Mechelsestraat 22, Leuven
• Folliez – Korenmarkt 19, Mechelen
• Pegasus Restaurant – Guido Gezellestraat 7, Poperinge
• The Ostend Queen – West Helling, Ostend
• Het Pomphuis – Siberiastraat z.n, Antwerp
• Hostellierie St Nicolas – Veurnseweg 532, Elverdinge