The Old Oak

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Restaurants
Cuisine:	Irish
Location:	Franklinstraat 26, Brussels

We're planning to visit all Irish pubs in Brussels at least once. Today we finally visited one in the Schuman-area where there are still many to visit!

The Old Oak is a typical Irish pub with screens for sports and good food (mmm real burgers!). It's nice to see so many different nationalities here enjoying the football and the food ;-)
The downstairs has a really cool glass-ceiling with images of oaks (see pic). We didn't go upstairs (maybe next time?).

More info: http://www.celticpubs.com/celtweb/oldoakbxl.html

Celtica (Irish Pub)

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Other

Just a pub so no food here! (that's why I didn't put it under restaurants).

It's a nice Irish pub with good prices and of course big screens for watching football and rugby ;-)

Good alternative if the other Irish pubs in the city centre are full and you weren't planning on having an Irish dinner anyway.

More info: http://www.celticpubs.com/celtweb/celticabxl.html

Beijingya

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Restaurants
Cuisine:	Chinese
Location:	Rue Melsens 8, Brussels

What you'll notice first is the crispy ducks (see pic) in the window but don't worry they have vegetarian dishes too!
It's a nice but small Chinese restaurant with authentic dishes. Read some of the reviews to get an idea:

http://www.zone02.be/resto/detail/nl/2522/Beijingya.html
http://www.resto.be/ware/details.jsp?businessid=47686

It's just around the corner of La Centrale Electrique where you can see great exhibits ;-)

The Face of Lace (Bruges, 15-2-2009)

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Other

Brilliant artworks based on the art of lace in several museums in Bruges. If you like lace and modern art you have to check this out!

All the locations are great too and there are lots of beautiful works of art to be seen!
Exhibit ends at 1-3-2009 so be fast ;-)

More info: http://www.kantlijnen.be/

Basecamp

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Restaurants
Cuisine:	Indian
Location:	Naamsestraat 16, Leuven, Belgium

Terrific Nepalese/Indian/Tibetan food. Everything is yummy here!

More info: http://www.restaurantbasecamp.com/

Au thé de Pékin

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Restaurants
Cuisine:	Chinese
Location:	Zwarte-lieve-vrouwstraat 16-24, Brussels, Belgium

Pretty good, authentic Chinese food in a nicely decorated restaurant. It's quite large so not too difficult to get a table. Many Chinese people eat here too!

More info: http://www.authedepekin.be/

Un-Scene (Wiels, Brussels, 8-2-2009)

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Other

Young Belgian artists with exciting works in a cool location ;-)
They have great food here too!

More info: http://www.wiels.org/site2/home.php