L’ Atelier de cuisine – Sauce Béarnaise.

The kitchen equipment in western cuisines is sometimes very abundant. Also sometimes silly. I remember buying tools that afterwards are kept in the closet unused. One of my worst buys was a fruit press that I used only once. Why? Well, because of the time it took to clean the press after using it!  Not [...]

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An exclusive veggie from Flanders: Witloof.

Here is another recipe from Flanders’ traditional cuisine – (serves 4) 8 endives aka witloof or chicon. 8 slices of cooked white ham  milk  flour  butter  a mix of grated gruyere cheese and grated  parmegiano (parmesan) cheese. Salt, pepper and nutmeg ——————————————————————————– Clean endives and remove outer leaves, cut and hollow out the root base [...]

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Zeebrugse Grey Shrimp Croquettes.

A real classic in the traditional  Belgian Cuisine. I want to share one of the best classic recipes from the Flemish Belgian cuisine. A shame that here in Asia it’s almost impossible to get fresh North Sea grey shrimps, so this recipe is only meant to make you hungry. Otherwise just buy some airline tickets to Belgium [...]

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