Sunset Time (in Zeebrugge)!

Waiting for us outside the restaurant: a beautiful sunset!

 

 Selfie time!

 

Awww 💓

 

So beautiful!

 On our way back to De Haan, a funky bridge 😊

 

 May 7th, 2023.

Restaurant Session (in Zeebrugge, Belgium): Amuzee

Arriving to Zeebrugge for dinner.

 

Hello!

 

Our restaurant: Amuzee✨from chef Laurent Law.

The restaurant, actually, doesn't exist anymore! But the chef can be found now at restaurant Rock-Fort in Brugge. 

 

Full of light and very clean decor - very nice! 

 

The logo of the restaurant in the bottle of water and...

...the napkin. Cute😊

 

With the aperitif... 

 

...the amuse (first dish of the menu): waffle with cream, chives and caviar. Delicious!

 

Oyster, tomato and soy.

[Oester | tomaat | soja]

As third dish, seabass, yoghurt, pomelo, tiger's milk. Delicious!

[Zeebaars | yoghurt | pomelo | tijgermelk]

 

An extra dish with mushrooms.

 

Bread and...

 

...butter. 

Cockles, dashi bouillon and spring onion.

[Kokkels | bouillon van dashi | lente ui]

 

Very nice!

 

View to the side walk at the sea. 

 

Red fish, Belgian asparagus and Dieppoise sauce.

[Roodbaars | Belgische asperges | sauce Dieppoise]

 

Sweet time! Orange and chocolate Equateur 76%

[Sinaas | "Equateur" 76%

 

The pace could have been a bit faster, but the food was delicious and we enjoyed it very much!

 

May 7th, 2023.

Sleeping in De Hann (Belgium): Manoir Carpe Diem

We stayed at the Manoir Carpe Diem. I love that the hotel is small and with a very nice and cosy decoration.

Our room. We got an upgrade to a Cape Cod suite.

 

The bed is in a mezzanine. 

 

Going down some stairs is the sitting area.

 

This sofa was not really comfortable, but it probably turns into a bed (for guests with children).

The room has also...

 

...a small terrace that gives directly to the swimming pool. It was a nice big room, but on a sunny warm day, I believe it can get quite loud if there are children playing at the pool. I still prefer the Junior Suites.

 

Beautiful bathroom with...

 

...walk-in shower.

 

May 7th, 2023.

Restaurant Session (in De Haan, Belgium): De Kruidenmolen

On Sunday morning, we drove to De Haan to spend a couple of days at the Belgian coast. As we arrived around lunch time, we went directly to bistro De Kruidenmolen from chef Stijn Bauwens. De Kruidenmolen, or Herbs Mill, is located at a former mill house.

 

Beautiful mill 😊

The inside. It is beautifully decorated although, for our taste, the tables are a bit too closer to each other.

  

 Big glass doors with view to the mill.

 With our aperitif...

 

...some chips and an amuse bouche. 

 

My starter: shrimp croquettes with deep fried parsley. Excellent!

 

 As main dish, cod fish with asparagus.

 

For Sunday lunch, they were quite full (and the pacing was a bit slow), so we decided to skip dessert and coffee. But very nice lunch - I always enjoy to be back here! 

  

 May 7th, 2023.

Love Is In The Air!

Or, actually, on the floor 😀

 

May 7th, 2023.

Restaurant Session (in Kornelimünster): Sankt Benedikt

On Saturday evening, we went for an excellent dinner at restaurant Sankt Benedikt✨. Beautiful tulip! 

 

As aperitif, a glass of 2018 Rosé Réserve from Vaux.

 

With the aperitif, some appetizers.

  

The amuse bouche.

 

With dinner, we had a bottle of 2018 Grauburgunder "R" from Weingut Drautz-Able.

 

 As first starter, Scottish Label Rouge salmon, white asparagus, miso.

[Schottischer Label Rouge Lachs | Weißer Spargel | Miso] 

 

From the vegetarian menu, green asparagus, tarragon and radish.

[Grüner Spargel | Estragon | Radieschen] 

 

Dry Aged sturgeon from Gressenich with chervil and verjus.

[Dry Aged Stör aus Gressenich | Kerbel | Verjus] 

 

Souffléd chicken egg with Vadouvan potato foam and wild garlic oil.

[Souffliertes Hühnerei | Vadouvan-Kartoffelschaum | Barlauchöl]

 

With a running egg yolk - just perfect! 

 

As main dish, tail of rump, sweet potato, grilled romaine lettuce (so good!!) with lemon salt. [Bürgermeisterstück vom Rind | Süsskartoffel | Römersalat | Salzzitrone]

 

Sweet time! Starting with a sweet amuse.

Pandan-palm, coconut, mango, tamarind and rice.

[Pandan-Palme | Kokos | Mango | Tamarinde | Reis]

 

With dessert, a glass of 2018 Scheurebe Auslese from Winzergenossenschaft Königschaffhausen-Kiechlinsbergen.

 

May 6th, 2023.