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Oh, That Yummy Flemish Food & Drink
Traveling to new parts of the world includes trying their local foodstuffs
My husband and I both strongly feel that part of traveling is experiencing the local food and drink. While we could do this on the Viking Longship Cruise we were on for ten days, starting in Amsterdam and ending in Antwerp, it was not until our extension in Bruges, Belgium, that we felt immersed in the food and drink scene.
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This time, the food on the ship was not as good as last time. Obviously, a different chef and different regional cuisine could account for some of it.
But when we got to Bruges, we found a restaurant in the square around 6 pm, which is early for European diners, and were among the first to get a table. We opted to eat inside because it had been a cool and drizzly day.
Our waitress was from Bulgaria, but the dishes were Belgian — co-explained in French and English. I love seafood and had eaten mussels three times on our trip to Scotland in the fall of 2025. Pleased to see this dish as an option again, I selected it — steamed in lemon and white wine.
