Spoiling ourselves with a dinner at Zappaz
When Kabouter was invited for a sleepover with his best friend and was going to eat pizza there, Beertje felt left-out again. But Jan promised him to go out and eat pizza too. So when he asked that evening if he should make a reservation somewhere I said yes but assumed we'd end up in a nearby Italian.
But no, Jan had something else in mind and I changed my clothes from my comfy home wear last minute after a few homeworking days in whimsical autumn weather.
We walked on a nice evening all across the city of Leuven to end up at our harbour where we had a reservation at Zappaz. The restaurant is since long on my wishlist but unlike Jan, I had not visited it yet. The fun thing is that even though they have a good culinary reputation, they also serve a child menu...not the regular chicken nuggets, spaghetti or meat balls but a nice piece of fish served with a celeriac puree , some guinea fowl etc... And since our pickiest eater wasn't with us, we risked to go out with the 3 of us.
But no, Jan had something else in mind and I changed my clothes from my comfy home wear last minute after a few homeworking days in whimsical autumn weather.
We walked on a nice evening all across the city of Leuven to end up at our harbour where we had a reservation at Zappaz. The restaurant is since long on my wishlist but unlike Jan, I had not visited it yet. The fun thing is that even though they have a good culinary reputation, they also serve a child menu...not the regular chicken nuggets, spaghetti or meat balls but a nice piece of fish served with a celeriac puree , some guinea fowl etc... And since our pickiest eater wasn't with us, we risked to go out with the 3 of us.
It was the first time in ages that I was back in a nice restaurant and we dined inside which made me feel a little weird. I couldn't help to evaluate the table distances, check if I could spot the mandatory CO2 meter (I could not) and see the airco vents. But hey, I have to let go and get a bit out of my isolation mood. So I decided to truly enjoy the food served and so I did! I don't tend to dedicate full blog posts to restaurant visits but I guess this felt nevertheless quite special so here I go anyhow.
A range of appetizers such as tartellette with crab fillet and a tomato jello.
Hamachi - Sakura - Koolrabi - Sanchopepper
Groene minestrone - mussels - schelpjes - avruga
I missed the picture of the heilbot dish
Kreeft - vlierbloesem - capucijn
Kreeft - vlierbloesem - capucijn
Zeetong - risotto - beure noisette
Xtogitxu - secreto number 7 - zwarte look
In the mean time our little one enjoyed very well his dishes, and after a couple of our dishes he was rewarded by some ipad time since we stayed at the table way passed his bedtime. But he was calm and happy and really good company.
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