Qaminante: May 2013

Eating out in Brussels

This was supposed to illustrate the Sardinian mineral water Siete Fuentes, at the restaurant next to the eponymous seven springs: but somehow ended up focussing on the food instead!

In a similar vein, I'm going to put my list of "restaurants to try" in Brussels here so that I can always find it:

- Ashok’s, opposite the Indian Embassy in Ch. de Vleurgat (Indian)

- Babdar, 85 Ch. de Charleroi, near Place Stéphanie (Moroccan: see also)
- La Cueva de Castilla, Place Colignon, Schaerbeek (have to try the allegedly traditional Catalan dessert “pajama of the house”!!)
- Fin de Siècle, 9 rue des Chartreux (Belgian + e.g. Iranian lamb)
- Publico, 32 rue des Chartreux (Italian)
- La Brasserie de Bruxelles, Place de la Vielle Halle aux Blés (« son of » aux Armes de Bruxelles)
- Ellis Gourmet Burger, 4 Pl. St. Catherine
- Di Tommaso, 34 rue de la Croix de Fer, near Cirque Royale (Italian)
- Rugantino, on Bd. Anspach near Anneessens (Italian)
- Hünkar Sofrasi, Chaussée de Haecht 89 (Turkish)
- La Fantaisie , 52 Av. Louis Bertrand, Schaerbeek (Turkish/French)
- Turquoise, Rue du Palais 156, between Place Liedts and the railway bridge (Turkish: seems to be too new to be in resto.be!).

Aragonese Sardinia - the Aragonese/Catalan legacy

Aragonese towers: Torre di Sulis (Torre dell'Esperò Rejal ), Alghero

Trenino Catalano - the little Catalan train, in the Catalan colours (Alghero)

Street names also in Catalan (Alghero)

Aragonese tower at Porto di Castelsardo

Aragonese tower near Bosa Marina

Place names: Siete Fuentes (not Sette Fontane!) at S. Leonardo

This trip was based in N.W. Sardinia, largely in Alghero, where the Aragonese influence has lingered the longest. I think, however, that claims regarding the use of Catalan are probably exaggerated for the benefit of tourists and for receiving EU cross-regional grants - and those towers that are called "Genoese" look suspiciously identical to those that are called "Aragonese"!

Having revisited a number of places I've been to before, I've tried to avoid putting up any photos too similar to those already posted in April and May 2010 (the year of the volcano!): although in Bosa, the same blue boat is to be seen moored in the River Temo below the castle.