Chai Latte: De Karmeliet

this time i went to belgium on eurostar which i love so much for the convenience, we decided to drop by bruges for a day. bruges was truly beautiful and very romantic and what better way to conclude a short lovely break by enjoying exceptional cuisine worth a special journey. for that we headed to De Karmeliet. We gave ourselves a treat and went to one of only two restaurants in Belgium with three michelin stars. VA VA VOOM. i'll let the pictures do all the talking (albeit taken unprofessionally by my unsteady hands). Also i have to add that because we were in Bruges only for one night and it was autumn that we didn't think to bring anything formal. Nonetheless, they relaxed their rule and tucked us in a corner in our own room away from all the fancy mancy guests which was turned out rather nicely in our favour. also the website doesn't give away how amazing the food. so you can only but try to find out.


OMG my pictures do not do them justice at all. Anyway 1st up: the appetizer (this wasn't part of the menu and guess what : they were FREE. you can only expect the best at such a great restaurant. left to right - we cant remember. don't blame us it wasn't in the menu. simplistically it was salmon with dressing, gazpacho with mussels (loved it) , scramble eggs with caviar.









Now began our adventure : Menu D'automne

Tuna Fish "Blue Fin" in a crush of peanuts, stuffed cuttlefish, juice of parsley, smoked oil.

The tuna fish was amazing. somewhat like sashimi in the centre. and I dunno why but the crushed peanuts went so well with it. my first little orgasm started right there. The blackish strip in the middle was made from squid ink. Did i already say that the tuna fish was delicious?

Roasted French Scallops, Carrot Juice with Tapioca, Ginger and Coconut, Sot-L'Y-Laisse and gooseliver

The foam is made from carrot which though to my partner made the dish aesthetically pleasing , to me it was interesting. ok more like weird. like tadpole eggs and breath. Anyhow, despite that this was my favourite out of all the courses. I love scallops and the carrot, ginger and coconut really brought out its flavour that now i love scallops even more. the sauce was really light. ahmazing. ahmazing. ok at this point my partner saw THE main chef going upstairs, presumably to the toilets. we were too shy to ask for a picture and only after going to the website that our food had been personally prepared by his ahmazing hands. we at least thats what we tell ourselves because besides us, there were only two other groups of people. and we were the first to get served food. HA. so there.

Brill with a crust of Almonds, thin omelette with grey shrimps from Zeebruges, Cauliflower with tarragon

Initially only the Brill excited me as I abhor cauliflower and I'm mildly allergic to shrimp. Nonetheless, the brill didn't disappoint and I love the nutty direction that this chef is heading towards!













Dessert, dessert, dessert, dessert, dessert, dessert, dessert, dessert, dessert, dessert and more dessert

dessert really blew us away. first they presented us with a nice assortment or cakes and chocolate which we thought was all. After that came these 4 little bombshells which were all extremely refreshing (except the choc one) and ended our meal on a nice note. my favourite was the green tea sorbet in the bottom right with mint and rum which to me was my little mojito. perfect for the autumn.

all in all the service was great and not at all snotty. and i heard that they serve great wine too.

fiveeeeeeeeeeeeee POPcorns.

Mrs K

So here we are in London (Chai and myself that is) and we're walking around shops that sell porn DVD's and everything and we find this awesomely cute sweet shop which we just had to go into. As i recall, or rather as google helps me recall....it's located @ 57a Brewer St., W1F 9UL (020 7734 6633) & they're open (Mon.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.-4 p.m.)

Once u step into the store, u automatically feel like ur back in the 50s or smthin. not like i wld know, cos i'm too young to know (but just old enough to be fabulous). The shop is really tiny, i think it can only fit about 3-4 customers at any one time. The variety of sweets is almost overwhelming, in a good way of course, and needless to say the biggest problem is deciding which sweets to get.

That's lovely Mrs Kibble herself!
u automatically assumed that the white lady was Mrs Kibble didn't u?
Well She's not. Mrs Kibble is not even in the picture, that was just a test for all of u out there in internet blog land.

You basically pick out the jars with the sweets u like and carry them over to the counter and tell them how many of each u wld like to buy. The minimum amount per jar is 4 sweets. which is a nice,low number.
I know what ur thinking though...small space+possible kids+lots of heavy glass jars = disaster.

This place is definitely worth a visit though. The sweets don't cost that much and the one's we tried tasted pretty good. But it's not about the price, or even about the candy, it's about being a kid in a candy store right?