The Belgians are renowned just as much for their quirky off-the-wall customs as they are their exquisite beers, and here at the Belgian Beer Cafe, they offer generous serves of both. Regulars hardly bat an eyelid at the sight of a besuited businessman wearing one fluffy pink slipper on his left foot while nursing an ornate glass of Kwak, but it does have the odd newcomer looking up from their stein of Stella. That's what is known as the 'shoe for the glass' tradition: when ordering a Kwak, customers are asked for their left shoe as a holding deposit on the glass and are loaned a slipper in exchange.
Chef Craig Jeffries (ex-Duende, Vat 2, ecucina) has designed a European-style menu to partner the bar's 30-odd Belgian beers. The menu ranges from the signature mussels, served with pommes frites and house-made Belgian mayonnaise, to the leek and la buche d'affinois tart. There's also a little food for thought on offer above table number 304 where, written in Flemish on the wall, is the phrase: 'In sorrow or in happiness, a good glass of beer will always do you good'.
Jo Baker
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Daily 11am-10pm
European
Signature dish: Mussels with pomme frites and Belgian mayonnaise
Entree: $7.50-$18.50
Mains: $14-$29.50
Dessert: $9-$18
Payment accepted: MasterCard, Visa, Diners Club, American Express and EFTPOS
Licensed with bar. Wine is available by the glass.
Vegetarian options available
This venue accepts bookings. Group bookings are supported.
Seats 120
Outside dining area
Wheelchair access
and wheelchair-accessible toilets
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Posted by:
Jessie B
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10 September 2008, 8.24pm
Disappointing
Went to Belgian on a Thursday night so understandably the atmopshere was not as would be expected on a Friday night.
Firstly we ordered the tasting plate - what a mistake. All the food on the plate was some shade of brown - looked something like those fast food experiments where they show you how there is no colour in fast food! The honey soy chicken was dry and mainly bones, 3 measely slices of lamb, a deep fried ball of some sort, a dip of some sort that had congealed on top and two slices of dry bread. The plate was sparse and for the price it was the worst tasting plate I have had.
For mains we had mussels which was a disappointment again - Mesely small mussles in a sauce that resembled tomato soup, served with 'belgium fries'. Before you get excited the fries are nothing on the real belgium frits. In fact they resembled a packet of soggy fast food fries which looked like that had been sitting there for ages.
As for the atmosphere the waiters started stacking chairs and tables to clear the back area whilst it was at least half full, forcing us to feel like we had to rush our meal.
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