The best restaurants Damme

For lunch, the restaurant offers pasta, (the generous linguine, tomato, pesto and basil are to die for), but also pies and salads, not forgetting the excellent Flemish carbonnade (with homemade fries) or shrimp croquettes. But save room for sweet treats: apple pie on marzipan, raspberry clafoutis cheesecake style, crispy meringue with fresh cream and chocolate, divine hot chocolate (topped with marshmallows), homemade pancakes with warm cherries, vanilla ice cream and almonds.

More than 100 years ago, great-grandfather Callewaert ran a small fishermen's café along the canal. Already eel was a specialty. Today, he has kept this rustic setting, the gingham tablecloths and the eel "in the green" is still present, alongside brewery dishes (wood-grilled meats, carbonade, fresh fish from the North Sea, coq au vin...). Excellent quality/price ratio. You should know that the restaurant, in collaboration with a neighboring brewery, produces several beers: the Blinker or the Damme Nation among others.

Patrick van Hoorn and Cora Moerman offer refined cuisine. The menu is deliberately limited to ensure quality and freshness. Seafood takes pride of place here, especially shrimp, scallops, halibut, sea bass and smoked eel. But the chefs don't forget meat lovers, offering delicious Mechelen poultry or sweetbreads. As for cheese, don't forget the pas de bleu, a typically Flemish variety. An excellent address that features in the best gastronomic guides.