Gourmet products local specialties and wines Wallonie

One of our favorites. Homemade vanilla or orange crepes, traditional bouquettes, mini Liège wafers with butter and pearl sugar, madeleine... We want to try it all. The shop windows and street-side workshops are a real eye-opener. Opposite, bread takes pride of place. Eric, the owner, selects his own cereal crops from a farmer in Liège. Artisanal ice creams and sorbets (2019) and French fries and side dishes (2021) complete the offer.

An Alice-in-Wonderland universe of acidulous colors, this is the setting for this boutique-tea room serving beautiful cupcakes behind a characterful counter. The house secret? A "cream cheese" that replaces buttercream and makes these delicacies lighter. Homemade lemonade, cookies, cake pops, macaroons... everything is made with love and passion by Emily. She also offers workshops on how to make these pretty, colorful cakes. There's also a store in Tournai and a brand-new one in Ath.

Right in the center of town, this family-run butchery and charcuterie is a true tribute to the Ardennes region. Most of the cured meats and charcuterie are homemade, salted and smoked the old-fashioned way. Specialties include saucisson à la bière Godefroy, pavé des croisés and saucisson de sanglier à la Chartreuse. Meat comes from family farms and regional farms. Magnificent choice of game in season. The cheese shop also sells oeillet du château, a sheep's milk cheese matured in the cellars of the Château de Bouillon!

D'Ici forges links between small-scale producers and their customers. The aim is to promote short circuits. This well-intentioned concept covers 360 m². It offers a wide range of fresh, packaged and prepared foods, not forgetting Belgian wine and beer. Of course, we won't find any big names here, but rather the best in local food and drink. For each product, the number of kilometers separating the place of production from the point of sale is indicated.

Located in a charming ^17th-century building a stone's throw from the Grand Place, Natorea herbalists offer a wide range of organic teas and herbal teas. Don't miss the Tournaisienne, an infusion made from plants traditionally used in the region. Run by two passionate herbalists, the pretty boutique is packed with natural remedies based on medicinal plants, essential oils, incense, honeys, spices... You'll also find a wide range of accessories, tableware and gift items. A little nugget with a very friendly welcome.

La Chocolaterie is housed in a modern 2,800 m² building. Renowned pastry chef Darcis, winner of numerous medals at the International Chocolate Awards, produces his own cocoa and organic bars from Panama, Peru and São Tomé... Seasonal creations and different macaroon flavours are also on offer.

Don't forget to visit the chocolate museum, already celebrating its 8th anniversary, a sensory experience during which visitors can learn about the profession of chocolatier while observing the company's employees at work.

Specialities: handmade chocolates (grand cru, Matcha tea, blackcurrant...), spreads, sticks, caraques... La Maison des Desserts is in fact the workshop of the De Hucorne - Fronville chocolate factory. Free visits are organized on request and reservation of the production area, with tasting. The place also includes a tea room with a terrace in a private garden. Probably one of the most popular shops in Namur, with an old-fashioned charm that fits perfectly with the atmosphere of this pedestrian street.

Over 1,300 beers can be found on the shelves of this "beer village". The company has the largest beer platform in Belgium. And thanks to its geographical location, it also has a keen eye on the French market! You'll also find wines and spirits, as well as chocolates, pralines, waffles... Every weekend, the store organizes a tasting session. The company has its beers brewed by various Belgian breweries.

Renowned breweries can themselves open brewpubs. In Wallonia, this is the case for Dubuisson, who inaugurated the first establishment of this type, Brasse-Temps, in the university town of Louvain-la-Neuve as long ago as 2000! A specific range of four beers was created, to be tasted only on the premises. In the space of twenty years, Brasse-Temps has become a household name, with several outlets opening in the Hainaut region, including Mons and the latest in Charleroi's Ville 2 shopping center, which opened in 2022.

The Demaret house is a family-run and demanding company that makes pralines unbeatable and exclusive fodder. Their products are high quality but without marketing fireworks, offering excellent value for money. This family focuses on the quality of raw materials and ensures good turnover of products. One of the Demaret sisters, formed in one of the best schools in the country, nevertheless believes that the best of learning is done by a professional, namely his father. The other sister is responsible for broadcasting and marketing. Perhaps you have already tasted, without knowledge, these products with family know-how as retailers do not necessarily cite them… The establishment has received several International Chocolate Awards for the quality of its products.

Inaugurated in 2017, Manufacture Urbaine is a project that aims to be sustainable, ethical and locavore around bread, beer and coffee. Because at the MU, we're brewers, bakers (sourdough and long-fermented breads) and roasters. The workshop space is vast and airy, all concrete, glass and steel, very pleasant. The brewery's four product ranges are highly varied: lager, white, black, table beer, IPA, amber and, last but not least, a triple. On the restaurant side, the menu features brasserie dishes using local, seasonal produce.

The Maison Léger chocolate factory was founded in 1995. It was founded by siblings of three great chocolate lovers. Their know-how as well as the use of quality raw materials allow them to offer today a very wide range of products such as pralines, truffles, beggars, orangettes/lemonettes, hollow subjects... and Kama Sutra chocolate figurines for spicy moments! Easter egg, triple layer (chocolate, praline, choco) single layer. Everything is made in the workshop behind the shop. The reception is very friendly.

IV Saison, V Cense, VI Wheat This new brewery opened in the summer of 2007, taking the name of its home village of Jandrain-Jandrenouille in Walloon Brabant. It is the brainchild of two young engineers, Alexandre Dumont de Chassart and Stéphane Meulemans, who developed the brewery in old farm buildings with equipment from the old Brasserie du Berry at Bourges in France.Launched in September 2007, the first beer was IV Saison, an unfiltered, unpasteurised and bottle-conditioned beer (6.5% abv) with a pleasant hoppy aroma. It's a genuine saison beer and the IV in its name refers to the number of ingredients needed to make it: water, malt, yeast and hops.IV Saison has now been joined by two other new beers: the amber V Cense, a subtle blend of hops and three different malts (7.5%), and VI Wheat, a mild wheat beer (6%) with fruity aromas produced by the different hop varieties it contains. All beers are sold in 75cl bottles and 20 litre kegs. The brewery hopes very soon to be producing 300,000 bottles per year.

Autre Chose is an organic grocery store located in Rixensart. With a daily supply of fruit and vegetables, as well as a wide range of dried foods, dietary supplements, cosmetics and even a bookshop, Autre Chose offers a varied selection of organic products.

Since 1983, it's easy to get the butter, the butter money and the creamer's smile as a bonus in this shop! Appetizing cheeses of all kinds awaken nostrils and taste buds. The interest is to taste the very rich palette of cheeses from Liège, or rather from the land of Hervé where the fat green grass feeds cows, sheep and goats. A real breakthrough. The house also offers a beautiful selection of wines to accompany its board, but also homemade beers, syrups and jams that go perfectly with local cheeses.

Among Édouard Bechoux's specialties, depending on your appetite and the season, you can choose between palets (available in pralines, mendiants, with a special mention for the exceptional rosemary praline), spice-flavored ice cream, cakes (don't miss Édouard's classic), and genuine hot (or cold!) chocolate spiced and revisited by the master. All made with pure cocoa butter. The portions served on the premises are more than generous, and we take this opportunity to take a look at the workshop, open to the curious as well as the gourmet.

Saint-Monon (ambrée, brune, au miel; Mix Hop) The Brasserie Saint-Monon was founded in 1996 by Pierre Jacob, the youngest member of a farming family. It is situated in Ambly in the province of Luxembourg and gateway to the Ardennes.It was, in fact, in 2000 that the brewery took the name of St. Monon, a Scottish monk and hermit from the 7th century who is now known as the patron saint of livestock and for protecting the harvests of local farmers.There are four Saint-Monon beers: Saint-Monon ambrée, Saint-Monon brune, Saint-Monon au miel (with honey)and Mix Hop. Mix Hop is the newest of the four, a 6.5% abv amber beer made with five different types of hop. It was launched in November 2010.The brewery also makes a number of beers to order for third parties.