great dinner @ Beluga
Friday 23 - Sunday 25 September 2016
Because the restaurant Beluga was fully booked in the weekend of P's Bday, I had to postpone his Bday dinner @ Beluga restaurant in Maastricht with 2 weeks.
After a horrible traffic jam on Friday afternoon, we parked our car in a garage and checked in at the Hampshire Design hotel.
the dogs of the hotel
Our room had many windows and a really super bed, however, when opening the door of the room we immediately bumped into the sink. So, not very spacious.
After a drink at the river side we went to Beluga, where we had an excellent dinner. We took the menu accompanied by the wines they suggested. See pictures.
amuses
their all time fav amuse: tomato soup with foam of parmezan cheese
the menu
first course: coquilles
the 'friandise tree'
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Saturday 24 September
After a nice breakfast at 't Wycker Cabinet we went shopping. The sun was shining and we enjoyed muchly.
huge breakfast @ 't Wycker Cabinet
very 'southern lady'
at Wyck side of the river
'Theo shoes'
Beluga restaurant by day light (ground floor)
the new bridge to the other side of the river
Lighting a candle at the Basilicum of our Lady
Ending the afternoon with drinks at 't Vrijthof
view on Wyck from the old bridge
In the evening we had a nice dinner at Umami by Han, which was near our hotel and afterwards visited 3 'winebars'.
Umami dinner consisted of several small dishes, which we shared among the two of us.
The waiter of Umami advised us to visit the bar of the Kruisherenhotel and have a drink there. This design hotel is situated in a renovated 15th century monastry. A really wonderful place.
Sunday, 25 September
We crossed the Belgian border and visited the 'Voerstreek', which has been in the news in the 80's because there was a fierce battle going on between the french and flemish speaking people of the villages in that district. It's now peaceful, a lot of Dutch crossed the border to live there, and there's tourism now (cycling, walking).
Kruisheren hotel bar
@ the Kruisheren hotel, definitely an arty place worth visiting
But by far our favourite winebar in Maastricht was Insieme, what a great place. They serve really nice wines. After we explained which sort of wines we like, the owner suggested 2 wines, which we both have at home in stock. Sooo, great suggestions, however, less exciting so we drank another great wine.
We had the Ori di Verdicchio, an old white wine, which tasted great.
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We crossed the Belgian border and visited the 'Voerstreek', which has been in the news in the 80's because there was a fierce battle going on between the french and flemish speaking people of the villages in that district. It's now peaceful, a lot of Dutch crossed the border to live there, and there's tourism now (cycling, walking).
what can one drink in Belgium besides beer ....
We drove back to The Netherlands and made a lovely walk near Eckelrade. The weather was great, lots of sunshine and high temperatures (25C).
Motor guy that followed the instructions on the cross: 'Rust hier uit in de schaduw van het kruis' (= rest here in the shadow of the cross)
Eckelrade
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