When you are traveling abroad it’s really hard to ask anyone except the hotel personnel and the information counter at the train station for information about travel or food recommendation. The reason I find this to be true, at least for us, is that we didn’t speak any of the languages of the countries we were in. So you don’t want to just go up to some random person and start speaking in English. First off you look like a total tourist and I am sure they are so over dealing with tourist, and second if they don’t speak English well you may get an answer but it will not make sense at all.
While we were on the train heading to our hotel in Brussels there was a guy that was sitting near us. When he heard us talk he asked if we were from the US, and we said yes. He told us he was from Washington and seemed to be living in Brussels now. He told us of a few places to be sure to see as well as a place to eat. As soon as we dropped of our stuff at the hotel we headed to Fin de Siecle which was his recommendation.
We had a great meal. This place is very traditional and Brian had the Beef Stew which was one of their most popular menu items. I had the Tandoori Chicken and it was great. I found a new awesome drink I like, which is Sparkling Tea. This was one of the first times we sat at a table with people we did not know. In Europe you could sit at a four top table with two other people you don’t know. It is kind of weird but sometimes you can meet some cool people.
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