Situated along Barracks Row on 8th Street SE is Belga Café, a Belgian restaurant lead by Chef Bart Vandaele. Belga offers authentic Belgian dishes to its Capital Hill clientele.
For starters we enjoyed the 4 Kazen Kroketten. These were four cheese croquettes with a strip of bacon and some salad. Very good, but when we asked a server with limited English what type of cheese was used, we ended up with a whole other order we didn’t want. Turns out the cheese was swiss, but not like swiss cheese as we know it. These lightly fried croquettes were creamy and delicious.
For starters we enjoyed the 4 Kazen Kroketten. These were four cheese croquettes with a strip of bacon and some salad. Very good, but when we asked a server with limited English what type of cheese was used, we ended up with a whole other order we didn’t want. Turns out the cheese was swiss, but not like swiss cheese as we know it. These lightly fried croquettes were creamy and delicious.
Next came Mussels Mariniere for me, a pot of mussels in a white wine, shallot, and garlic broth, along with Belgian fries and Belgian mayonnaise. (Yes, I dipped my fries in mayonnaise – sounds gross, but it was good.) My mussel pot was good, but would have been better as an appetizer. It became kind of repetitive to eat - not much variety in the flavor. The fries were top notch.
I mention the chef because he came to our table while we were dining. He wanted to know how we liked a special we ordered, a new dish that the chef said he was offering for the first time. It was corn bread waffles with pulled pork, topped with two fried eggs and avocado. It was very good, and the chef seemed pleased that were enjoying his new creation.
Another yummy meal under/expanding my belt...
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