Advantages: If you want mussels there's plenty of choice at Bacino Disadvantages: Think twice about trying 5 different types
...sometimes tricky beasts. Bacino is located on the corner of a side street very close to Antwerp's beautiful cathedral and it's a rather traditional looking bar/restaurant in typical Belgian style. After checking that they definitely had mussels, we were taken to a table in the conservatory-style terrace area where several other tables were already taken. Our table was right next to a fearsome radiator that made it so physically uncomfortable that ... ...the kitchen scrubbing shells.
Bacino specialises in mussels; there are two whole pages of mussel options in their menu. Taking the route of least resistance Katya and I went for the simplest option of ordering their offer of mussels in five different sauces with fries to accompany. Alex chose a steak with mushroom sauce. For drinks I ordered a Framboise (the local raspberry flavoured beer - sharper and juicier than the better known Kriek which is ...
koshkha 27.03.2009
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