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Discover 1708 iconic traditional dishes from 145 countries — what they are, what's in them, and where to taste the real thing.

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Dishes from Brussels

5 total

📍 Showing dishes tied to Brussels in Belgium — the city-first view, not the whole country. Clear region

Desserts & Sweets ★ 4.4

Belgian Waffles

Light, crisp waffles dusted with sugar or topped high.

🇧🇪 Belgium · 📍 Brussels

Drinks & Beverages ★ 4.2

Fruit Lambic

Fruit Lambic is a tart Belgian farmhouse beer brewed with whole fresh cherries, raspberries, or peaches in the Senne valley south of Brussels.

🇧🇪 Belgium · 📍 Pajottenland / Senne valley (Brussels, Lembeek, Beersel, Dworp) + Belgian beer café tradition

Drinks & Beverages ★ 4.2

Lambic

Belgium\u0027s wild-fermented sour ale, brewed by exposing wort to the night air of the Zenne valley — dry, tart, hay-and-lemon complexity.

🇧🇪 Belgium · 📍 Pajottenland / Zenne valley — Brussels, Lembeek, Beersel, Lot, Huizingen

Salads & Sides ★ 4.2

Stoemp

Mashed potato mashed through with vegetables.

🇧🇪 Belgium · 📍 Brussels

Drinks & Beverages ★ 4.1

Faro

Brussels-style sweetened lambic blended with dark candy sugar — the everyday café beer of the Pajottenland, easy to drink with a soft caramel edge.

🇧🇪 Belgium · 📍 Pajottenland and Brussels (Senne valley)