Inside this old gas station (self-service water station, an open kitchen), you get three chefs for the price of one: entrepreneur Sam D’Huyvetter (The Dudes), fish-focused Gilles Bogaert (Taxi’s) and grill master Jordin Michiels (also ex-Taxi’s), who have got the barbecue blazing at full whack and are fired up with a focus on fresh produce, hot embers and a hearty dose of good vibes like you’d get in Spanish Basque Country. On the menu, more than half of the 30 or so regular dishes come from the sea (lobster, oysters, salted anchovies from the Bay of Biscay), plus a selection of pintxos to whet the appetite: pimientos de Padrón, chipirons (baby squid) with sobrassada, and chistorra. What next? Wonderfully juicy turbot grilled asado-style, served with patatas bravas, piquillo or mashed potatoes; then a Dame Blanche sundae, made up of three quenelles of sheep’s milk ice cream generously covered in chocolate cider sauce. The cherry on top? The team has its very own farm in Loué in France. Sam goes there every month and even raises poultry and pigs with his father-in-law! // Anika Kane
FEELING THIRSTY? A wine list with French and Hispanic leanings, but that’s not all: a Basque txakoli Lapazaran (€8 a glass), a Belgian chardonnay from Wijndomein Nobel winery (€54 a bottle) and a Slovakian pinot noir from Bott Frigyes (€58). Otherwise, mocktails (€7-9), cocktails (€10-14) or beers (€3.50 to €7 for 330 ml).
PRICE: À la carte €10.90 to €110 (depending on the dishes, for one or two people)
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