MY TOP 10
For years now I have read magazines and watched tv shows on people’s favorite restaurants. I have always thought to myself I can do that too, because basically there is not a scientific process to picking a good restaurant. Either it’s great, good, ok, bad, or just plain awful. You are probably like me, you have read or seen something or taking a friend’s advice on a great place to eat and you go there and it’s bad and you think wow I will never listen to them again. Here is my top 10 restaurants of Limburg. Please note this list is based on just the restaurants I have been to and this list is in no particular order.
Pastificio Giuliana in Helchteren – not really a restaurant, just take-out food from Giuliana who basically cooks from her house, but the best Italian around. We go there at least once a week
Paros in As – Fantastic Greek food, you can order these huge plates with meat/fish
Pocomatto in Hasselt – Italian, they have like 50 different pastas on their menu, when my wife had our baby I was picking up food there for us everyday
Pits in Zolder – Cool scenery, above the race track in Zolder, a mixture of everything, English menus – it’s also a hotel
Dai Cugini in Hasselt – Nice Italian restaurant, in the center of Hasselt with valet parking
Spork in Zolder – Good food, great atmosphere and they don’t take reservations
Chuckwagon bbq in Tongeren – American style bbq, all you can eat ribs/chicken in the weekends, they sell burgers too, owned by an American
Cine Citta in Genk – Italian place right in front of the movie theatre in Genk, perfect movie and dinner place
Enfin in Helchteren – very small restaurant, one waitress, one chef, good quality food
Blanche in Zonhoven – known for its steppegras (real small fries)
Others worth mentioning outside of Limburg:
Marco Polo in Liege – Italian place, known for its pizzas
Testa Rossi in Vilvoorde – small Italian restaurant, have to make reservations
Amadeus in Antwerp – All you can eat rib place in the city center