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Antwerp is well known for its diverse cuisine, a town where you can enjoy everything from exotic to Flemish food.

While in Antwerp, you can taste Flemish specialties, such as stewed eel in chervil sauce, numerous preparations with mussels, and dishes with rabbit or beef stew. Belgian fries with mayonnaise are one of the local favorites and can be found in various chips stands or "frituurs."

Bellow, you a have a list of the Antwerp neighborhoods that are well know for their restaurants and diverse range of foods

The Station District, which has

Chinese and Thai restaurants - around Van Wesenbekestraat , De Coninckplein
Exotic cuisine, tapas bars, and pitas bars - around Statiestraat, Breydelstraat, Anneessenstraat
Brasseries and hotel restaurants - around De Keyserlei

Quartier Latin or the theatre district, well known for its

Bistros, pubs, terraces in the summer, grand cafes, and brasseries - around Wapper, Hopland, Graanmarkt, Schuttershofstraat, Leopoldstraat
Salad bars, snack bars, lunchrooms, and tearooms - around the Wilde Zee shopping zone

Historic Center, where you can find

Native and exotic restaurants, inns and pubs - around Suikerrui-Hoogstraat, Reyndersstraat, Vlasmarkt, Grote Pieter Potstraat, Ernest Van Dyckkaai, Zirkstraat, Wolstraat
Pizza, pasta, mezze, and pita bars - around Oude Koornmarkt, Pelgrimstraat
Restaurants placed in attractive squares - around Grote Markt, Groenplaats, Handschoenmarkt, H. Conscienceplein, Lijnwaadmarkt, Veemarkt

The Zuid, a modern and trendy neighborhood, also has a large variety of food places
- native and exotic restaurants that offer vegetarian cuisine, bistros, and pubs - around Vlaamse en Waalse Kaai, Gentplaats, Leopold de Waelplaats

Antwerp is also known for its delicacies and specialties such as fresh bakeries, sweets, pralines and chocolates, and coffee houses. You might want to try

Antwerp Handjes - sand cookies or chocolates with or without marzipan shaped like a hand
Antwerp gebak - a sweet between a biscuit and a cake covered with almonds or apricot jam
Semini biscuit - a light sweet biscuit with sesame seed and marzipan
Roggeverdommeke - a raisin/rye bred
Waffles or smoutebollen (dough balls fried in oil) - a favorite snack choice



	Restaurants and Shopping Restaurants Shopping Restaurants Antwerp is well known for its diverse cuisine, a town where you can enjoy everything from exotic to Flemish food. While in Antwerp, you can taste Flemish specialties, such as stewed eel in chervil sauce, numerous preparations with mussels, and dishes with rabbit or beef stew. Belgian fries with mayonnaise are one of the local favorites and can be found in various chips stands or "frituurs." Bellow, you a have a list of the Antwerp neighborhoods that are well know for their restaurants and diverse range of foods The Station District, which has Chinese and Thai restaurants - around Van Wesenbekestraat , De Coninckplein Exotic cuisine, tapas bars, and pitas bars - around Statiestraat, Breydelstraat, Anneessenstraat Brasseries and hotel restaurants - around De Keyserlei Quartier Latin or the theatre district, well known for its Bistros, pubs, terraces in the summer, grand cafes, and brasseries - around Wapper, Hopland, Graanmarkt, Schuttershofstraat, Leopoldstraat Salad bars, snack bars, lunchrooms, and tearooms - around the Wilde Zee shopping zone Historic Center, where you can find Native and exotic restaurants, inns and pubs - around Suikerrui-Hoogstraat, Reyndersstraat, Vlasmarkt, Grote Pieter Potstraat, Ernest Van Dyckkaai, Zirkstraat, Wolstraat Pizza, pasta, mezze, and pita bars - around Oude Koornmarkt, Pelgrimstraat Restaurants placed in attractive squares - around Grote Markt, Groenplaats, Handschoenmarkt, H. Conscienceplein, Lijnwaadmarkt, Veemarkt The Zuid, a modern and trendy neighborhood, also has a large variety of food places native and exotic restaurants that offer vegetarian cuisine, bistros, and pubs - around Vlaamse en Waalse Kaai, Gentplaats, Leopold de Waelplaats Antwerp is also known for its delicacies and specialties such as fresh bakeries, sweets, pralines and chocolates, and coffee houses. You might want to try Antwerp Handjes - sand cookies or chocolates with or without marzipan shaped like a hand Antwerp gebak - a sweet between a biscuit and a cake covered with almonds or apricot jam Semini biscuit - a light sweet biscuit with sesame seed and marzipan Roggeverdommeke - a raisin/rye bred Waffles or smoutebollen (dough balls fried in oil) - a favorite snack choice NEXT		Check out the Dutch-English Restaurant Guide that we put together for you (PDF, Word)

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