Brussels Xmas market

[jackal10]

Having an hour or so spare from Eurobumpf in Brussels I took the metro to St Catherine and the Xmas Market.

Hot wine, chocolate, boudin blanc, tartiflette, waffles...

Cell phone pix only I'm afriad.

[Adam Balic]

Nice pig's (Boar?) head!

It seems very international, was there a particular theme that you could see.

[jackal10]

That was a stuffed "cochon au lait" suckling pig, cold, EU23.9/kilo

No particular theme - lots of winter dishes. I thought the contrast to UK street food - burger, hot dogs and the like dramatic.

[Chufi]

The Xmas markets here in Amsterdam sell spun sugar and hotdogs.

Great report, thanks! Did you eat/ drink anything? was it good?

[Adam Balic]

The Christmas markets in Edinburgh are German

Edited December 20, 2005 by Adam Balic (log)

[jackal10]

I ate: Boudin Blanc (or similar)

Tartiflette

Waffles

Hot chestnuts

Hot wine

Hot chocolate

I bought:

Boudin Blanc Truffee

Chocolates

[petite tête de chou]

Hi Jack. What is the last picture of? Strawberry-something? They remind me of large gumdrops.

[rlibkind]

Is the 6 for 7€ price for oysters standard?

[jackal10]

The last picture are of "noses" - apparently a local speciality. Jelly sweets in a variety of flavours and colours, with a sort of sugar shell

I've no idea of the local prices, but here around 1 EU each is a reasonable price for oysters http://www.richardhawardsoysters.co.uk/prices.htm