Ok, globalization of cuisine is mixing our brains up abit..that it can become tougher for tourists visiting some foreign non-North American places AND on limited time, to find real local cuisine...and without spending huge local currency.

So dearie will be in Belgium in 2 wks. for 1 wk. of which 1/2 of the time he will be grazing on food provided by conference. To save time, just what is Belgian cuisine? We just have stereotypical (wrong?) ideas-- mussels, ale, smoked fish, Belgian chocolates..

When he was in Copenhagen for several days last year, he and his cycling buddy actually had hard time finding real Danish cuisine. They ended up eating other stuff --Asian, East Indian, Italian.. Even their local Danish cycling advocate was at a loss to recommend.