Are you on a road trip in Belgium or you are staying in Bruges but missing a real good gluten free meal? Oostende is a beautiful place, only 30 km away from Bruges. I had a pleasure to enjoy a dinner in ‘De Foyer’ restaurant. They have a gluten free menu card and can be found on the glutenfreeroads.com.

The staff was very friendly and caring. Not only were my portions huge but also delightful. The quality of the food was high. The meals were prepared from fresh ingredients, I could choose anything from the menu card and it would be adjusted accordingly to my diet wishes. In the end, I enjoyed a delicious fish with potatoes and vegetable fries. The sauce with the fish melted in my mouth! Apart of the ice cream dessert, I was served additional gluten free sweets. The latter being a courtesy of the staff. Many many thanks!

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Restaurant ‘Italia in Tavola‘ !

• Fair prices
• Excellent food
• Diet suitable menu (also lactose free, dairy free, egg free)
• Wide choice of the gluten free meals
• Home made pizza’s and pasta’s
• Freshly prepared meals
• Amazing taste and great food texture
• Very friendly staff
• Restaurant away from the busy city center
• Greatly reviewed by many
• To be found on glutenfreeroads.com

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My apology for not taking any pictures for you. The meals looked lovely, it is just that I was so hungry I did not want to delay my ‘feast’!

PS. The featured image was found in one of the reviews of the restaurant.

* The above review is based on my personal perception. I wrote it out of my free will and have no profit of it. 

Prior to the arrival, I emailed the hotel and kindly ask if they could prepare a gluten free breakfast for me. Their immediate reply was ‘yes, of course!’

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Every morning a special basket with

• Ciabatta
• Mini broche
• Slices of bread
• Croissant’s
• Corn flakes

My choices from the hotel’s breakfast buffet

• Boiled eggs
• Mini butter from Quality
• Mini jam’s from D’arbo
• Mini honey from Meli
• Mini hazelnut chocolate spread from Nutella
• Natural yogurts and quark
• Fresh fruits (not cut)
• Cut vegetables (if not polluted in the kitchen-ask)
• Cheese (if not polluted in the kitchen-ask)
• Tea & coffee

Gluten free shoppings

Just few meters away from the Flanders hotel there is a supermarket ‘Smatch’ (Langestraat 55, Bruges) which offers gluten free products. You can buy snacks, breads, pasta etc. They sell products of Damhert but also local brands like e.g. Poensgen.

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Ah! Leonidas has some gluten free chocolates 

One thing that we, people with celiac, miss are the Belgian chocolates from Leonidas. There is, however, a tiny collection of gluten free choices (amazon.co.uk). After careful examination of my present – Leonidas’ Lollypop Duck, I found out that it is indeed gluten free :) (Thank you Dragica&Henry)

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Gluten free restaurants in Bruges

I did not find a restaurant with a gluten free menu in Bruges. All restaurants, however, were very eager to improvise a gluten free meal for me. Simple and safe!

My dinners

• Steak with fries and green salad – available at almost all restaurants (ask if they use the oil only for fries)
• Grilled salmon with rice and Greek salad –  restaurant ‘De vier  winden’ (Markt 9, Bruges)