We arrived at 12 o' clock, in that strange little town called Sluis. Frequented in the weekends by loads of Belgians looking for cheap clothes and decoration stuff, 'volks' like we call it, and in the middle of this chaos: Sergio's 3 star heaven for the elite....
And yes, we felt privileged and part of the fabulous food elite when we left 6 hours later.... OS IS one of the best restaurants in the world.
It was our first time at Oud Sluis(really) although we visited Sergio's Pure C already 4 times, with some sleepovers in the Strandhotel and it's little beach house. We have our love for Ibiza in common with Sergio and Pure C feels a bit like home .
But let's start with the appetizers....
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| Even the butter in Oud Sluis is an adventure. Butter mixed with healthy algues. |
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| Glass wear and porcelain so beautiful and made by different designers (Piet STOCKMAN, STUDIO JOB,...) |
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| Bring back the Fall, as a remedy against the ones who don't like the Winter cold... |
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| The wine was for me the revellation of the day. Great choices, amazing taste, surprising combinations... The girl sommelier found the exact balance between interesting product information and a good story. Not too much, just enough. And, the saké you see on the picture: one of the best we ever tasted. |
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| The green mushroom and others |
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| The golden crab. |
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| Another special, rough presentation. |
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| One of the many desserts, every one of them a mouthwatering festivity. And, that means something for me, a non desert person. |
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| Damien Hirst meets Sergio Herman. Chocolate skulls like brothers next one another. |
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| Did I mention is was my birthday? We did at the reservation 10 months ago, and they remembered! A white porcelain cake with white candles made by Studio Job arrived at my table, and after blowing all!! the candles, the cake was removed. Underneath another sweet treat by the master himself, just for me. (Ivan and I split the dish off course!) |
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| Peace for my birthday, with a golden box, a white peace sign and some ice pearls of a black plate. Designed pour moi! |
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| And more..... |
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| And more... This one was ' A mouthful of cherries' |
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| The final touch, for the final touch. Gold again to end a golden day with delicious food from a fantastic team. |
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| Part of the menu. |
Sergio's restaurant is not too posh, there is an open kitchen, 'un atmoshpere décontracté' and the staff is in a relaxing way very sweet, young and mucho professional. All in blue jeans,a black blazer jacket and...the Music For Life badge, an initiative from a Belgian youth music radio Studio Brussel on dementia awareness.
And, was Sergio in his kitchen? Off course!
Did we meet? Off course.
We chatted about food, his stardom and his latest very cool book on 'kot food': student food made in student homes. This means low budget, XL creativity and weird combinations... Sergio pimped some of these student recipe's and made them 'touched by his' signature.
Great little booklet, no nonsense, like Mr Herman is in real life.
Thank you Sergio and team for a lovely extended birthday lunch, and we hope to see you back in Sluis, or maybe in La Chapelle Antwerp.
Kate
http://www.sergioherman.com/en/oudsluis/about/
http://www.lachapelleantwerp.com
http://www.strandhotel.eu/fr/resto-bar/
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