Sometimes We All Judge a Book by the Cover...

...just like sometimes we judge a drink by the glass. You know martini night with the girls wouldn't be nearly as much fun if those festive, bright-colored drinks came in boring tumblers.

Belgian beer makers are snobs about their glasses, too. And rightfully so, it's not like they are serving Miller Lite over here. Sometimes when I go into a bar I want to tell the bartender I will have whatever comes in "that glass". But that would be so un-beer-sophisticated of me.

So instead I spent hours pouring over Belgian beers and glasses on the internet to find out the name of the beer that has a monopoly on "that glass". You know "that glass"; it the one with the bulbous bottom that needs its own wooden stand to stay upright. The all too collectible glass that sometimes requires your shoe as a deposit, that is "that glass". And I wanted a beer served in "that glass".

Kwak

Kwak is the beer that comes in "that glass". And the Beerhuis on the Water served it in "that glass". It was a definite on our list of sites to see in Gent.
The beer was nothing special, but it came in "that glass". Maybe next time they will give a Duvel served in "that glass".

Soups On!

When we find a restaurant we like, we keep going back. And that was definitely the case for the gem we found in Gent this weekend - the Souplounge.For €3.50 you got a huge bowl of just-made, homemade soup with rolls and an apple! To start you get a choice between four bases; our choices were tomato, mushroom, broccoli, and a word I couldn't translate. Then you either ask for all the toppings or choose between chicken sausage, fresh parsley, fresh chopped veggies, grated cheese, and croutons. We picked broccoli and mushroom and took it with the works.

Nothing could have been more delicious! Perfect for a cold day spent walking around the old town center!