From Paris · Two days · No car
Brussels, frites and a Sunday market
Eighty minutes on the Eurostar: grey shrimp at a standing fish counter, waffles in the old town, a Belgian bistro you book ahead, and on Sunday the biggest market in the city right outside the station you leave from.
Eurostar · Paris Gare du Nord to Brussels-Midi
Trains every hour or so. The cheapest fares go first: book early on eurostar.com.
Belgian bistro · Marolles · Saturday evening
Book about two weeks ahead for a Friday or Saturday.
Saturday, Nov 14Day 1 of 2
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Noordzee Mer du Nord
Get: Grey shrimp croquettes, a plate of grilled fish, and a glass of white, standing at the tables outside.
A fishmonger with a standing counter in the old fish-market quarter. It's how Brussels does lunch on a Saturday.
Walk in. It's a daytime place and freshest early.
Photo like it: Geoffreyrabbit, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The city's biscuit makers since 1829, a minute from the Grand-Place.
Walk in.
Photo like it: Elmer Centeno Guevarra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Les Brigittines
Get: Whatever Belgian classic is on, from the beer-braised beef to the offal the kitchen is known for.
A Belgian bistro in an Art Nouveau room on the edge of the Marolles, cooking the food Brussels grew up on.
Book about two weeks ahead for a Friday or Saturday.
Photo like it: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Moeder Lambic Fontainas
Get: A lambic or a gueuze on draft: ask what's pouring from the small Brussels brewers.
After dinner, the best place in the centre to drink the beer only this part of Belgium makes.
Walk in.
Photo like it: JIP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sunday, Nov 15Day 2 of 2
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Marché du Midi
Get: Olives, North African pastries, cheese and whatever looks best, from hundreds of stalls.
The city's biggest market, every Sunday morning, right outside the station your train leaves from.
Sundays, from early until about 1pm. Go early.
Photo like it: USDAgov, Public domain.
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Maison Antoine
Get: A cone of frites with andalouse sauce, eaten in one of the cafés on the square that let you bring them in.
Frying on Place Jourdan since 1948; most of the city says it's the best. A short metro ride from the market.
Walk up. The queue moves faster than it looks; it's shortest outside the meal rushes.
Photo like it: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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On the map
The star is Brussels-Midi. Pins are numbered like the stops; red is the table to book.
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Good to know
How do you get to Brussels from Paris by train?
Eurostar from Paris Gare du Nord to Brussels-Midi, about 1 hr 22 min. Trains every hour or so.
What is the one restaurant to book for a food weekend in Brussels?
Les Brigittines: A Belgian bistro in an Art Nouveau room on the edge of the Marolles, cooking the food Brussels grew up on. Book about two weeks ahead for a Friday or Saturday.
Which market should you go to in Brussels?
Marché du Midi (Outside Brussels-Midi): Sundays, from early until about 1pm. Go early.
Do you need a car?
Can you do a food weekend in Brussels from Paris? Yes: the Eurostar takes about 1 hour 22 minutes to Brussels-Midi. Book Les Brigittines two weeks ahead for Saturday, and leave on Sunday after the Marché du Midi outside the station.
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