STROOM

Location: Akkerhage 2B 9000 Gent, Brasserie Stroom, Belgium

Brasserie Stroom sits in Gent at Akkerhage 2B and leans into Belgian cuisine with a refined international twist. The focus is very clearly on pleasure at the table. Guests are invited to linger over plates that balance local culinary traditions with more global influences, in a setting that feels relaxed rather than stiff.

The drinks list is just as considered. Brasserie Stroom highlights a wide selection of craft beers and a range of specialities created in collaboration with local brewers and artisans. One of the standouts is their own gin, 1974, inspired by the heritage of the site and the year that marked a turning point for the area, with subtle botanicals that are meant to be sipped slowly, either neat or in a carefully mixed cocktail.