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Belgique Boutique W1

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Central : Bloomsbury, Euston and St Pancras

Update: This appears now to have closed (10/01/12).

Belgique Boutique W1

(Belgique)
179 Tottenham Court Road W1T 7NZ
T (020) 7436 7006 Website www.belgique.co.uk
Open 1030-1830 (closed Sun).
beers None, Other beers 100 bottles, gift packs (Belgian), Also A few Belgian genevers and spirits
Food
Belgian cheese, charcuterie, chocolates and other specialities
Fri fortnightly beer tastings.

This boldly branded shop — think Hercule Poirot and the colours of the Belgian flag — on the side of Tottenham Court Road is something of an unexpected find, an emporium of Belgian food and drink. The beer range, though not a treasurehouse of rarities, reaches notably beyond the mainstream, and at reasonable prices given the area. You’d expect to see Trappists (Achel, Chimay, Orval, Rochefort, Westmalle) and the likes of Delirium Tremens, but there’s also Belgoo, Ellezelloise, Gouyasse, Proef’s Reinaert beers, Viven and one of the better Belgian pilsners, Slaghmuylder’s curiously named Slag Pils. Lambics, unfortunately, are represented only a by a few more mainstream sweetened and mainly fruity versions. There’s much besides the beer, including Chimay and Maredsous cheeses, Rochefort butter, mouthwatering chocolate patisserie, artisanal bread and some products that can only possibly be of interest to expat lowlanders, like hagelslag — chocolate flakes for sprinkling on your breakfast bread. The is the West End outpost of a largely East -based group run by Belgian Igor Bekaert which also includes several brasserie-style restaurants.

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