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De Drie Ridders is a bistro at Weegschede 1 in Gijverinkhove, Alveringem, Belgium, and Gault&Millau awarded it 14.5 for 2026. Its seasonal bistro cooking is built around local produce, and Michelin lists it as Recommended for the same year.
Chef Bart Van Renterghem cooks with a fondness for regional ingredients. Gault&Millau singled out white asparagus, cooked just right and served with rhubarb, then finished with wild garlic and crisp mini croutons. The menu follows what the local fields and farms provide.
The building dates from 1735 and keeps an old inn feel, with a mosaic tiled fireplace, a wooden bistro bar and tables made from stable doors. One reviewer described sourdough crackers shaped like playing cards, a square smoked sausage with homemade mustard, and brill in hollandaise with a single white asparagus.
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In a remote corner of Westhoek, Bart Van Renterghem and Emily Bauden (ex-Willem Hiele) are riding on their high horses in this building dating from 1735, with an old-fashioned inn-like atmosphere (a gigantic mosaic tiled fireplace, an old wooden bistro bar, medieval chandeliers, tables made from stable doors). And my do they wow guests straight away with a duo of sourdough crackers shaped like playing cards; a (square-shaped!) smoked sausage with homemade mustard and toasted fennel seeds that pulls at the heart strings; half an egg with a slow-cooked yolk and grated egg yolk; before unveiling some excellent sushi Flemish-style – local potatoes rolled around smoked pork and topped with locally-grown quinoa. What came next? A great Wagnerian ride, made with regional products: a crazy good taco-pancake sautéed in leek oil and topped with maatjes, sautéed leeks and horseradish; brill doused in hollandaise and paired with a single plump white asparagus…. The knights of the round table better hold onto their hats: we’ve found the holy grail in Alveringem! // Kiko Zushi
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