The story
Glou Glou is a French-leaning wine bar at Moorkensplein 27 in Borgerhout, Antwerpen, and Michelin gave it a Bib Gourmand in 2026. Le Fooding listed it the same year.
Chef Christophe Van Remoortere cooks a modern bistro menu with international influences, built around produce that arrives fresh each day. Plates come out of the open kitchen in a tapas-like rhythm. Le Fooding picked out asparagus with karnemelk, a creamy tarragon vichyssoise, langoustines with artichokes and fregola sarda, and hanger steak tataki with cucumber kimchi and puffed rice. The fusion streak is clear in that last dish.
The wine list favors biodynamic and natural bottles, the light, supple kind with good acidity and minerality. The room is made of untreated wood, vintage tiles and plenty of plants. Concertgoers from the neighboring hall come early for a quick dinner, and a slower second service follows. Later in the evening the room turns into a bar for lingering.
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In 2021, the four musketeers Ruth Dreessen, Christophe van Remoortere, Johan Heuninck and Michael Roelants opened their bar for hunger pangs on Moorkensplein, a highbrow-artistic hotspot in the Borgerhout district. Having sharpened their knives with the godfather of good food in Antwerp, Geert Weyn, chef of the funky Schnitzel, the gang clearly has plenty going for them. Untreated wood, vintage tiles and a jungle of plants, all complemented by a drool-worthy natural wine cellar. Spectators in a hurry from the neighboring concert hall come early for their fill before giving way to a second, more relaxed service, at the end of which Glou Glou becomes a bar where you can chat until late. Out of the open kitchen flies tapas-style plates, making for a lovely series of dishes: spot-on asparagus with karnemelk (a Batavian version of buttermilk); dapper fennel and gray shrimp; a creamy tarragon vichyssoise; delicious langoustines with artichokes and fregola sarda; hanger steak tataki, cucumber kimchi and puffed rice… Glou for all and all for Glou! // Kiko Zushi
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