We'd add
Half and Half
Half and half, still white wine mixed with sparkling, the Brussels café drink the house claims as its own. Poured beside the beef stew.
- A Cirio speciality
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Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstCarbonnades flamandes
- TechniqueSlow-stewed
Carbonnades, beef stewed slowly in beer the Flemish way, with frites. The house names it the typical Belgian dish to have here, and so do we.
Also on our table
- And the chicory gratin (chicons au gratin) if two are sharing
Le Cirio
Belgian · Brussels café-brasserie · Bourse, Brussels
Rue de la Bourse 18, 1000 Bruxelles
- Late night
A café-brasserie in an Art Nouveau room beside the Bourse since the 1880s, with Belgian specialities made in the house. It even has a Brussels drink of its own.
The proof, in the house's own words
Why the carbonnades
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