Toscana 21

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A Bit of Tuscany

  • October 1, 2009
  • Rated 5 of 5 by artslover from Calgary, Alberta
A Bit of Tuscany

By the greatest of coincidences, we managed to book reservations at two restaurants next door to each other in the Sablon area of Brussels. We booked one and our friends booked Toscana 21.

Both are small family run restaurants which have great authenticity. Toscana 21 is run by a family originally from Florence. The 21 refers to the street address.

The colours of the restaurant are warm terra cotta and evoke an Italian ambiance. The not quite fluent English of the servers and chef at the back add to the feeling that we were in Tuscany.

The menu was listed on bits of paper stuck to a painters palette and we needed the server to explain how to sort the starters from the mains. It turned out, we can order how we want and adjust the portion sizes for most of the dishes. We ordered a number of antipasti including some excellent ravioli gnudi, salad, and salumi with lots of bread, followed by pasta for some and the evening’s fowl special for others. We overdid the antipasti so I did not manage to finish my pasta and dessert was completely impossible.

Again, we received good service but soon learned the family history from the son who was serving us. Turned out he was about to get married to the female server then honeymoon near our hometown. Life can be so full of coincidences.

We are amazed this tiny place produces such good food at such reasonable prices. It formed a wonderful finale to our last night in Brussels.

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