Tea Time: 't Huidevettershuis and Laurenzino: Bruges Restaurant and Waffle Reviews

For our last night in Bruges (and my final post on Bruges before moving to Brussels), we ate at 't Huidevettershuis (address: Huidenvettersplein 10-11, Bruges), a great restaurant that happens to be located quite close to the most photographed site in Bruges, the Rozenhoedkaai. Quick aside--now, that canal and area around it is very lovely and well worth a look, but I'm not sure why it's the most photographed area in the city?
Anyway, we had made reservations well in advance of our trip via email, and the concierge or owner was quite helpful. We arrived at opening, 6 pm, and found the place virtually vacant. If you want to eat out with a toddler and not have to worry too much about her behavior, I'd definitely advise eating early so only the staff can see her throwing food! By the time we left, other families with young children had come in, so even if you take the kids later, it's still acceptable and you likely won't feel like you're annoying other diners too much. Or at least you won't be alone in doing so.
I wish I could remember exactly what we ate, but once again too much time has passed between the trip and this post. I do remember that we got 2 set menus again, both of which involved some amazing white asparagus soup with smoked salmon in it. Our main courses were fish, again wonderful albeit a bit heavy as per French-style cooking. Even so, I managed to choke down their AMAZING dessert of chocolate cake and 2 different mousses (if you go there and can only eat one course, make it their dessert!)...and still managed to scarf a Belgium waffle while waddling back to our hotel. Pretty sure that I have not 1 but 2 hollow legs!
In my defense, I'd yet to eat a Belgian waffle, and we'd seen a bunch of Japanese tourists lined up at this waffle shop earlier in the day. And if there's one thing that Japanese tourists know, it's where to get the best food (this statement is often uttered by my Japanese husband). They weren't wrong this time, either. The teenage clerk behind the counter was quite helpful, too. When asked which was their best-seller, she told me the banana choclate waffle. I then asked what was her favorite, and she suggested the Lotus cookie spread/topping. If you've never had Lotus cookie spread, then you need to get out there and find some asap! I guess it contains something like 57% ground Lotus cookies, and it's got a caramel/light ginger flavor. Whatever's in it, it's GREAT on waffles! That waffle went down in no time flat, yum yum. We did try other Lotus spread-covered waffles in Brussels, but I have to say that this shop was the best out of the ones we ate: Laurenzino. It is also said by Rick Steves' to be a favorite of Belgian teens. What can I say, Belgian teens have good taste! Laurenzino, Noordzandstraat 1, across from Gelateria Da Vinci. Go there. Eat the Lotus waffle. Do it.

Near 't Huidevettershuis restaurant