25/6/ Zumba and Pauls

So last Thursday I finally took my first Zumba lesson in Belgium. Taken over a year but I finally did it yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
I did enjoy it. However it was hard after not really doing it in so long and a figured that these people were more advanced than when i started or it sure felt like it. I thought the teacher was nice and she showed the moves before each dance and then put them together as the music went on. However I am not sure I will be attending another Zumba lesson. The problem is that they only seem to have Zumba lessons in Gyms and therefore you have to pay for a gym membership and they are sooo pricey. I wish they did them in community centres etc and you just payed a few euro's each session.

Well this weekend I went to visit Alice and after a hour of driving around in circles I finally arrived with some tasty treats from Pauls bakery.

So the white things with the red balls on top that now look like boobies to me lol. These were white chocate moose's with a jam filling. So good but maybe a little sickly. The other things are a koffekoeken. Basically a coffee pastry called a mirror. (Apparently). I got these because we have a soft stop for the puddingy stuff in the middle. Basically its cold custard lol. Although I have to say I think the choco moose was my fave lol. I must say I love this bakers and will likely try and work my way through the menu in the coming months.

Another thing I did this weekend is try a second Sushi place in Gent called Tyoko Sushi. I didn't take no pictures sadly. So really I have very little to say about it it was a pretty good price cost us 20 euros each and we will def be back there. (Then I can remember to take pictures lol hopefully )

Over A Year In Belgium

Yep that right I have officially made it over a year here. Other fab news is that me and Kevin are Getting our own apartment. So a figured as we are more than a year in should up date with a long post and hopefully now that I am out and about more around Gent I can post more often.

Needless to say this year I have not done as much exploring as I might of hoped. Indeed overall I could be considered boring.

Restaurants.

I have tried out a few Restaurants and will talk about them all in turn.

1. Fondue husje in Gent (I think that spelling is correct. Also not to be confuse with fondue huis near vrijdag market). This was a pretty good place and for 2 of us with soft drinks and desert cost us around 70 euro s. We got plenty of salad and fries and a plate of meat to dip in the fondue. Meat was really yummy and came with different sauces. However desert I found was a let down. They was fruit and as chocolate fondue however it was dark chocolate and very bitter.

2. Pampas. In Gent. This is by far my favourite place to stuff my face currently. Basically the idea is you pay around 30euros excluding drinks and dessert and you start with some garlic bread and tapas and then its all you can eat salad fries (or jacket potatoe) and then fresh BBQed meat and fish. So far I have been here twice once for my birthday and once with Kevin and some friends. Needless to say I have been so stuffed I have never got to try to a desert.
Anyway to the right is a pic from pampas. The man is cutting off peices of pineapple. The severs are coming around all the time to slice you off pieces of the different foods on the menu  from pork lamb beef sausage pineapple prawns white fish and so on. All this yummy marinades on.  I must admit its some of the best lamb I have ever had. If my little sister comes to visit I will def be taking her here.

3. Ocean Sushi in Gent  Ok so I have always wanted to try good sushi. I am not a huge fan of seafood but sushi is one of those things sometimes I've eaten it and kinda liked it but everyone said it was because it was cheap and low quality. So in feb me and Kevin tried this place in celebration of 2 years together. I must admit I am now a fan of Sushi, On the Right is my meal. As I was unsure I would like the saw seafood I took a veggie option and the rolls were filled with cue cumber and avocado and the other pieces had egg omletts on and avocado. It doesn't look like much but was very filling.
Anyway the photo below is Kevin with his sushi choices and yes I also stole a taste of some of his rolls with the tuna and salmon in which were pretty tasty.

Kevin said that he enjoyed the cones the best but he liked all of it. The fish was really fresh and good quality to.  Sadly I don't remember how much it cost but they do have full menus on-line as well as having a place in Antwerp.

4. Peking Garden  in Halle. I have tried a few takeaways for Chinese food in Belgium however I like this the best. I have found that Chinese food on a whole here doesn't have much of sticky sauces like we do in UK and that I miss. However this place do the best Lumpias or spring rolls. The place is reasonably prices costing around 50 euros for 2 starts mains with rice and a bottle of water. Also the surroundings are lovely and the staff very pleasant and friendly.

Well that's it basically on the food front apart from that I have done little else expect from trips to Starbucks, bars and the pictures. Lately however I have met a few people at ex pat meets and a new friend named Alice. We get on really well and have spent a lot of time around het spiker and the Irsh bars in Gent. These seem to my new watering holes. Anyway love to all and until next time and hopefully that wont be to long.