Tamales and Nopales

Tamales Plate

Nopales Plate Close up

This is one of the most delicious plates for me in the Mexican cuisine.

Tamales are based upon corn with a Corn Dough and a Corn Skill, like almost 75% of the Mexican kitchen.

Furthermore they’re stiffed with various ingredients, like peppers, chicken or anything else you would like. After stiffing the Corn you should cook the tamales for at least 1 hour before the Tamale is ready.

Nopales are vegetables picked from a Cactus with for me a small comparisation with beans.
Only they are slightly more sour then these. Normally you can prepare them with cooking for a little time and mix them together with a few ingredients, for example peppers, tomatoes and Tamales …

If you are in Mexico you really should try it, if you’re somewhere else, good luck with finding one in a very mexican restaurant or shop.

These photos of Tamales and Nopales are edited within the Adobe Lightroom program and I’ve used only the adjustments sliders.

Photographic Impressions from Sans Cravate in Bruges.

We went to Sans Cravate for a special occasion and as well to enjoy a special night out.

The restaurant

Sans Cravate is a Michelin star restaurant in Bruges, Belgium.

It’s fairly centric located in the city, still present in the old part of the city but not in the mere city centre.

Furthermore it’s located in an old house but the interior decoration is a nice mix between old and modern style, with a slight preference to modern.

The staff is professional but in normal Belgian fashion don’t expect them to be overly friendly.

The dinner

We had a special Menu because we used a gift ticket. The menu on itself was fairly extended but many people used the special menu’s, which have a good value.

The design and organisation of the plates and food was simple with a slight touch towards asian influences.

As you can see on the pictures, many different ingredients where used, but all in small quantities. I suppose this is a point what is normal for this kind of restaurants.

Conclusion.

It was a great experience to enjoy our dinner at the Sans Cravate restaurant in Bruges. The food at the restaurant was great although with limited quantities.
That is why, my advise is the following : If you have something to celebrate it’s a good place to go, specially with the menu offers.

And in case you’re wondering, you don’t need to wear a tie.

Let me know what your experience was at this restaurant in the comments.

Cheers