West Flemish Foodways

Subregional

The coast and the polders: OSTEND, Zeebrugge and Nieuwpoort for grey shrimp, sole, plaice and turbot; BRUGES; Ypres and the Westhoek; Poperinge and the only substantial Belgian hop-growing district; Veurne; and some of the country’s most celebrated breweries — Westvleteren, Rodenbach’s Flemish red at Roeselare, and the West Flemish sour tradition.