Belgo Centraal Monk Waiter

The wife’s sister and her husband are in town so we went to see Oliver (Food, Glorious Food!) in Covent Garden the other night.  We needed some quick eats before the show so I surfed the intertubes and came across Belgo, a London chain of five Belgian style restaurants.  I was particularly drawn to the beer menu (delicious Trappist beers!) and the Beat The Clock theatre menu, where you pay the time you order your food at (between 5-6:30).  For example, if you order at 5:15 you pay £5.15 for your meal.  We wondered what we might get, but we received full size, quality meals served by waiters dressed up as monks.  To be honest, I could have lived without the last bit of humiliating kitsch. However, I can’t complain about £6 meals accompanied by delicious Belgian beers.  Amongst our party we enjoyed Mussels with frites, Spit roasted chicken with frites, and pork and leak sausages with mash.  Rachel and I enjoyed Westmalle 8 and Rochefort 8 with our meals, not too shabby for some fast pre show food.

Cheers,

Chris

Belgo Centraal Beat the Clock Menu