Where to get the best ICE CREAM in Brussels

As the nice weather unfolds on us this week I have to unload my connoisseur opinion on a subject dear to my heart.... ICE CREAM. I don't drink enough to take advantage of the Belgian Beer, but I do make up for it in waffles, chocolate, and ice cream. In a cone, between wafers, out of a cup, or an IV tube, as I prefer.... here is an around town selection of Brussels ice-cream parlours.

With its eight locations in Brussels, Capoue seems to have become king of the hill. They have homemade ice-creams and sorbets which you can eat in, or take away. Besides the regular flavors, they have some originals like champagne, bounty, or mojito, and they will also deliver to your office.

If you are in the Grand Place area... near the Bourse, try Comus & Gasterea and the Caribou . Nearby is Sikou, on the Parvis de Saint-Gilles, dishing out homemade bio ice-cream. Both Häagen-Dazs and the Australian have locations at the entrance to the Grand Place right across from each other, so you can watch the mimes and statues while licking your cones. My vote for the best people watching corner in Brussels.

If you are at the Wednesday Market in the Châtelain , take a break in the garden of Framboisier Doré . A bit lower down Avenue Louise you can hit the Häagen-Dazs, and watch the 'women who shop' parade by.

The Woluwe shopping center has a location for the the Australian too, if you prefer to do your licking inside. This place doesn't only serve ice cream, it also serves authentic Belgian waffles too.

In Uccle, it turns into a war of Capulet and Montaigu proportion as most native Belgians belong to one of two parlours. Some swear by Zizi, (French slang for a certain male body part).... others will tell you that Il Gelato is all that. I'm not going to make a call on this other than to say they are both probably a step above the rest. If you see this not as a problem....but an opportunity like I do.... It's just an excuse to have to patronise both.

Leave your comment if we left out your favorite, or you have a discovery to share.

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