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Luxembourg's food is less varied than in Belgium, more Germanic -
but you can still eat out extremely well. As for drink, Luxembourg
produces some very drinkable white wines along its side of the Moselle
Food
In most parts of Luxembourg you'll start the day in routine Continental
fashion with a cup of coffee and a roll or croissant. Later in the day,
the most obvious snack is a portion of frites - served from friture
stalls, with just salt or mayonnaise, or, as in Holland, with more
exotic dressings. Other street stalls sell various sausages, and
everywhere there are stands selling waffles ( gaufres ), piping hot with
jam and honey. There are also the usual burger joints, including the
Belgian Quick chain, and Panos, which specializes in bakery products.
Many bars do meals, at least at lunchtimes, and a host of cafés serve
basic dishes - omelettes, steak or mussels with chips. The distinction
between the two is, however, becoming increasingly blurred with café/bars
often the most fashionable place to be, especially in the city. You can
expect to pay about ¬5 for an omelette; anything more substantial will
cost F8-13, though most places have a dish of the day for ¬10-12.00.
Though they serve very similar food, restaurants are more expensive, and
sometimes only open in the evening. A main course will rarely cost under
¬8.50, with ¬12.50 being a more usual price.
Drink
The price of food in Luxembourg is compensated for by the low cost of
drinking , especially if you like beer , which is always good and comes
in numerous varieties. Ask for a bière in a bar and you'll be served a
half-litre glass of whatever the bar has on tap. The most widespread
brands are Diekirch, Mousel and Bofferding. Bar prices don't vary
greatly: you'll pay around ¬1.40 for a glass of beer. In the swankiest
places, you'll pay around ¬3.50 for beers like Duvel and Chimay.
French wines are the most commonly drunk, although Luxembourg is a wine
producer, and its white and sparkling wines, produced along the north
bank of the Moselle, are very drinkable: in the shops they go for around
¬6-9 a bottle of sparkling stuff, ¬6 for ordinary white wine. In
restaurants they'll cost two or three times as much.
In Luxembourg spirits are cheaper than elsewhere in Europe. You'll also
come across home-produced eau de vie , distilled from various fruits and
around fifty percent alcohol by volume.
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