Een Twee Vijf — Restaurant in Ghent

The food is excellent. The chef incorporates unusual texture combinations into each dish - everything I had featured something soft and something crispy or crunchy. It made each plate into a surprising and delightful experience.

Clean yet cosy interior design choices. The earthenware is quirky but elegant. Every detail in the restaurant breathes the owners' vision. I thought the bathroom was especially lovely, down to the unconventionally scented soap.

I tried the "devilish egg", which was reminiscent of a deviled egg, but creamier and with multiple flavour profiles. It was sprinkled with something crunchy, I couldn't pinpoint what it was but it was tasty and fun to eat. I also tried a bit of the calamari starter - the squid was perfectly tender, the batter crispy.

Then I had the palourdes, a type of small bivalve. They were well-prepared, and came with a crunchy thyme preparation and a royal serving of delicate fish eggs. I love fish eggs so I was delighted when I received my plate.

My main was the sea bass. It stood out to me the least of all the dishes I tried. This is not to say it wasn't good, I have no negative remarks. The fish was buttery and flakey.

To finish, I had the "chocolate, vanilla, banana, peanut" dessert, and oh my gosh. The dessert menu tends to be an uninspired afterthought in most Belgian restaurants - this is not the case at all in Één Twee Vijf. This section of the menu might even be where the chef shines the most.

Peanut and even banana is a pretty rare addition to dessert menus here, and I don't know why, because the flavour and texture combinations lifted this dish to the next level. Salty, crunchy, soft, creamy. I loved every bite, and would go back just to have this dish again. Truly inspired.

Go there with your significant other or a group of friends, and be charmed by the wonderfully...

The reason being the location. If you are a tourist, this is 20 mins walking to the centre. The food is not traditional, modern food with good ingredients, 4 or 5 star worthy, excellent cod dish with reasonably good starters, but nothing as interesting to walk this...

It's been a long time since I've had a dinner where each dish or each course was outstanding. The food was phenomenal and the service was on point without being overbearing. I would recommend everyone to visit this place and will definitely come back next time...