De Superette, Gent BE

De Superette

Coffee

Wood Roasted Apple Juice

Pain aux Chocolat

Kouign Amann

Housemade Copa, House Churned Butter, Sourdough, Danish Cheese, House Confiture

Egg Skillet with Foraged Mushrooms, Leeks, Woodland Herbs, Hard Cheese

Spelt Bread with Jam and Frangipane

Bread Pudding

Chocolate Chip and Peanut Butter Puddle Cookies

Owned by Kobe Desramaults, the man whose announced pending closure of In de Wulf took the world by surprise in late 2015, De Superette in Gent immediately jumped to the top of a culinary “to-do” list the minute reservations were secured for his Michelin 1* restaurant in Dranouter, the meal enjoyed just past 09h00 every bit as memorable as the one to be had near the French border later that evening.

Truly an all-day operation, lunch and dinner offered along with breakfast while several bakers arrive before dawn to make sure leavening items are progressing while preparing the wood ovens for a busy day, De Superette sees Desramaults teaming with two other with a focus on high quality organic breads baked in the old tradition, the execution truly remarkable with such dedication that the restaurant actually generates embers for the grill from the wood used to heat the oven made of stone.

A relaxing space with a kitchen that gives those interested the opportunity to see nearly every aspect of bread production, as well as unique things like apples being roasted over direct flame to make apple juice or jam, De Superette takes the traditional “coffee house” vibe to new levels with tableside service as well as grab n’ go options, both investigated to the fullest over the course of a 60 minute stay.

Opting for the complete breakfast in addition to several pastries it was with WiFi barely logged into that the first of several items began to arrive and with good coffee served black via pour-over next to rosy Apple Juice first bites of the Kouign Amann sent the mind spinning – questions arising as to whether any previously experienced even came close to this degree of caramelization atop melted butter, the answer a resounding no after subsequent bites while the Pain aux Chocolat was equally archetypical with a robust shell overlying arches of lamination around pipelines of melted dark chocolate.

Deciding savories were in order, the meat, cheese and butter all made either in-house or at In de Wulf, a board of Copa, Butter, Sourdough, Soft Cheese and Confiture soon arrived next to a scalding cast-iron skillet with two runny eggs topped in foraged Mushrooms, Leeks, Woodland Herbs and hard Cheese added after baking with each taste showing the benefits of passion and product sourcing as the pork literally melted on the tongue while the makeshift scramble was woodsy with a great juxtaposition of textures whether placed on Toast or eaten by itself.

Taking the rest to go, a total bill just under €30 a bit pricey but worth every cent, it was later that afternoon that four more items were enjoyed as a snack and although the streets of Bruges were a slightly different scene than the dining room at Guldenspoorstraat 21 the results were no less impressive as both cookies felt like someone had upgraded American ingredients simply by trying harder, the Bread Pudding filled with all sorts of texture from fruit, nuts, chocolate and custard while the toothsome Spelt Bread saw Frangipane’s sweetness put to good use overlying a thin layer Berry Jam.

http://www.indewulf.be/desuperette/