Eat out in someone's living room

Popular plate: Among the starters, the minute-smoked seabass carpaccio with black sesame is especially good.

Balanced nicely between the oddball and the cosy, La Meilleure Jeunesse looks like a living room belonging to somebody's arty, eccentric uncle. Mismatched paintings plaster the dining room walls, while the lounge area is filled with once grand banquettes and rickety tables.

Food is delicate and tasty, in a broadly modern French style with some Italian and Asian influences. It all comes served in a relaxed, quietly cheerful atmosphere to an attractive crowd of young-ish Brussels bohemians.