looking for a restaurant that hasn't existed since 1998 or in front of a waiter who has never heard the word vegan in his/her life. Luckily my recent trip to Brussels was pretty successful on the food side of things. There's a great vegan restaurant open for lunch right in the centre of the city and a couple of other vegan-friendly hotspots littered around town. Also, Belgium is the chocolate capital of the world so you can get some really great, high-quality, milk/butter-free chocolate. But you need to be careful where you shop. ~~~ Chocolate To start my little guide to vegan Brussels I'll give some hints about where to find good chocolate that is suitable for vegans. The wikitravel website recommends Neuhaus and Leonidas on the cheaper but still good quality end of Belgian chocolate but I'm not sure I'd recommend either. Both seem to use butter instead of cocoa butter in most of their dark chocolates. You can get dark chocolate on a stick in Neuhaus that is vegan but that's about it. We also went to two separate stores and the service was friendly but pretty hopeless. Leonidas was very similar but the chocolate was even cheaper so I couldn't find any vegan-friendly options at all. Galler Chocolatier chocolates can be found in most supermarkets. It's great quality chocolate but a bit cheaper than the chocolate found in boutiques (but not lesser quality!). I did find vegan friendly options in the local express supermarkets like Carrefour and