Restaurant Couvert Couvert - Heverlee

Restaurant Couvert Couvert has 1 Michelin star and it is run by the Folmer brothers, who were both trained as pastry chefs. The restaurant is located in Heverlee, just outside Leuven. Here's the restaurant as seen from the street.

The entrance is through the back, with a bucolic sight of cows grazing in the pastures. During summer time, the outdoor terrace must be fun.

As we approached, the lady manager came to open the door and welcomed us with a smile and quickly took care of our jackets. Here's the entrace: on the way to the dining room, one can have a look at the kitchen.

Sober Scandinavian minimalist design with all-white walls and soft lights. The restaurant was quite empty; in total only 4 tables were occupied.

The view from our table:

Food

Interestingly for a Saturday lunch, the whole menu was available, from à la carte to the 6 course Menu dégustation. We opted for the 3-course Menu Couvert Couvert. For the main course, we both selected the fish dish. Since I forgot to snap a photo of the menu, the descriptions will be quite basic this time.

Nibbles: some super thin savory sticks

Amuses bouches

Daikon & mackerel, Cheese pastry, Beef & green cabbage

River shrimps and beets in a lemongrass-beet bouillon - which was disappointing, too sweet and the lemongrass flavor was barely discernible.

Bread, Greek olive oil, butter from Brittany

Appetizers

Bonito, avocado and smoked bouillon

Sot-l'y-laisse (chicken "oyster"), beets and lemon

Entrée

Wild fish, sweet chestnut, parsley roots, mushroom sauce

Dessert

Baked apples, meringue, apple-mint sorbet

Chocolate ice cream, banana, lemon curd

Mignardises

Earl Grey marshmallows, souffle, warm chocolate with ice cream, fruit compote.

Overall, a pleasant meal in a relaxed atmosphere. The food was good, except for the shrimps & beets appetizer, and the desserts were superb. A selection of breads would have been nice, perhaps this is available at dinner time ? We did not wait for more than 5 minutes between each course and service was attentive, partially thanks to the presence of the manager and 2 waiters for only 9-10 diners.

Restaurant Couvert Couvert
171,Sint-Jansbergsesteenweg, 3001 Heverlee
http://www.couvertcouvert.be