Culinary Surprises

The taste of the salt water in the farmland comes through better here than any where else. To eat your sandwich and uncork your wine by the water is pure joy. Fill a picnic basket with the fruits from land and sea and find your special place in the countryside.

Would you rather be waited on? In Zeeland there are many cafes and restaurants. The four seasons and the rhythm of the sea decide the menu here. The chef du cuisine makes excellent use of all the local products. As a starter choose a Zeeuwse fish soup or a portion of shrimp. The main course is lobster that comes straight from the Oosterschelde. Have some salty sea kraal with it and you have a perfect Zeeland platter.

The Zeeuwen treasure their good old traditions. Therefore why not enjoys the event The Smaek van Zeeland in Middelburg. Were all local produce is presented in a traditional way. What about mesheften, sea beans, presale-lamb and elderflower wine, never heard of them? Don’t go home until you have tried them.

Those who drive through the Zeeuwse landscape can quickly taste what the old farms have to offer. From the swathes of potato fields or the green orchards, you don’t have to wonder if you can buy the products, because at 500 metres from the farm is a self made notice board on which the farmer has listed his wares and prices. And wherever you go there is always the Zeeuws Bolus. In every bakers shop, at every market, you can’t miss them, you can’t avoid sticky hands but that is half the enjoyment.