Arden
Belgium
At Château de Vignée in Villers-sur-Lesse, Arden gives chef Marius Bosmans a close relationship with the surrounding landscape. The castle’s greenhouse and kitchen garden help shape a seasonal cuisine in which vegetables, herbs and fruit sit alongside fish, shellfish and game. A tasting menu might bring together scallop, butternut squash, sea buckthorn and shiso, or roe deer with salsify, blackcurrant and chanterelles. Even dessert follows this interest in unexpected plant flavours, pairing pear and chocolate with parsley. Shorter lunch menus and selected à la carte services offer alternatives to the full tasting sequence.