Meze & Moules
Venue · 29 Aug 2026 · 20 photographs

Frenchette, Oostende

A Saturday evening at Gastrobar Frenchette on Madridstraat, with the parents, where the whole table shares one menu: half of us grew up calling that dinner. The pass, the charcuterie wall, the tartare in its flowers, and, after all this time posting under the name Meze & Moules, moules in front of the camera at last.

On the map: Oostende · The post on Instagram

Tartare topped with small purple flowers in a white bowl, ringed by bright green oil
'Charcuterie' in dark letters on whitewashed brick, a buffalo head, mirrors and portraits above two diners
A large wire fish sculpture hanging under spotlights against the whitewashed brick wall
A single table laid in white by a globe, a wall clock and a brass horn
Four posters, a rooster and a chef among them, above white panelling and laid tables
A cook in a white shirt at work behind the pass in the blue-tiled open kitchen
A server silhouetted at the lit pass, a cook at work in the blue-tiled kitchen beyond
Two bowls of green soup and an Aperol Spritz, one of us across the table
A sliced seeded loaf on a wooden board, with butter and salt, beside the menu
Silvery fish fillets under a long crisp wafer and an orange flower on a patterned plate
A bowl of moules with chopped parsley and diced vegetables in a golden broth
Seared fish with red pepper, edible flowers and a black crisp in an orange sauce
A side of small pasta pearls with herbs in a glazed bowl, the fish course behind
Sliced grilled meat with rocket, roast tomatoes and a yellow purée in a mosaic-patterned bowl
One of us serving from the mosaic bowl, a side of four golden potatoes in front
Layered pastry with raspberries and cream beside a green sorbet on a yellow plate
Diners at tables along the banquette beneath black-and-white photographs and globe lamps
Empty tables laid for dinner in a dark corner, spotlights on the posters above
A glass cabinet of pewter, figurines and old framed prints behind a candlelit table
The golden oval sign reading 'frenchette, C'est chouette' in the window, globe lamps glowing behind