Restaurant Jan Van den Bon

The restaurant Jan Van den Bon is beautifully situated by the Citadel Park, Ghent's green lung, a stone's throw from the city center and alongside Ghent's small ring road, making it easily accessible for those coming from the highway.

The cuisine of Mastercook Jan Van den Bon is a reflection of his food culture and personality, founded in his youth by his parents who, as precursors of the current hype around balanced nutrition, were already concerned with what came home to the table.

Hailing from Mechelen, the quintessential vegetable region, the overwhelming use of vegetables – some of which he grows himself – in his cooking style is simply second nature to him. Each vegetable receives a distinct, carefully crafted preparation method that best highlights its specific taste and textural qualities.

In addition, he attaches the greatest importance to sauces because of their underlying and juicy effect, invariably without cream but with extracts of vegetable or meat broths, they seem to have been plucked from the simmered cuisine, which for him is the real deal. In short, this is an extremely flavorful, healthy cuisine where flavors, smells, colors, textures, and temperatures are continuously composed in an attempt to pamper all the senses.