de Bomma
Antwerp, Belgium
The read// why locals go
de Bomma serves Flemish comfort food on Willem Ogierplaats in Antwerp, a short walk from Het Steen, beneath a wall of customers' grandmothers. Bomma is Antwerp dialect for grandmother, and the kitchen takes that literally: simple, pleasant cooking with a touch of nostalgia, built on the regional dishes people grew up eating at home. Plates are assembled the way you want them, combining the components you actually feel like having rather than following a fixed menu. Regulars bring in photographs of their own bomma for the photo wall, which is how the dining room slowly filled with other families' history. An independent kitchen flagged as a local favourite, with the same food available to take away.
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Willem Ogierplaats 3, 2000 — Antwerp
The read// why locals go
de Bomma serves Flemish comfort food on Willem Ogierplaats in Antwerp, a short walk from Het Steen, beneath a wall of customers' grandmothers. Bomma is Antwerp dialect for grandmother, and the kitchen takes that literally: simple, pleasant cooking with a touch of nostalgia, built on the regional dishes people grew up eating at home. Plates are assembled the way you want them, combining the components you actually feel like having rather than following a fixed menu. Regulars bring in photographs of their own bomma for the photo wall, which is how the dining room slowly filled with other families' history. An independent kitchen flagged as a local favourite, with the same food available to take away.
