Toukoul
Brussels, Belgium
The read// why locals go
Toukoul has been serving Ethiopian food on Rue de Laeken long enough to be the city's default answer for injera. Plates arrive on the sourdough flatbread itself, spread with stews to be torn at and shared across the table rather than portioned out — a format that makes the place work as well for four people as for two. Vegetarians are unusually well served, since much of the traditional repertoire is meat-free by design. It sits just north of the centre, away from the restaurant streets tourists are funnelled down, and prices stay in mid-budget territory. Brussels lists of where locals actually eat put it near the top.
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Rue de Laeken 34, 1000 — Brussels
The read// why locals go
Toukoul has been serving Ethiopian food on Rue de Laeken long enough to be the city's default answer for injera. Plates arrive on the sourdough flatbread itself, spread with stews to be torn at and shared across the table rather than portioned out — a format that makes the place work as well for four people as for two. Vegetarians are unusually well served, since much of the traditional repertoire is meat-free by design. It sits just north of the centre, away from the restaurant streets tourists are funnelled down, and prices stay in mid-budget territory. Brussels lists of where locals actually eat put it near the top.
