‘Salty and soft, like a praline’: will Belgium’s national dish finally feature homegrown mussels?

For years, mussels in Belgium’s waters ended up on the sea floor. “We have a really straight shoreline, so we don’t have sheltered areas and that has really limited the possibilities for cultivating mussels,” says Loren Timmermans, Westdiep’s project manager, who was involved in building the farm.