BAKKERSDOCHTER

As this bakery is well named: Bakkersdochter, that's the baker's daughter in Dutch. Jacques Vanderstraeten, the father, is in the bakery and Heleen, the daughter, in the store. A winning team that has taken over a small store but full of good things: breads, cakes, pastries, cookies but above all, THE sweet speciality of Hasselt: speculaas (not speculoos). They are indeed cousins, but instead of being a flat, dry cookie, the speculaas is curved, slightly crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. A must-try.