Good TV show for Flemish gourmets

Yesterday evening hundreds of thousands of Flemish viewers watched the final of the reality TV show "Mijn Restaurant" (My Restaurant). In the programme restaurants vied with each other to win the audience's approval. The daily De Standaard comments on the show's great success: "'My Restaurant' is not just straightforward and professional television entertainment, it also strikes a chord with our Flemish culture. We are so fond of talking to our friends and acquaintances about delicious food and enjoying cosy meals together. Therefore there is nothing we love more than comparing restaurants with each other according to all the different criteria. And this is precisely what 'My Restaurant' did twice a week for three months. This is why we much prefer 'My Restaurant' to other reality shows like 'The Hotel' or the bed-and-breakfast show 'The Italian Dream'. It's a cliché, but the Flemish really are gourmets."

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