Mussels Throwdown @ Belga Cafe

Apparently it is Belgian National Day this week and it is being celebrated all over DC with a series of events each day. I was alerted to this by the Young and Hungry blog's beer events calendar. Saturday's was a competition between the three chefs from Belga, Et Voila, and Brasserie Beck held in the alley behind Belga, over in Capital Hill. All three came up with very eclectic mussel combinations that were professionally judged. Hard to pick a winner as they were all truly amazing. We chowed down on multiple free samples from each along with Belga fries and a couple of Hoegardens.