Pascal Sgro

Hidden in the shadow of supermarkets, shopping centres, and administrative buildings, Le Jardin du Lunch is a Belgian restaurant chain. When I was a child, my father would take me there for lunch every other Saturday. At the time, I thought of it as an old-fashioned place. Expectations were modest, the food seemed to compete with what was served in my school canteen, and the atmosphere sometimes felt like a day-care centre for elderly people....