Belzan
Belzan is a casual fine dining bistro on Smithdown Road in Liverpool, England. Opened in 2017, it has been named one of the best restaurants in the UK by The Good Food Guide and featured in the Michelin Guide.
History
Belzan was opened in 2017 by friends Chris Edwards, Owain Williams, and Sam Grainger. Williams had previously worked at Liverpool's Hope Street Hotel. Grainger is also executive chef and has been a contestant on Great British Menu.Description
Belzan is a modern bistro. The Michelin Guide commented on its "cosy" interior and "unassuming location", while both The Guardian and Lonely Planet described its style as relaxed but sometimes challenging.Talking to BBC Radio Merseyside, Grainger described the restaurant's cuisine as fine dining with seasonal British produce. He tries to cook with ingredients from within 30 miles of the restaurant as much as possible, such as using pumpkins from a customer's local allotment and wild garlic from Sefton Park.
The restaurant's signature dish is a serving of Anna potatoes baked with a Guinness rarebit top and served with a Bois Boudran-style sauce of tomato, tarragon, and vinegar. The Guardian writer Grace Dent notably said that the highlight of her visit was being served rice pudding flavoured with tonka beans, which are banned in the United States due to being fatal in large doses.