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• SIDLOVESTINA:

• Sidney, born 17 September 1972, but most say Sid, AKA Sidlovestina.
• Sidlovestina originates from the fact that i have been a Tina Turner fan for .. well.. quit some years!
• Sid - Loves - Tina.
• When i got a little older and knew my way around computers and the internet, i launched one of the very first Tina Turner websites ever made on the www.
• On my Compac presario in the middle of the night with a dial-up connection to connect to the internet.
• In those days it took a while to upload one photo!
• And always ending up with a huge telephone bill!

• It all started with one page and much later became a whole website.
• I made this website several years to follow giving people the latest info and pictures that i could find!
• After several years i stopped making one.
• It became too much work and when Tina stopped touring, it was time.
• My love for Tina never went aways offcourse and so i kept my domain name.
• It used to be sidlovestina.com but later i made another one to what it is today, wildestdreams.be

This is how my website looked like in 2007:

Me on the right (upper) together with Tina Turner friends/fans, Tina Turner in the middle offcourse.

We had a meet & greet in Zurich, 27 November 2004, one moment i will never forget.

• ALL TIME BEST RESTAURANT & MEMORIES:

• Still in my mind and forever will be.
• Restaurant 'De Swaen' in the time Cas Spijkers was the chef there.
• In the late 80's i went there when the restaurant had two Michelin stars.
• We used to save the drinking money we received from the customers together and then went out to dinner in a star restaurant.
• So we ended up in Oisterwijk! (and many others over the years).
• It was awesome and i have never had the same feeling in a restaurant ever again.
• Maybe due to the fact that i was quit young, but the impact of food and service you got there was very impressive, apero in the 'salon', impressive dinner, Chef visit at the table, dessert served for a table of 6 with 4 waiters, we each had several plates of dessert.
• That kind of service nowadays still exists but has become much more expensive, back in the day we paid about 250€ / person.
• I used to have the menu and all the wine labels (wich i got there) but over the years those somehow got lost (along with many others).
• As I recall, I tasted a California white wine there for the first time ever.
• But everything will stay forever in my mind!
• The restaurant still is there (now called 'Brasserie De Swaen' but sadly Cas Spijkers is no more (he died in 2011).

• ORIGIN:

• Born and raised in Gent (Ghent, Belgium), moved several years ago and now living in Aalst (Belgium).
• Gent offcourse well known for the 'Gentse Feesten' and Aalst for it's Carnival!
• Gentse Feesten, is an annual festival that lasts for ten days.
• It has been held for more than 50 years and is attended by about 1–1.5 million visitors each year.

Is an annual three-day event in the Belgian city of Aalst.

• EDUCATION:

Chef-Cook! But now only cook for friends and for pleasure!

• FAVORITE PERSONS:

Tina Turner will always have that number one spot.

• FAVORITE FOOD:

Many to be honest but here are a few: Mushrooms, Asparagus, chicori, chocolate.....

• FAVORITE DRINK:

As a Belgian i do like a nice cold beer, Reinaert Grand Cru.

• FAVOURITE COUNTRY:

• La France! Such a beautifull country, i always love going back there, the people, the food and especially ... nature.
• A few food photos to show why i love La France!
• I know, food..... there is more to see and explore but this is a food website afterall.