Amsterdam Dining
Nov 3rd, 2018, 03:11 AM
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so whilst Europe has been a sleep I see our resident in Rotterdam has been putting everyone straight.
Good. How you stayed all night up for such an interesting subject I do not know.
However, the spelling issue. Maybe someone should correct wiki whilst they are at it?
English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijsttafel
Dutch: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijsttafel
or even this on-line dictionary. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rijsttafel
Good. How you stayed all night up for such an interesting subject I do not know.
However, the spelling issue. Maybe someone should correct wiki whilst they are at it?
English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijsttafel
Dutch: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijsttafel
or even this on-line dictionary. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rijsttafel
My mother's in hospital with a severe stroke, that's why I was awake. After a few days of frantic activity, we found her a good place in a nursing home in Middelburg. Also, yesterday, we buried my father in law, so it was a full day, a full week. And lots of things to think about. Hence the insomnia.
Nov 3rd, 2018, 03:13 AM
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The best restaurants are those where tourists never go because they don't know that they exist and what they offer. That's why I keep pointing to iens.nl. But please let go of notions of Dutch "regional" or "local" cuisine. We've never had the concept of "terroir", because we're traders, and if we farm, we trade that as well.
Nov 3rd, 2018, 03:31 AM
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Ik wens je Sterkte: Kracht, moed en wanhoop.
Met een overlijden van een familielid een leegte zonder einde.
I think that is correct my Dutch is not 100% and the wife is not around to help me.
Ik wens je Sterkte: Kracht, moed en wanhoop.
Met een overlijden van een familielid een leegte zonder einde.
I think that is correct my Dutch is not 100% and the wife is not around to help me.
Nov 3rd, 2018, 03:45 AM
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The restaurants I enjoyed in Amsterdam are mentioned in my trip report
A week spent in Amsterdam including a few day trips
A week spent in Amsterdam including a few day trips
Nov 3rd, 2018, 06:35 AM
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Nov 3rd, 2018, 08:24 AM
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FEBO anyone? Not for a meal but a neat snack when walking around - they also have Indonesian food - bamis and nasi goreng snacks and really good ice cream or whatever sundaes. The automats are unique anywhere I've been - put a euro or two in slot and open door and take your treat.
Nov 3rd, 2018, 09:15 AM
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Febo has croquettes, and they're pretty good, but the best croquettes can be had at Holtkamp on Vijzelstraat. One of those and you'll never go to Febo again.
Van Dobben, on Reguliersbreestraat sell their own brand and it is widely known that the "croquette sandwich" that is a Dutch exclusive for McD is also from the Van Dobben factory.
Van Dobben, on Reguliersbreestraat sell their own brand and it is widely known that the "croquette sandwich" that is a Dutch exclusive for McD is also from the Van Dobben factory.
Nov 3rd, 2018, 10:46 AM
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I don't think I have been to a Rijst Tafel ( no mater how it is spelt.
I have been reliably informed that the best one are to be found in Den Haag.
Moving on to the comment
There is no English word "uninventive". What do you mean?
I have been reliably informed that the best one are to be found in Den Haag.
Moving on to the comment
For authentic dutch food, I went into some small toxwns where restaurants close at 6 30 pm and where the fodd is uninventive.
Nov 3rd, 2018, 10:51 AM
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Sorry I don't know where your hotel is, but these are the restaurants we liked about 10 years ago. From my trip notes:
"Two cafes on the same block as the Hotel Residence le Coin were wonderful: Café Katoen for a university atmosphere, and Café le Jarden, for great table seating on the canal.
Amazing dinners at two restaurants in particular:
“Stout!”, at Haarlemmerstraat 73 (www.restaurantstout.nl). Fabulous ‘foamy asparagus’ soup with shrimp, chateaubriande, fresh fish, dessert course, wine list. Very trendy lighting. Great service. We’d gone to the neighborhood in search of a restaurant called “Lof” which we’d seen written up. We didn’t like its atmosphere, but were lucky that Stout! was just across the street.
Also at “Restaurant Dining Eleven” we had a great dinner. It’s at Reestraat 11. Also trendy and contempory, well-presented and beautifully-served meal.
Another nice dinner at “frenzi”, at Swanenburgwal 232. Very simple and contemporary. We arrived shortly before 10:00p.m., when most restaurants close in Amsterdam, and persuaded the owner to sell us any left-overs they had in the kitchen! They put together a nice Caesar salad with cooked-in-the-shell shrimp and mango. Very nice.
Also a good brunch at a place across the street from frenzi—called “Puccini”. Creative salads and sandwiches. Very nice also."
"Two cafes on the same block as the Hotel Residence le Coin were wonderful: Café Katoen for a university atmosphere, and Café le Jarden, for great table seating on the canal.
Amazing dinners at two restaurants in particular:
“Stout!”, at Haarlemmerstraat 73 (www.restaurantstout.nl). Fabulous ‘foamy asparagus’ soup with shrimp, chateaubriande, fresh fish, dessert course, wine list. Very trendy lighting. Great service. We’d gone to the neighborhood in search of a restaurant called “Lof” which we’d seen written up. We didn’t like its atmosphere, but were lucky that Stout! was just across the street.
Also at “Restaurant Dining Eleven” we had a great dinner. It’s at Reestraat 11. Also trendy and contempory, well-presented and beautifully-served meal.
Another nice dinner at “frenzi”, at Swanenburgwal 232. Very simple and contemporary. We arrived shortly before 10:00p.m., when most restaurants close in Amsterdam, and persuaded the owner to sell us any left-overs they had in the kitchen! They put together a nice Caesar salad with cooked-in-the-shell shrimp and mango. Very nice.
Also a good brunch at a place across the street from frenzi—called “Puccini”. Creative salads and sandwiches. Very nice also."
Nov 3rd, 2018, 03:12 PM
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Deleted? Never seen that. You certainly couldn’t call that uninventive:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninventive
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninventive
Nov 4th, 2018, 12:06 AM
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That was a soupkitchen. Not "authentic Dutch cuisine", but cheap food for Dutch pensioners who otherwise had not much opportunity to eat out. Hence the cheap prices. Shaking my head. Really!
Nov 4th, 2018, 12:07 AM
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Nov 4th, 2018, 12:08 AM
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Boring as hell and badly prepared with cheap ingredients, for which you pay too much.
Nov 4th, 2018, 12:12 AM
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Sorry I don't know where your hotel is, but these are the restaurants we liked about 10 years ago. From my trip notes:
"Two cafes on the same block as the Hotel Residence le Coin were wonderful: Café Katoen for a university atmosphere, and Café le Jarden, for great table seating on the canal.
Amazing dinners at two restaurants in particular:
“Stout!”, at Haarlemmerstraat 73 (www.restaurantstout.nl). Fabulous ‘foamy asparagus’ soup with shrimp, chateaubriande, fresh fish, dessert course, wine list. Very trendy lighting. Great service. We’d gone to the neighborhood in search of a restaurant called “Lof” which we’d seen written up. We didn’t like its atmosphere, but were lucky that Stout! was just across the street.
Also at “Restaurant Dining Eleven” we had a great dinner. It’s at Reestraat 11. Also trendy and contempory, well-presented and beautifully-served meal.
Another nice dinner at “frenzi”, at Swanenburgwal 232. Very simple and contemporary. We arrived shortly before 10:00p.m., when most restaurants close in Amsterdam, and persuaded the owner to sell us any left-overs they had in the kitchen! They put together a nice Caesar salad with cooked-in-the-shell shrimp and mango. Very nice.
Also a good brunch at a place across the street from frenzi—called “Puccini”. Creative salads and sandwiches. Very nice also."
"Two cafes on the same block as the Hotel Residence le Coin were wonderful: Café Katoen for a university atmosphere, and Café le Jarden, for great table seating on the canal.
Amazing dinners at two restaurants in particular:
“Stout!”, at Haarlemmerstraat 73 (www.restaurantstout.nl). Fabulous ‘foamy asparagus’ soup with shrimp, chateaubriande, fresh fish, dessert course, wine list. Very trendy lighting. Great service. We’d gone to the neighborhood in search of a restaurant called “Lof” which we’d seen written up. We didn’t like its atmosphere, but were lucky that Stout! was just across the street.
Also at “Restaurant Dining Eleven” we had a great dinner. It’s at Reestraat 11. Also trendy and contempory, well-presented and beautifully-served meal.
Another nice dinner at “frenzi”, at Swanenburgwal 232. Very simple and contemporary. We arrived shortly before 10:00p.m., when most restaurants close in Amsterdam, and persuaded the owner to sell us any left-overs they had in the kitchen! They put together a nice Caesar salad with cooked-in-the-shell shrimp and mango. Very nice.
Also a good brunch at a place across the street from frenzi—called “Puccini”. Creative salads and sandwiches. Very nice also."
Lof has closed
Reestraat 11 has closed and reopened as something else.
www.iens.nl has the most up to date listings. The restaurant scene in Amsterdam is so fast paced that 10 years is a long, long time.
Nov 4th, 2018, 12:30 AM
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Tourist should find somewhere that is more to their liking.
Most food, no matter where one goes, is prepared with "cheap" ingredients.
Restaurants and bars in The Netherlands are what I would suggest not the ones with the cheapest prices in Europe.
