Great places to eat on a budget...
Mar 26th, 2006, 03:22 PM
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I had a bowl of soup and chicken caesar wrap at an Irish pub where we got to sit on the sidewalk for about 7 EUR in Amsterdam.
Be careful about where you inhale while walking down the streets. If you inhale while walking down smoking Amsterdam steets, you tend to build up a bigger appetite from the cannibus filled streets.
We're not big sweets eaters, but purchased some dutch chocolates to take back home to the states for friends and found after a walk through the city, we were digging into some of the chocolate pieces.
Be careful about where you inhale while walking down the streets. If you inhale while walking down smoking Amsterdam steets, you tend to build up a bigger appetite from the cannibus filled streets.
We're not big sweets eaters, but purchased some dutch chocolates to take back home to the states for friends and found after a walk through the city, we were digging into some of the chocolate pieces.
Mar 28th, 2006, 09:42 AM
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Check out $40 a Day Amsterdam episode: http://www.foodtv.com/food/show_ad/e..._21013,00.html
Mar 28th, 2006, 10:03 AM
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Somewhere (maybe here) I read about Cafe de Jaren next to Hotel L'Europe, and so my husband and I ate there when we were in Amsterdam for one night a few weeks ago. It was really fun and cheap! It's at the confluence of the river and a canal, and its huge windows provide a wonderful view of the water and architecture across the bridge.
We had read that this place was full of locals of all types, and sure enough we encountered a couple and their black lab puppy, people carrying on an intense political-philosophical discussion, two older men holding hands across the room, and a group of middle-aged women knitting and chatting at a large table near ours. It really felt like a local gathering place.
We ordered beer and wine, soup, lasagna, and a lamb stew, unaware that the entrees came with the expansive salad bar upstairs as well. We were stuffed, I think for about 20 Euro a piece . . .
We had read that this place was full of locals of all types, and sure enough we encountered a couple and their black lab puppy, people carrying on an intense political-philosophical discussion, two older men holding hands across the room, and a group of middle-aged women knitting and chatting at a large table near ours. It really felt like a local gathering place.
We ordered beer and wine, soup, lasagna, and a lamb stew, unaware that the entrees came with the expansive salad bar upstairs as well. We were stuffed, I think for about 20 Euro a piece . . .
Mar 28th, 2006, 10:34 AM
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What time of year did you go? I was there in late August, and I think it might make a difference (lots of college-aged kids were having one last stand before school starts again). Reeky areas included around the Spui and Rembrandtplein.
Mar 28th, 2006, 10:51 AM
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Yep, late August. In fact, it was on 8/24/05 to be exact. It was really, really reeky! There was some sort of outdoor festival going on in part of the city and then just certain shops where there was smoke billowing out of.
I'm being serious and not silly. I hadn't felt that way since I lived in a college dorm, many moons ago. It wasn't a major attack of munchies, but munchies none the less.
I'm being serious and not silly. I hadn't felt that way since I lived in a college dorm, many moons ago. It wasn't a major attack of munchies, but munchies none the less.
Mar 28th, 2006, 10:51 AM
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Oops, Back to the original question... I ate several times at an EXcellent Italian shop/restaurant. They had a few tables and also food to-go they sold by weight. It was an unexpected find and fairly spectacular food.
