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Although this area of Holland is home to some of the country's most worldly restaurants, keep in mind that most bars also offer house specials whose prices are usually cheap enough to keep students and young people sated (keep an eye out for the kleine kaart, or lighter meal menu, usually offered in the bar area and available throughout the day). Perennially popular dishes such as satay and pepper steak never come off the menu.
This airy high-ceilinged restaurant inside a monumental stone-facade building provides the perfect setting for daily changing modern Dutch tasting menus. You can guide the choices according to taste, or opt to be surprised, whether you go for four, five, six, or seven courses.
The tiny, family-run restaurant serves tasty meat-and-potatoes fare as well as good fish dishes such as kabeljauw (cod) with asparagus sauce. The adjoining Café de Oude Jean serves up somewhat cheaper fare.
