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Another visit to the Bagels & Beans
2008-02-20 17:52:19
Today another visit to yet another Bagels & Beans. Bagels & Beans is everywhere in Amsterdam and today we ended up at the one in the beginning of the Kinkerstraat. Actually we wanted to go to a new place that is opening across the street from the Bagels & Beans, but it was not open [...] ...
Beans

Asian fusion at Wagamama
2008-02-14 15:13:53
Wagamama located just off Leidseplein offers asian style food in a quick manner. The decoration of Wagamama is very basic, light and sleek. When you enter you have to wait to be seated by the host and then you realize that there are not separate tables. There are a few very long picnic style tables [...] ...
Asian Fusion

Sunny lunch at Loosje on Nieuwmarkt
2008-02-13 14:37:20
What is this? Spring in february in Amsterdam? We had quite a few extraordinary days in Amsterdam, where the temperatures were more suited for spring than for winter! And today was sunny enough for us to sit outside. I had gotten a tip from a reader to check out Skek in the Nieuwmarkt area, but [...] ...
Lunch

Out of this world lunch at Himalaya Tea House
2008-02-06 17:05:30
The Himalaya Tea House is part of the Himalaya book store and lies close to Central Station in the Red Light District. My friend suggested this place, because he had spotted it the other day. When you get to the place you have to go through the book store to the back where the restaurant [...] ...
House Lunch Tea

Ethiopian coffee house Buna Bet
2008-01-30 13:22:22
We ran into Buna Bet just by accident today. We were walking down the Van Woustraat in the Pijp area of Amsterdam, when we noticed it. It looked very inviting so we decided to give it try. Inside we found a normal coffee place, but with a twist. All the coffee beans are imported from [...] ...
Coffee House

Italian dining experience at Sa Seada
2008-01-23 12:50:25
Sa Seada is an italian restaurant in the east part of Amsterdam close to the Amstel river. I remember this restaurant, because it has very large windows, which have been broken a few times in the last years. I hope not by unsatisfied customers When we arrived the friends we were meeting were already [...] ...
Dining Experience

Sticky fudge at Stientje’s
2008-01-20 10:02:08
Today was another rainy day in Amsterdam. It seems like winter is skipping us this year and we just get autumn. I was meeting my friend half way across town in a place he found the other day called Stientje’s. Lucky for me the rain had taken a break and I got there dry [...] ...

Home made pastries at Quattro Gatti
2008-01-10 20:47:27
First of all happy new year to everybody! This is the first posting of 2008 Quattro Gatti (four cats) is the first new place I visited in the new year. When I met my friend we didn’t know where to go yet, so we biked into the Jordaan. My friend saw a new place [...] ...

My second Starbucks experience in Holland
2007-12-15 16:33:03
Well after all the buzz of Starbucks finally opening shops in the Netherlands, the first being behind the customs at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, and now two more before the customs, of course I had to go and test it. So today my friend and me met at Central Station and we took the train to [...] ...
Experience Holland Starbucks

Special bagel at Village Bagels
2007-12-08 12:43:57
Today we had decided beforehand to go to the Bazel building on Vijzelstraat. It used to be owned by a bank, but they sold it and it was refurbished and now it is a conference center and city archive, so it’s publicly accessible now. They also have a cafe and we decided to check it [...] ...
Village

Super healthy juice at Bagels & Beans - Keizersgracht
2007-12-01 16:55:56
Today was a very rain day in Amsterdam and while biking to Leidseplein through the rain to meet my friend, my bike broke down too Luckily I managed to reach Leidseplein on time. I noticed that the Haagendazs that used to be there as been replaced by yet another H&M shop. We didn’t have [...] ...
Beans Healthy Juice

Biological lunch at Gartine
2007-11-23 16:21:46
When I met my friend today he had a belated birthday present for me, finally It was a book by one of the most famous restaurant critics in Holland, so for today we decided to pick some place from the places he has reviewed. When one place gets a good mark from this critic [...] ...
Lunch

Quick and cheap pizza at Firenze
2007-11-01 16:23:03
You are on Rembrantplein and want to get a quick, cheap, but nice dinner. You fancy some pizza or other italian food, then Firenze is the place for you! Located in the Halvemaansteeg, just off Rembrandtplein, it offers whole pizzas from about €4 and up. Beat that New York Pizza When we got to [...] ...
Pizza

Speedy lunch at Hannibal
2007-10-31 18:39:29
Now Hannibal is what I call a typically Dutch place. No nonsense decoration, Dutch men behind the counter running the place and a dutch sandwich menu. Sandwiches with typical dutch fillings like cheese, ox sausage or egg. And of course kroket! There are also eggs sunny side up or sate with fries if you are [...] ...
Hannibal Lunch

Eat all you like in one hour at Dim Sum Court
2007-10-26 12:26:51
Last night we wanted a quick bite to eat and didn’t feel much like Subways or MacDonalds and we already ate a quick wok meal this week. So on the way to Rembrandtplein we came across Dim Sum Court on the Rokin close to the V&D department store (there are 2 more locations close to [...] ...
Court

Deliciously cheap lunch at La Place (OBA)
2007-10-24 17:46:28
Close to Central Station on the top floor of the new building of the public library of Amsterdam (OBA) La Place has opened a new location. It was in the local news right after opening, because it was robbed twice! That peeked our curiosity, so today we finally decided to visit it. To get [...] ...
Lunch

Eighties lunch at 1e Klas Central Station
2007-10-14 14:56:39
Today we went to a place on Central Station, located on track 2B, called 1e Klas (first class) and the decor of the place is first class! With high painted ceilings and woodworks it is really in the style of the central station building. It’s just worth coming here to have a look at it. When [...] ...
Lunch Station

Catered lunch at Frenzi Cucina
2007-10-06 12:30:54
Today my friend was a bit sick, so we decided to go somewhere close to his place. Of course Toasty would have been an option, but we wanted to try something new. By accident we found Frenzi Cucina at the end of the Overtoom. Now this is not really a restaurant, but more a deli/caterer [...] ...
Cucina Lunch

Country and Western lunch in Kingfisher
2007-09-26 17:47:53
Kick up your heels boys and girls and hear the Country & Western music. Kingfisher in de Pijp area of Amsterdam seems to want to breathe the atmosphere of the old fifties diners in the States. And although the bar with the red fridges give a cadillac type feel and the fact that it seems [...] ...
Country Kingfisher Lunch

Vegetarian dinner at Golden Temple
2007-09-09 13:52:36
Saturday evening and looking for a place to eat. After feeling like Josef and Mary, being turned down at restaurants because you have no reservation, we stumbled across The Golden Temple at the end of the Utrechtsestraat. Now from the outside it looked rather quiet, but inside it was full of reservation signs on the [...] ...
Dinner Vegetarian

Lunch on the terrace of Flamingo
2007-09-08 13:35:02
Today was a typical end of summer day in Amsterdam. Warm when the sun shines and needing a coat when the clouds come. And in Holland there are a lot of clouds! We decided today to go out of the center and go to the adjacent De Pijp area. Walking down the Albert Cuyp market [...] ...
Lunch

Coffee break at Bagels & Wraps
2007-09-02 13:24:47
Today before going with my friend to the food fair at the Haarlemmerdijk, there was some time for a quick coffee at the Bagels & Wraps just off Leidseplein. Bagels & Wraps is on a corner very close to the MacBike store and behind Wagamama, so you can easily miss it. It’s not so big, [...] ...
Coffee

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