March 2007
Monthly Archive
- Coffee with a view at Bar Americain -
Just off Leidseplein is the art deco style Americain hotel. A few years ago it changed owners and now there is also a Bar Americain! Today was the first time in ages I actually went to this little square and it has changed tremendously. There used to be a sad little fountain on a run […]
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- Wok to Walk, Wok to Home -
In the last years there has been an explosion of Wok places in Amsterdam. Places where you pick the fresh ingredients for your wok dish and then the stuff is cooked in a wok right in front of you. The one with the most locations is probably Wok to Walk. Their locations are the most […]
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- First day of spring at Cobra Cafe -
Yes today spring finally arrived for real in Amsterdam, sunshine and nice temperatures. So to celebrate the arrival of spring we went to have lunch out on a terrace. As usual when the sun comes out, everybody suddenly goes out. I always wonder were all those people were in winter. Anyway we were lucky to […]
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- Guide to Amsterdam -
Maybe you are somewhere in the world and you think to yourself: “Hmm I would like to visit Amsterdam and the lovely (and not so lovely) places you write about”. Well then here is some practical information when you do visit our wonderfull city >>>
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- Dinner with seconds at L’entrecote et les dames -
This time we went for a dinner at L’entrecote et les dames. This is a restaurant with a special formula. They don’t have a a-la-carte menu, but a fixed menu for € 21,50, which includes, surprise, surprise, entrecote! For your 21,50 you get a green salad as a starter. It’s a very simple salad with […]
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- As seen on tv: Brasserie Suisse -
Here in Holland a few weeks ago a similar program to the Australian ‘My restaurant rules’-program started. Here it is called ‘Mijn tent is top’. There are four restaurants in different parts of Holland participating and one of them is in Amsterdam. So we decided to pay Brasserie Suisse a visit!
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- Cafe De Jaren, only coffee this time -
Yesterday evening we wanted to drink a coffee and since coffee places are limited in the evening, we went to cafe De Jaren. We took a table and the waiter came quite fast to take our order. I think thursday and saturday evenings are the try-out evenings for people who want to work there, because I […]
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- Starbucks is coming! Starbucks is coming! -
Yes boys & girls I heard it on the news this morning. Starbucks is coming to Amsterdam. Well technicly speaking it isn’t, because it will be located behind the customs in Lounge 1 at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport. So I would need to buy a plane ticket to go there, but it’s a start. Baby steps, […]
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- The postman always rings twice (not!) -
Ok, I know this blog is dedicaded to the service industry in Amsterdam, but the service of the postal “service” has been so lacking that I feel I need to write about it. The first incident took place about 2 weeks ago. I had just come out of the shower when the doorbell rang. I […]
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- Coffee at Krasnapolsky -
To end the birthday lunch we decided to go to Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky and have a coffee there in the little lobby cafe that looks out over Dam square. It being a 5 star hotel everything is rather posh, but that didn’t deter us As you can expect for a 5 stars hotel service […]
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- Dim Sum lunch at Oriental City -
After getting detoxed with wheat grass, we went for a birthday lunch at Oriental City. Oriental City is a huge chinese restaurant behind Dam square with a special dim sum card for lunch. It’s on a corner of one of the busy streets of Amsterdam, so if you have a table by the window, you […]
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- Detox with a grasshopper at JuicyDetails -
I think in Amsterdam the most famous grasshoppers are the coffeeshops with that name, but it’s also the name of a fruitshake with wheatgrass at JuicyDetails. Being the birthday of my friend and him having a bit too much too drink the night before with his collegues, he needed a bit of a detox to […]
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