Review of italian restaurant Quattro Gatti, Amsterdam

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 the other day and we decided to check it out. Unfortunately when we arrived all the tables in that place were occupied and there was no one who looked like they would be leaving soon, so we had to find some place else. We went up the street and went into Quattro Gatti, which looked interesting, and more importantly, had empty tables. The decoration of Quattro Gatti is very much like a living room with wood on the walls, plants and little nick nacks in the window. I think we arrived during the break between lunch and dinner, because we could only get pastries and some coffee. I guess the test of real food will have to wait until another day.

When we entered and took a table we were greeted by a friendly girl, who turned out to be German. My friend celebrated New Years in Berlin and had a good time there, so he was very excited about meeting another German and started a chat with her. After a little bit she explained what all the pastries were that they had in the display case. There were several kinds of cakes, but what took my fancy was the chocolate covered pear. So I ordered that with a milk coffee. My friend also took the pear, but he took it with the white chocolate.

A little later the girl brought us the pears and our coffees. The coffee was excellent and not so hot that I had to wait long before I could drink it. The pear with the chocolate was delicious. There was also some kind of cake on the bottom and I even think there was some kind of alcohol in it. I also tasted the pear with the white chocolate. The white chocolate made it a little too sweet though, so it was better with the dark chocolate.

Later we got a second round of coffee on the house. I think my friend chatting to the girl helped With the coffee came some kind of chocolate truffle, which was tasty too. You can taste everything is home made here.