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Quick and cheap pizza at Firenze 2007-11-01 10:23:03 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 Firenze, it was not so busy luckily. The welcoming was not so friendly though. We got pointed to a table, we just guessed which table the waiter meant, and sat down. A moment later we got some menus. We both decided to go for a pizza and have some bread with herb butter to tie us over before the pizzas. A little later the waiter returned with a gruff ‘You can order now’.
I put in our order and the drinks and the bread came soon after. So even if the service isn’t overly friendly, it is quick. The basket of bread was quite generous too.
After a while our pizzas arrived, delivered by a more friendly waiter. Even though the pizzas are cheap you can still recognize the toppin Read more:Quick
Speedy lunch at Hannibal 2007-10-31 12:39:29 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 really hungry.
The service here is very efficient, but still friendly. Almost immediately after we sat down here, the table was cleared of the previous occupants leftovers and we were asked what we wanted to drink. When the guy brought the drinks, he asked for our food order. My friend didn’t know yet, but I did. I ordered eggs sunny side up on bread (we call that a uitsmijter in Dutch) with roast beef added to it.
Hannibal is a very busy place. There were a lot of people coming and going here and things behind the counter was a frenzy. While I was waiting for my eggs to arrive and group of women entered with a baby in a pram. The baby was quite noisy sometimes, especially wh Read more:Speedy
Eat all you like in one hour at Dim Sum Court 2007-10-26 05:26:51 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 SumCourt
on the Rokin close to the V&D department store (there are 2 more locations close to Leidseplein and on the Zeedijk). The formula of this place is simple. There is a buffet with different warm Chinese dishes (meat, fish or vegetables in sauce, fu yong hai, fried spring rolls, rice etc.), some cold sour vegetables and of course dim sum where the place gets its name from. The dim sum are in baskets being steamed. There was not a great variety in dim sum when we were there yesterday though, but maybe that was because we were there rather late.
When you get in the place, you pay €8,50 per person to the girl behind the cash register and she gives you a plate. Then you pick one of the free tables, which have placemats and utensils, and you attack the food in the buffet. Drinks are no
Deliciously cheap lunch at La Place (OBA) 2007-10-24 10:46:28 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 to the top floor you can take the lift or the escalators. We took the escalators so we could see the new building as we were going up. We were quite impressed. It all very white and modern. After 6 floors, if I counted right, we finally reached the La Place. It was also quite impressive. The interior is very modern and there is also a balcony where you can sit outside and watch the water and the Amsterdam skyline.
La Place is self-service so we took our tray and had a look at the selection. The selection is more limited than at the location at the V&D in the Kalverstraat, but we found some tasty things. There was an offer on the fish, where you got a whole fish with potatoes and spinach for only s
Eighties lunch at 1e Klas Central Station 2007-10-14 07:56:39 Today we went to a place on CentralStation
, 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 we got here there was no place at the seats in the window, so we took a table. But as soon as we settled down a window seat opened up and we moved to there. The view from the window is beautiful, you look right down the Damrak street. I could see some of the high rides of the carnival on Dam square. I couldn’t hear the screams though
After we had a look at the menu, the waiter came to our table. I have to say he was not very friendly and very short. When my friend asked about the marinated chicken, the waiter also didn’t know what it was marinated in. In the end we ordered a marinated chicken sandwich and a steak sandwich and for drinking I had an apple juice. The drink arrived
Catered lunch at Frenzi Cucina 2007-10-06 05:30:54 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 where you buy something to take away. There is table though with some not so comfortable seats in the window where you can sit and have something to eat. The sandwiches and starters are the same price, but main courses are a little extra if you have them here. If you want the full Frenzi restaurant experience, they have a restaurant on the Zwanenburgwal across from Puccini
The menu is very interesting. Frenzi Cucina offers different kinds of sandwiches and very interesting sounding dished for the main course. Just after we sat down, a very cheerful and friendly girl came to us if you wanted to order drinks already. Then an acquaintance of my friend came in to say hi. I think the girl came back three times
Vegetarian dinner at Golden Temple 2007-09-09 06:52:36 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 GoldenTemple
at the end of the Utrechtsestraat. Now from the outside it looked rather quiet, but inside it was full of reservation signs on the free tables. Luckily there was also an upstairs, so we could sit there.
Now this place is rather unique, it’s vegetarian and owned by yogis I think, because the second floor didn’t have chairs. It was very Japanese with low tables and cushions to sit on. We were to first ones up there, so we had our pick of the tables.
A little later the waiter came with the menus and a small drink on the house. It was their specialty, some kind of ice tea with ginger. It had quite an interesting flavor.
After a little while more a waitress came to take our order. The menu is all vegetarian and has some Italian and Mexican style things on it, next to some Indian dishes. I decide Read more:Vegetarian
Lunch on the terrace of Flamingo 2007-09-08 06:35:02 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 there, half way we got fed up and spotted a new thing where Ralph’s Asian Wonderfood used to be. Now we had been to Ralph’s one time and the only wonderful thing about the food was the lack of flavor. So time to try the new place.
The place was called Flamingo
and although with that name you would think they would put a fake plastic flamingo somewhere, I couldn’t spot it. We took a place at the terrace though, so it could have been hiding inside. Flamingo is located on one of the busiest places in De Pijp making it a nice place to sit and watch all the people go by. I was peckish, so I took a look at the lunch menu. Many standard type sandwiches on it, but the ox sausage with mustard and pickles sou Read more:Lunch
Coffee break at Bagels & Wraps 2007-09-02 06:24:47 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, but very cosy. There is a big counter and some tables and some products on display you can buy.
After we sat down and looked at the big menu on the wall, I was surprised that a girl came to our table to give us some menus. Most of the time in small places like this you have to order at the counter. We had already made our decision from the menu on the wall, so I asked the girl to bring us two lattes and a chocolate chip cookie. Although all the bagels and the wraps on the menu also looked quite nice, I didn’t have space to try them. I did see someone take one of the wraps though and it seemed quite small for the asking price, so better take a bagel when you come with a big appetite
The Read more:Coffee
Super healthy juice at Bagels & Beans - Keizersgracht 2007-12-01 09:55:56 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 enough of those
With my bike being broken, we had to find a place close to Leidseplein we could walk to, so we decided to go with the all time favorite Bagels & Beans
. Since the one on Keizersgracht was the closest we went to that one. Luckily when I got in some people left and I could get their table. My friend was still locking his bike outside, when the waitress already came to me. She told me she would come back later. Then my friend came in and we had a look at the menu. The menu of Bagels & Beans has changed a bit, including some raised prices Notably now you can order an extra with your fresh juice, namely a shot of noni juice, royal jelly or active greens. Since I am fightin Read more:healthy
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Biological lunch at Gartine 2007-11-23 09:21:46 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 it’s very good for business. Downside was he had put only three lunch reviews in the book and two of them we already knew, so the choice was simple, Gartine in the Taksteeg. But where is the Taksteeg we both wondered. Well the review said it was close to Spui, so off to Spui we were. After extensive looking and asking two policemen we found the Taksteeg. It’s a small street between Kalverstraat and the Rokin.
The place was worth the search though. Gartine is a small place and luckily there was a place free. We quickly took it and had a look at the menu. A very friendly man, who runs the place with either his wife or his sister we guessed later, came to our table and asked what we wanted to drink. I took t Read more:Biological
Special bagel at Village Bagels 2007-12-08 05:43:57 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 out. Although the building is very impressive inside, the cafe was not. So a few seconds after sitting down, we decided to go somewhere else. The closest thing that came to our minds were the Village
Bagels and the Go Freshshop on the corner of Vijzelstraat en Prinsengracht. When we got there we had to decide between the two. The Go Freshshop was empty and the Village Bagels was almost full, so of course we went to the Village Bagels
The Village Bagels is your typical bagel sandwich shop with bagels with all kinds of toppings, sweets things like muffins and brownies and a variety of drinks and juices and coffees. After looking at the menu board, there are no loose menus on the tables, we both decided Read more:Special
My second Starbucks experience in Holland 2007-12-15 09:33:03 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 Schiphol to finally get a Starbucks experience
without having to go on holiday.
When we got from the train to Schiphol Plaza we saw the first location of Starbucks that has been opened before customs. It’s a small take away bar with some tall tables to have your coffee standing. But of course we wanted to sit down, so we proceeded to the second location located at Departures 4. Departures 4 is a new area in the Schiphol Plaza that boasts some typical Dutch stores like the AH and the Hema. After a small walk from the central plaza we finally reached the back of Departures 4 and a huge Starbucks! There are a lot of tables and chairs here and of course the Starbucks signature lounge chairs. We pr Read more:Holland
Another visit to the Bagels & Beans 2008-02-20 10:52:19 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 [...]
Asian fusion at Wagamama 2008-02-14 08:13:53 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 [...] Read more:Asian
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Sunny lunch at Loosje on Nieuwmarkt 2008-02-13 07:37:20 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 [...] Read more:Sunny
Out of this world lunch at Himalaya Tea House 2008-02-06 10:05:30 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 [...]
Ethiopian coffee house Buna Bet 2008-01-30 06:22:22 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 [...] Read more:Ethiopian
Italian dining experience at Sa Seada 2008-01-23 05:50:25 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 [...] Read more:experience
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Sticky fudge at Stientje’s 2008-01-20 03:02:08 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 [...] Read more:fudge
Home made pastries at Quattro Gatti 2008-01-10 13:47:27 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 [...]
Having a coffee at Le Cafe Kalvertoren 2008-05-22 09:03:01 Saturday afternoon, you are shopping with the rest of Amsterdam and surrounding areas in the center of Amsterdam. You feel like taking a coffee, but where do you go… Bagels & Beans? No, full. Coffee Company…hmmmm full too! Saturdays are very busy in Amsterdam, especially with good weather, so it is always hard to find [...] Read more:Having
A broodje gezond at Cafe Noir 2008-05-22 08:44:18 Cafe Noir is located a bit out of the center at the Weesperplein. So it’s not a location that you just pass by. It is close to a part of the University of Amsterdam though and you can see that from the people who come here. Lots of students! It was a nice day but [...]
Having a coffee at the new Coffee Company - Spui 2008-06-04 10:24:21 To my surprise I noticed a while ago that the JuicyDetails on the Spui had closed and that it was going to be replaced by a Coffee
Company. Now I didn’t go to the JuicyDetails quite often, but I am sad to see it go. And yet another Coffee Company? The Coffee Company is really [...] Read more:Having
Having lunch at the HEMA restaurant 2008-06-04 10:15:09 Lunchtime, where can you go and grab a quick lunch in the Central Station area. Of course you can go to one of the counters in the Central Station, but then you can not sit down. Luckily close by is the HEMA on the Nieuwendijk. The HEMA is a famous department store in Holland that [...] Read more:Having
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On the terrace at the new Belgica 2008-06-12 09:42:40 Last year a new place opened on a once dead corner of the Leidseplein, Belgica. I wrote about Belgica before. But since then it closed and changed completely. Now it is more a standard type of brown cafe as we say in here in Holland.
Now Amsterdam is having a bit of summer these days, some [...]
Having a coffee at Walem 2008-06-19 05:53:39 Located on the Keizersgracht between Leidseplein en Koningsplein, I have to admit Walem is not one of my favorite places. It reminds me a bit of Cafe de Jaren, but then 10 times worse. That said the rest of my review will be very objective
After having a juice and a muffin at the [...] Read more:Having
Coffee and cake at the Coffee Company - 1ste Van Der Helststraat 2008-06-25 09:13:26 The Coffee
Company is like Starbucks, but then it does have locations in Amsterdam itself. Instead of Starbucks which is still only at the airport At the Coffee Company, depending on the size of the location, you can get all kinds of coffees and tea, iced cappuccino for a hot day, sweets and pastries, [...]
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