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Louter Brunch
2007-08-19 14:43:00 Today I met my friend early, so instead of having lunch, we had to have brunch! He had already picked a place he had spotted before, so we went there. Louter is a nice place on a corner in the De Clerqstraat, a little out of the center of Amsterdam. The place has large ... More About: Brunch
Dinner at Thai restaurant Chao Phraya
2007-08-15 18:37:00 The Nieuwmarkt area of Amsterdam is kind of the central square of what now has been dubbed the China Town of Amsterdam. There is a buddhist temple there and all the street signs are also in Chinese characters. Anyway around the Nieuwmarket square itself there are a lot of bars with terraces on one side ... More About: Restaurant , Dinner , Thai
Coffee with a scone at De Bakkerswinkel
2007-08-12 14:46:00 De Bakkerswinkel has a few locations throughout Amsterdam, but until now I had never been here. The one I went to today is rather well hidden in the Warmoesstraat close to the Red Light district. You would walk just past it if you didn’t know it was there, but that would be a pity, because ... More About: Coffee
Coffee at Downtown
2007-08-11 14:46:00 After the sandwich at Klavertje 4, we were looking for a place to have our coffee. Since the weather was okay, not too sunny, but still warm enough, we looked for a place outside. We found some free place on the terrace of Downtown . Here you can also have some food, there is quite an ... More About: Coffee
Canteen lunch at Lunchroom Klavertje 4
2007-08-11 13:50:00 Having biked past Klavertje 4 many times in the Utrechtsestraat and I always wondering about this place, so today I finally took a look here. Klavertje 4 means four leafed clover in dutch and the plant theme has been carried into the decor. Lots of green and white. And a fake plant on the table ... More About: Lunch , Cant , Canteen , Vert
Indonesian dinner at Kantjil & de Tijger
2007-08-05 16:08:00 This weekend was gay pride in Amsterdam, which means the yearly parade of gays & lesbians in boats were going through the Prinsengracht again. This year the parade was bigger than ever, taking quite a long time. But it is necessary, because intolerance here in Amsterdam seems to be on the rise. And intolerance is ... More About: Indonesian , Dinner , Done
Finally my first Starbucks experience in Holland
2007-07-17 15:11:00 The first Starbucks , well actually second, because the real first Starbucks in Holland is in the Nike HQ and for employees only, is in Schiphol Amsterdam Airport. And as I was going on holidays to Spain, I could finally visit it. Yeah! After checking in and going through the security check at the airport the ... More About: Experience , Finally , Buck
Quick coffee at Puccini
2007-07-14 14:30:00 After the big nachos at the Hard Rock Cafe, we decided we needed a coffee to stay awake after all that food. It was a stiff walk through all the shopping streets from Leidseplein to Waterlooplein, where we descended on the terrace of Puccini . Now Puccini is also a bonbon store with hand-made bonbons, ... More About: Coffee , Quick
Big lunch at Hard Rock Cafe
2007-07-14 13:03:00 Never having been to a Hard Rock Cafe anywhere in the world in my life, today was a good time for a first visit to the one in Amsterdam! Summer was gracing Amsterdam a little bit, no rain and just a few clouds. So after we dogged the door bitch of the Hard Rock ... More About: Lunch , Hard Rock Cafe
Having a coffee at Van Harte
2007-07-06 21:47:00 After fleeing Bakker Nel, we went to a place we passed in the same street called Van Harte. It looked more inviting than Bakker Nel, so we decided to have a coffee here. The place was quite busy, but the crowd looked a bit wannabe trendy, so you have been warned. Two girls were running up ... More About: Drink , Coffee , Ving
Supermarket sandwich at Bakker Nel
2007-07-06 21:26:00 Bakker Nel (Nel’s Bakery) in one of the Nine Streets just of Dam square, and has the same concept as the other Bakery shops popping up in Amsterdam , like Bakker Bertram and het Vlaamsch Broodhuys. Basicly they are a bakery selling loafs of bread and pastries and they have a few tables in the ... More About: Perm , Sandwich , Supermarket
A quick dessert at Haagen-Dazs
2007-07-04 11:05:00 The last few weeks the weather has been really terrible in Amsterdam. Rain, rain and more rain and sometimes a little sunshine. Not really summer, thank you global warming and changing rain patterns! As always we were having some wokfood before going to the cinema. But the movie started later than normal, so we had ... More About: Dessert , Quick
Another wok place, Wok & Cook
2007-06-20 22:43:00 Yesterday we were out again going to the sneak preview in the cinema. Normally we go to the Wok to Home to get a fast meal, but today we decided on something different and we went to Wok & Cook . Wok & Cook is located in the Reguliersdwarsstraat and has a few tables outside on ... More About: Place , Lace
Quick lunch at Esprit Cafe
2007-06-18 16:23:00 When I met my friend today, we were lost about where to go, so we went to Esprit Cafe . They have a nice terrace on the Spui, but today was a bit rainy unfortunately. The terrace was still full though, people hidding under the big parasols, so we took a place inside. Inside the tables ... More About: Lunch , Quick , Sprit
Pata Negra tapas at Pata Negra
2007-06-17 21:53:00 Since my spanish in-laws were visiting for an extended weekend, we went to have dinner at Pata Negra yesterday. Being a spanish tapas restaurant with spanish decor and spanish waiters I thought it was a good choice. Having spanish speaking in-laws gives you some inside information too! There are 2 Pata Negra’s in Amsterdam, but ...
Tapas at Pompa
2007-06-17 12:20:00 Ok, after being snubbed at Bagels & Beans, we went around the corner to a place called Pompa. It’s a kind of mediterranean restaurant with pasta’s and stuff, but since we just had a snack, we only checked out the tapas menu. The girl who came to take our order was very friendly. Since we ...
Cranberry whole wheat muffin at Bagels & Beans
2007-06-16 20:33:00 After walking from Leidseplein down the P.C. Hooftstraat looking at the posh shops there and the queue of people for the sale at Gucci, we needed a break. We had an appointment to meet some friends at the Cobra Cafe, but we needed a break now! So we decided to go to the Bagels & ... More About: Beans , Wheat , Hole , Whole , Cranberry
Having a drink at the College Hotel
2007-06-10 14:39:00 The Coll ege Hotel just off the Museumplein is a hotel run by students. It’s a trainingschool for them to put in practice what they have learned. Besides being a hotel it has a restaurant and a bar. Today we decided to go for a drink here The decor of the bar of the ... More About: Drink , Ving
Smoothies at the IKEA restaurant
2007-06-09 19:15:00 We from DaarZijnWeWeer don’t snub any place, so we even come to the restaurant of the IKEA! We were lured in by pretty pictures and cheap prices The haring salad looked fabulous on the picture so we just had to try it and we needed a drink too, because we were thirsty from ... More About: Restaurant , Smoothies , Ikea , Smooth
Tibetan momo at Tashi Deleg
2007-06-02 11:41:00 Tashi Deleg has been around for some time in the Utrechtsestraat. Before it had only a Tibetan menu, but I think business was not going that well, because they closed and when they reopened, they also had a Indonesian menu and added the name of the Indonesian restaurant down the street to their name. Anyway ... More About: Momo
Lunch in the sun at Go Freshshop
2007-06-01 23:21:00 Another beautiful day in Amsterdam, so we tried to find a place outside for eating lunch. And with luck we found the Go Fresh shop just off Rembrandtplein going towards the Amstel river. They had put a small terrace outside, which was still catching some sun, and as we arrived, another couple left, so we ... More About: Lunch
Subs for dinner from Subway
2007-06-01 16:14:00 After having a coffee with a friend in Cafe De Jaren, we discovered it was rather late to go for a real dinner in Amsterdam. It was already ten o’clock, the time that most restaurant already start to close their kitchen. So instead of going to the trouble of cooking at home, we decided to ... More About: Dinner , Subway , Subs
Late lunch at Cafe Bloemers
2007-05-25 21:59:00 Today was again a beautiful sunny day in Amsterdam. After going up and down de Dappermarkt I could use a rest, so we went to the other side of the Amstel and sat us down at Cafe Bloemers. We were hesitating to go there or the fusion tapas place next door, but finaly we decided ... More About: Lunch , Late
Self service at La Ruche
2007-05-18 21:37:00 La Ruche is the self service restaurant of the department store De Bijenkorf on Dam square. It’s kind of the same concept as La Place of V&D with the same products. Maybe the assortment is a bit smaller here than at La Place (no chickens with curry sauce or salad buffet). Anyway this is a ... More About: Service , Vice
Busy day at Bakker Bertram
2007-05-18 21:27:00 Today is a hot day in Amsterdam. I was surprised by it, because I left my house in my winterjacket. That was not a good idea Anyway after meeting my friend and thinking were we could go, we decided to go to Bertram & Brood in de Negen Straatjes (the Nine Streets is a area in ... More About: Busy
Chickens at La Place
2007-05-12 16:54:00 La Place is the restaurant of the V&D department store. We went to the big one at the end of the Kalverstraat. The restaurant here is right next to the V&D and you can get things here to go or to have in the restaurant upstairs. It’s self-service, only hot dishes are prepared for you ... More About: Lace
Check out the map!
More articles from this author:2007-05-11 18:50:00 As of today daarzijnweweer.nl has GoogleMaps added to it. Now you can check out all the places on the map and go directly to the posting about that place by clicking on the title. Also the places have a smiley added in front of their name to express the overall feeling we had of the place, ranging ... More About: Check 1, 2 |
