Some photos from Pure Markt in Amsterdam, a family-friendly outdoor market held in public parks in the Amsterdam area. Read more

A review of the afternoon tea on offer at Hotel Droog, a design studio and concept store in Amsterdam housed in a historic canal house. Read more

One of my favourite places in Amsterdam for an Aussie brunch… and much, much more. Read more

Photos and a short but sweet review of an afternoon tea at Betty Blue in Amsterdam, a design-inspired coffee and cake shop on the edge of Amsterdam's Red Light District. Read more

Fa. Pekelhaaring is one of my favourite restaurants in Amsterdam. I shall list the reasons why we keep going back..1. It's near to our house... but far enough that it's stil "going out" for dinner rather than stumbling two doors down..2. For lunch they serve overloaded open read more

I chewed (geddit!?) over writing an indepth review of Eating Amsterdam's food tour of the Jordaan area of Amsterdam but I realised too many words would give too much away. And this is a tour best approached with as little knowledge as possible…  that and a HUGE appetite. Read more

Noord Amsterdam is something of a mystery to most Amsterdammers. You know about it, but you don't know  what it's like there. It's easy (and free!) to get there by boat, but you don't make a lot of effort to take advantage of this. You hear about cool people read more

To mark the end of a month of vegetarianism (no meat or fish) we went to Marits Huiskamerrestaurant with one of our lovely neighbours. With "huiskamer" meaning "room of a house", this is a style of restaurant that I've seen in many corners of Amsterdam's old suburbs whereby people open read more