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