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| Unique Visitors: 315 |
| Total Unique Visitors: 510853 |
| Visitors Out: 1388 |
| Total Visitors Out: 1452 |
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| 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 [...]...
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| 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 [...]...
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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 [...]...
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| 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 [...]...
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| 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 [...]...
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| 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 [...]...
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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 [...]...
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| 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 [...]...
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| 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 [...]...
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| 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 [...]...
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| 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 [...]...
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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 [...]...
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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
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| 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 [...]...
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| 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 Sum Court on the Rokin close to the V&D department store (there are 2 more locations close to [...]...
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| 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 [...]...
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| Eighties lunch at 1e Klas Central Station |
| 2007-10-14 07:56:39 |
Today we went to a place on Central Station, 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.
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| 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 [...]...
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| Country and Western lunch in Kingfisher |
| 2007-09-26 10:47:53 |
Kick up your heels boys and girls and hear the Country & Western music. Kingfisher in de Pijp area of Amsterdam seems to want to breathe the atmosphere of the old fifties diners in the States. And although the bar with the red fridges give a cadillac type feel and the fact that it seems [...]...
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| 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 Golden Temple at the end of the Utrechtsestraat. Now from the outside it looked rather quiet, but inside it was full of reservation signs on the [...]...
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| 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 [...]...
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| 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, [...]...
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| Starbucks to open two more stores! |
| 2007-08-29 18:40:26 |
Today I heard from a reliable source that Starbucks will open two more locations at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport. In addition to the location that opened recently behind the customs in Terminal 1, they will now open 2 locations before the customs in Schiphol Plaza. So these locations will be publicly available to all! These [...]...
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| Home made sandwich at Zuivere Koffie |
| 2007-08-25 18:15:35 |
Hidden about half the Utrechtsestraat is this place called Zuivere Koffie. I read about this place as a recommendation and it took us a little bit of searching before we found it. Zuivere Koffie is quite a cosy place, so be prepared to be close to your neighbors and to fold yourself a bit at [...]...
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| Indian dinner at restaurant Shiva |
| 2007-08-19 15:32:32 |
Shiva is an Indian restaurant just of Rembrandtplein. Shiva has quite a upper class finish in the interior, but fortunately the prices are not upper class and quite normal prices for the center of Amsterdam. When we got inside we got shown a table and were given our menus straight away. Very quickly a very [...]...
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| Louter Brunch |
| 2007-08-19 14:43:10 |
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 [...]...
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| Dinner at Thai restaurant Chao Phraya |
| 2007-08-15 18:37:23 |
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 [...]...
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| Coffee with a scone at De Bakkerswinkel |
| 2007-08-12 14:46:48 |
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 [...]...
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| Coffee at Downtown |
| 2007-08-11 14:46:47 |
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 [...]...
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| Canteen lunch at Lunchroom Klavertje 4 |
| 2007-08-11 13:50:22 |
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 [...]...
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| Indonesian dinner at Kantjil & de Tijger |
| 2007-08-05 16:08:05 |
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 [...]...
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| Finally my first Starbucks experience in Holland |
| 2007-07-17 15:11:29 |
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 [...]...
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| Quick coffee at Puccini |
| 2007-07-14 14:30:39 |
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, [...]...
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| Big lunch at Hard Rock Cafe |
| 2007-07-14 13:03:09 |
Never having been to a Rock">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 [...]...
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| Having a coffee at Van Harte |
| 2007-07-06 21:47:25 |
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.
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| Supermarket sandwich at Bakker Nel |
| 2007-07-06 21:26:13 |
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 [...]...
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| A quick dessert at Haagen-Dazs |
| 2007-07-04 11:05:34 |
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 [...]...
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| Another wok place, Wok & Cook |
| 2007-06-20 22:43:27 |
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 [...]...
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| Quick lunch at Esprit Cafe |
| 2007-06-18 16:23:20 |
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 [...]...
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| Pata Negra tapas at Pata Negra |
| 2007-06-17 21:53:16 |
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 [...]...
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