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Restaurants

Daalder Eten & Drinken
Supperclub
1 4
MAP D2 • Lindengracht 90
Dine while you relax on large
white comfy beds, and enjoy a night’s • 020 624 8864 • €€
sensory experience with your meal. A traditional Dutch-style brown café
Avant-garde performance, live DJs, with a spacious terrace overlooking
excellent cocktails and art and the Lindengracht. Daalder serves
entertainment are served up fresh, local food at reasonable
alongside five courses from a prices. A favourite of locals and those
kitchen not afraid to experiment. looking to escape the more touristy
Supperclub cruise on the IJ takes commercialized city centre.
the experience onto the water.
Bridges
There is also a HOPPA Beercafé 5
and Speakeasy Bar on site (see p90). MAP N4 • Oude zijds
Voorburgwal 197 • 020 555 3560
• www.bridgesrestaurant.nl • €€€
The sleek, modern look of the Grand
Hotel’s restaurant was inspired by
Karl Appel’s huge 1949 mural,
Seeking Children, crowning the
restaurant’s entrance. Chef Aurélien
Poirot, specializing in seafood
accompanied by seasonal, locally
sourced, organic vegetables, delivers
nothing but the finest.
Hemelse Modder
6
MAP Q3 • Oude Waal 11
Trendy interior of Supperclub • 020 624 3203 • €€€
Reservations are essential at this
Van Vlaanderen
2 friendly, off-the-beaten-track
restaurant, renowned for its
MAP E5 • Weteringschans 175
• 020 622 8292 • €€€ imaginative French- and Italian-
The decor may be plain, but the influenced international cuisine
dishes are rich and elaborate at and choice wine list. Besides the
this gourmands’ paradise, for years attentive service, its best kept
known only to insiders until the secret is its charming alleyway
restaurant acquired a number-one terrace. Fixed-price menus and
Zagat rating. Expect to feast on vegetarian options available.
goose-liver, suckling pig, pigeon Definitely worth sniffing out.
breasts, sweetbreads and other
Tujuh Maret
delight fully wicked fare. 7
MAP E5 • Utrechtsestraat 73
De Hallen
3 • 020 427 9865 • €€
Treating yourself to an Indo nesian
MAP B4 • Bellamyplein 18
• 020 705 8164 • €€ rijsttafel (rice table) is an absolute
Think epicurean gourmet meets must in Amsterdam – and this one is
food court in this refurbished, early outstanding. Enjoy a feast of 18
20th-century tram depot. Perfect for deliciously spicy dishes, from mild to
when you can’t decide on where to explosively chilli-filled, flavoured with
eat, it is lined with a wide choice of coconut and ginger, peanuts and
superb food stalls and seating areas. lemongrass, all served with heaped
It also has an excellent grill restaurant, mounds of rice. This is a great option
Meat West, a meat-eater’s paradise. for dining in a group.

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