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Where to Eat and Drink

PLANTAGE: Tempura €€ Price Guide
Amsterdam Japanese Map E3 Prices are for a three-course meal for
Plantage Kerklaan 26, 1018 TC one, including half a bottle of house
CENTRAL CANAL RING: Tel 020-428 7132 Closed lunch, Mon wine, and all extra charges.
Pancakes! € Brasserie-style Japanese eatery € under €35
Dutch/Pancakes offering sushi, yakitori (skewered €€ €35 to €50
38 Berenstraat, 1016 GH chicken), and tempura dishes. The €€€ over €50
Tel 020-528 9797 St. Jacques sashimi are wonderful.
Come here for delicious Dutch THE HAGUE: HanTing Cuisine €€€
and international pancakes. The WESTERN CANAL RING: Fusion
flour is sourced from the Dutch Greenwoods € Prinsestraat 33, 2513 CA
grain mill De Eersteling. Tearoom Map C2 Tel 070-362 0828 Closed Mon
Singel 103, 1012 VG Chinese chef Han expertly fuses
CENTRAL CANAL RING: Tel 020-623 7071 Closed dinner French cooking with Oriental
Restaurant Vinkeles €€€ Come to this tearoom for a full flavors, creating dishes that
French English breakfast, afternoon tea please the eye and the palate.
Keizersgracht 384, 1016 GB with clotted cream, or organic
Tel 020-530 2010 Closed lunch, Sun lamb burgers. A sister restaurant LEIDEN: Buddhas €€
Dine among 18th-century bakery at Keizersgracht 465 does Thai
ovens or on a salon boat, and heartier fare, such as fish ’n’ chips. Botermarkt 20, 2311 EN
enjoy incredible Michelin-starred Tel 071-514 0047 Closed lunch
dishes. Huge Buddha statues line the
walls of this smart restaurant.
EASTERN CANAL RING: Rest of the It may be pricey, but the
Bazar € Netherlands extensive menu, generous
North African Map C4 portions, and authentic food
Albert Cuypstraat 182, 1073 BL DELFT: La Tasca €€ make up for that.
Tel 020-675 0544 Mediterranean
Lively, colorful restaurant serving Voldersgracht 13B, 2611 ET ROTTERDAM: FG Restaurant €€€
delectable Moroccan and Middle- Tel 015-213 8535 Closed lunch, Sun International
Eastern dishes. Don’t look for the menu – there Lloydstraat 204, 3024 EA
isn’t one. Guests are invited to Tel 010-425 0520 Closed Sun
MUSEUM QUARTER: tell the chef what they don’t like, & Mon
Het Blauwe Theehuis € and he cooks up a three- to five- After cooking molecular
International Map B4 course surprise meal for them. cuisine at Heston Blumenthal’s
Vondelpark 5, 1071 AA restaurant, François Geurds has
Tel 020-662 0254 Closed Mon–Wed DK Choice become a Michelin-starred chef
dinner in his own right. Vegetarians get
Dine in a 1937 concrete, steel, and HAARLEM: De Jopenkerk €€ their own multi-course tasting
glass structure nestled in a park. Dutch menu, while the chef’s table
The menu combines European Gedempte Voldersgracht 2, 2011 is a coveted spot. Affordable
and Mediterranean influences. WB lunch menu.
Tel 023-533 4114
NIEUWE ZIJDE: Getto This century-old church has UTRECHT: Badhu €
Food & Drink € been transformed into a grand Arabian
Café/Bar Map D2 café, restaurant, and brewery. Willem van Noortplein 19, 3514 GK
Warmoesstraat 51, 1012 HW Most of the meat and fish dishes Tel 030-272 0444
Tel 020-421 5151 Closed lunch, Mon are cooked with beer, and every As befits a restaurant in a
This gay-friendly bar-restaurant course comes with a beer 1920s bathhouse, Badhu’s
offers home-style cooking. Its recommendation. A favorite interior is inspired by a
burgers are named after famous among the locals, this restaurant hammam. It serves an
Amsterdam drag queens, like the can get noisy, especially on Arabian breakfast, meze for
“Jennifer Hopeless.” weekend nights. lunch and dinner, afternoon
chai, and evening cocktails.
DK Choice
OUDE ZIJDE: Greetje €€€
Dutch Map D3
Peperstraat 23, 1011 TJ
Tel 020-779 7450 Closed lunch
Hailed by the New York Times as
the place where the Dutch go
to eat Dutch – it does not get
more authentic than Greetje.
Locals love the bloedworst
(blood sausage) with apple
compote, and the trekdrop
(liquorice) ice cream. The menu
changes every two months.
The brewing equipment behind the bar at De Jopenkerk, Haarlem

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