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ENSCHEDE: Yuen’s Oriental Boshuis Drie dishes up evergreen
Bistro €€ Dutch favourites, such as pan-
Asian Map E3 cakes for lunch and shrimp
Noorderhagen 9, 7511 EJ cocktail, game stew or juicy
Tel (053) 911 887 Closed Sun & Mon steaks for dinner.
The chef fuses fresh organic
ingredients and Japanese, Thai, DK Choice
Mongolian, Cantonese and Korean
flavours into an affordable surprise NIJMEGEN: De Nieuwe
menu at this modern Asian Winkel €€
restaurant with an open kitchen. Fusion Map D4
Hertogstraat 71, 6511 RW
ZWOLLE: Librije’s Hotel €€€ Tel (024) 322 5093 Closed Sun &
Modern Dutch Map D3 Mon
Spinhuisplein 1, 8011 ZZ Radish in “edible soil” served
Tel (038) 421 2083 Closed Mon in a flowerpot, followed by a
lunch “golden egg” filled with
This hotel has two award-winning Charming dining area with neatly laid out poached yolk – and these
restaurants, both offering inventive tables at Librije’s Hotel, Zwolle are only the appetizers. Besides
menus. Set menus rule the roost; a mad chef, “The New Shop”
try the elaborate seven-course boasts a modern decor, friendly
dinner. There is an atelier where Gelderland atmosphere, a minimal menu
groups can cook their meals under and food that is a feast for
a chef’s supervision. Book ahead. ARNHEM: ZafVino €€ the eyes as much as the
Mediterranean Map D4 taste buds.
Zwanenstraat 22, 6811 DD
Tel (026) 379 0009 Closed Tue & Wed
Flevoland Sit wherever there is room,
including communal tables, at
ALMERE-HAVEN: Bij Brons €€ this atmospheric eatery. There is North Brabant
French Map C3 no fixed menu; choose from
Sluis 3, 1357 NZ dishes listed on the blackboard. BERGEN OP ZOOM:
Tel (036) 540 1126 Closed Mon Le Bouleau €€
Right in the marina, this restaurant BARNEVELD: De Oranjerie €€ International Map B5
has tables centred around the International Map D4 Bemmelenberg 16, 4614 PG
open kitchen. Fresh, mostly Stationsweg 4A, 3771 VH Tel (0164) 258 782 Closed Mon & Tue
organic and seasonal ingredients. Tel (0342) 419 601 Closed Sun & Mon In a romantic spot in the woods,
The five-course surprise menu In the grounds of a mock Tudor this restaurant serves inter-
with paired wines is a good deal. castle, this fine-dining restaurant national dishes such as garlic
is an accurate replica of a 19th- gambas and grilled ribeye. The
BIDDINGHUIZEN: century greenhouse. The food, attractively priced three-course
Beachclub NU € from local roe to whole lobsters, market menu is a good choice.
International Map C3 matches the ambience.
Bremerbergdijk 10, 8256 RD BREDA: Wolfslaar €€€
Tel (0321) 331 629 Closed winter: BEEKBERGEN: Het Ei van French Map B5
Mon & Tue Columbus €€ Wolfslaardreef 100–102, 4834 SP
Set on a pretty stretch of sand French Map D4 Tel (076) 560 8000 Closed Sun; Sat
along Lake Veluwe, this smart Stoppelbergweg 63, 7361 TE lunch
beach club offers barbecue, Tel (055) 506 1498 Closed Mon & Tue Set in the converted coach house
tablegrill and a limited menu in the “The Egg of Columbus” offers a of a chic country estate, this
ground-floor lounge and terrace. limited, exquisite but affordable Michelin-starred restaurant offers
For à la carte head upstairs, where menu, in the midst of the leafy modern takes on classic dishes
lake views are an added attraction. Veluwe nature reserve. Three- using sustainable and organic
course set menu for under €30. ingredients, like quail with foie
DK Choice BERG EN DAL: PUUR M €€ gras or halibut with mussels.
URK: Restaurant De Boet € International Map D4 DK Choice
Seafood Map C3 Zevenheuvelenweg 87, 6571 CJ
Wijk 1–61, 8321 EM Tel (024) 684 1452 Closed Tue EINDHOVEN: Kreeftenbar €
Tel (0527) 688 736 Closed Sun; This stylish wine bar-restaurant Seafood Map C5
Sat & Mon lunch has a hundred wines on the list Kleine Berg 21, 5611 JS
This is the smartest restaurant and about two-dozen by the Tel (040) 236 4440 Closed Mon
in the village of Urk, occupying glass, along with a plethora of Discover lobster for the masses:
two old harbourside buildings – starters, comparable to Spanish lobster soup, lobster salad,
an old warehouse and a tapas and raciones. lobster rolls and half and whole
steamship office. The menu lobsters, either cooked or gratin,
changes daily and offers the ERMELO: Boshuis Drie €€ along with a good choice of
freshest of seafood. Try the Traditional Map C3 Asian dishes, from sushi to king
fried plaice, with scallops, Sprielderweg 205, 3852 MK crab and Peking duck. The
mashed potatoes, string beans, Tel (0577) 407 206 Closed Mon prices here are easily affordable,
zucchini and sweet onion A beautifully preserved thatched with a three-course lobster
sauce with mustard. farmhouse in the midst of the dinner for under €30.
‘Forest of the Dancing Trees’,
Key to Price Guide see page 406
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