I like food, and I like cooking, but I am not one for expensive restaurants and nouvelle cuisine - not yet anyway. As far as I know Amsterdam is not known for great restaurants and cordon bleu cookery, but the cafes and bars that we went to were very pleasant, and the service was friendly. There was a theme to the food and drink in many of the places that we went to - the desserts were mainly apple pie, with or without cream
As I am English I do tend to think that I know everything about making tea, and my visits to Spain, France and Holland have not disabused me of that notion. I have seen my Spanish friends boiling water in the microwave oven, and all sorts of weird and wonderful concoctions in the name of tea. To my mind a cup of tea has to have been made with a PG tips tea bag, and it should have milk in it. The most outlandish I am prepared to go to is to have a cup of Earl Grey in the afternoon but most certainly not with lemon. My husband on the other hand, is always trying things like camomile, rosehip etc etc. They aren't even tea! So he very much enjoyed cups of fresh mint tea which seemed to be available everywhere we went.
Mine is the tea on the right - the waiter assured me it is best Marks and Spencers! I have never seen tea made with fresh herbs before, it just goes to show what a sheltered life I have led.
The museum cafes in London could learn a thing or two from their Amsterdam counterparts. In the Rijksmuseum it is all table service, and the choice for lunch was excellent. We had a selection of Dutch meats and cheeses with a nice glass of white wine.
The museum cafes in London could learn a thing or two from their Amsterdam counterparts. In the Rijksmuseum it is all table service, and the choice for lunch was excellent. We had a selection of Dutch meats and cheeses with a nice glass of white wine.