Comments on: Pacherenc + Ripasso + Celeste = Gall & Gall Card

By: dutchgrub

dutchgrub — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:59:31 +0000

Thanks for the moral support! Albert Heijn supermarkets and Albert Heijn cards are pretty much a fact of life here in Amsterdam. I don’t know anyone who does not have one. I avoid buying any meat, fruit, or vegetables there – especially the pre-cut stuff you mention. But I still find myself going to AH frequently and certainly want the discounts you get with the card. Wouldn’t it be much easier if they simply gave everyone the best deal, always?

Sorry about the trouble with the German error messages. The site is currently hosted on a German server with pre-installed WordPress. And unfortunately I cannot change the configuration. The plan is to migrate to a different hosting provider soon and also revamp the layout and design which is still the rather boring Kubrick standard template.

Great to see that dutchgrub has visitors from Quebec. Has been on my list of places to visit for a while. Almost made it there in December but thought it would be too cold.

By: lagatta à montréal

lagatta à montréal — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:44:28 +0000

I hate them too, though I managed to get one for Albert Heijn, as I was so irked not to be able to benefit from specials at the supermarket. (Not all Albert Heijns are small – the one near Museumplein, underground, is certainly large, as are suburban ones). But I have no idea how to get one for Blokker, for example, and certainly couldn’t be bothered paying for one, as I probably get to Amsterdam (work) twice a year or so.

Something I find strange in Amsterdam is all the packaged ready meals. Those are much less common in Québec – you know, the things ready in transparent plastic shell packs. Those precut vegetables are never really fresh.

I have trouble with your site, by the way – keep getting logged off. And strangely, the prompts are in German, not in Dutch, English (like your site) or French (like my computer setting). “Fehler: Bitte füll die notwendigen Felder aus (Name, E-Mail-Adresse)”. Yes, I read German, rather better than Dutch alas – but it is odd.