Pino's wine store near Hoofddorpplein is quickly turning into a complete source of Italian drink, food and lifestyle. Pino opened his store on Haarlemmermeerstraat about a ...
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I have written twice about sake in Amsterdam recently, reporting about some good bottles of sake I discovered first at Meidi Ya on Beethovenstraat and ...
The area around Hoofddorpplein has a great new Italian take away option. Italian wine store Vino di Pino started offering pasta dishes a few weeks ...
About a year ago I stumbled upon La Oliva, a then brand new tapas and pintxos bar in the Jordaan. I tried it out and ...
Two weeks ago I wrote about two great sake resources I discovered in Amsterdam. Places with a selection of different quality sakes, where you can ...
Even though there is a fairly large Japanese community in Amsterdam, it is hard to come by good sake. Sure, people know about sake and ...
TheAmsterdam Okura hotel, home of Michelin star restaurants Ciel Bleu and Yamazota is launching an exciting new concept for foodies. "Taste of Okura" is a ...
In early September I happily reported that restaurant Zus en Zus on Overtoom was about to re-open. Last week I finally had a chance to ...
Amsterdam came in at a quite affordable number 29 in the recent Mercer Worldwide Cost of Living survey 2009 – City ranking. The research investigates ...
In January I attended a wine tasting of Dutch wine e-tailer vindict.com. The wine tasting was fun and I also liked the web site of ...
Amsterdam is a different city when the sun comes out. The locals know all too well that sunny days are precious and head for the ...
June is food festival month in Amsterdam. So here are some impressions from the Rolling Kitchens Festival on 6 June at the Westergasfabriek. There was a ...
I admit that I was sceptical on my first trip to recently opened restaurant l'Ozio in de Pijp. Amsterdam is full of restaurants with stylish ...
Dutch wine magazine WijnPers is currently having a competition where you can vote for your favorite wine shop. My favorite wine shop is Ton Overmars on ...
Knus is a combination of restaurant and lounge spread across three cozy floors of an old Dutch house in the Leidseplein area. The menu is ...
Italian wine merchant Vino di Pino opened its doors in late 2008. I stopped by a few times for the January February March special - ...
Just read an article in Het Parool in which wine expert Harold Hamersma recommends Tempus Two - one of my favorite white wines. The article is ...
Hoofddorpplein has a new organic lunch place with free wireless. kek - short for "kant en klaar" or ready to eat - opened doors in ...
My overview of Ripasso wines in Amsterdam is missing an interesting lower price Ripasso. For only € 7,75 you can find a bottle of Cantina ...
Yes, I am talking about catfish tacos. They are very popular in the US, found on many southwestern and tex-mex menus. I can't recall having ...
The other day I wrote about different kinds of Ripasso wines that I had found throughout Amsterdam. I had found one of the better Ripasso at ...
I am often disappointed after visits to what has been described as a 'leuk restaurantje' - a nice little restaurant - that people found 'gezellig' ...
If there are two things I hate about food shopping in Amsterdam, it's (a) Dutch super markets and (b) bonus cards. For the non-locals: Dutch food ...
Ripasso is one of my favorite wines and I have been enjoying plenty of it recently in Amsterdam. Ripasso is an intense yet smooth red wine ...
Last weekend, I discovered an unusual type of pasta at Mediterranean restaurant cum deli Puyck on Ceintuurbaan in de Pijp. My regular source for ingredients for ...
Good Amsterdam food from a trusted source - not a vending machine.
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