Amsterdam Foodie

I’d always been sceptical of people, generally in their 30s, telling me that they didn’t drink that much any more because their hangovers had got so much worse. I just figured they weren’t practising hard enough. But in the last month, I’ve had not one, not two, but three hangovers the strength, length and severity [...]

I often wonder whether I should split my rating system into three indicators rather than the two (price and quality) indicators that I have now. There is a frequent disjunct between food and service (generally in favour of the food), which I find difficult to reconcile in my single star system. Saturday night threw up [...]

After my utter boredom last weekend, I decided it was time to do something about it and ended up with a full diary all week. I am now knackered. I’m sure there’s a happy medium in here somewhere – I just can’t seem to find it. One of my social engagements was a long-overdue trip [...]

When I first bought my apartment in the Spaarndammerbuurt four-and-a-half years ago, I’d never lived anywhere for longer than a year since leaving my parents’ house at the age of 18. It’s been pretty novel for me to watch the changes that have taken place in my neighbourhood – not least of which the new [...]

I once had a boyfriend who said that the best thing about being an adult was that you could eat ice cream AND French fries in the same day, and no one would try to stop you. I took his point, but I rarely have the urge to eat that much junk food in one [...]

Anyone who’s started reading this blog over the past month would be forgiven for thinking they’d come across some kind of American travel blog. But no, this really does do what it says on the tin: it’s (usually) about Amsterdam, and (mostly) about the food I eat here. I’d not been out much in my [...]