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Becoming a foodie
The Amsterdam Foodie grew up in the Berkshire countryside of southern England. When she was 11, during one school holiday, her Dad gave her a pound a day to buy lunch. The first day, she walked to the village and came back with a tin of Heinz ravioli in sauce. It was officially revolting. The second day, she bought a packet of pasta; the third day, a bag of fresh tomatoes; the fourth, peppers and garlic. By the end of the week, she had enough meals to last a week and money left over. She didn’t know it at the time, but she’d become a foodie…
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Reader comments
Hi Vicky,
Had to write to you after your latest batch of reviews. Glad you liked Café Toussaint, it’s my regular haunt for Sunday lunch. They do great sandwiches and tapas during the day. De Koevoet is great too, much better than some of the other more popular Italian places like D’Antica. And I agree with you 1000% about ctaste. Went there in February and had exactly the same experience. Should’ve warned you. Sorry.
cheers,
Francis
Hello Vicky,
I’m an italian foodie as well lost in Amsterdam and in continuous research of new emotions! I discovered your blog by chance and I’m willing to read all your posts to get perfectly informed! You’re doing a great job! Cheers,
Veronica
Thanks guys for all the positive comments!
Hey Amsterdam Foodie
Just enjoyed your cake and meat stew receipe (haha!) Much better than Nigella…. I see a TV career on the horizon! Well done! We both loved it!
Do you do want try another cuisine once? Healthy , fresh, and home made? Try once the Lebanese kitchen! The Lebanese kitchen stands confessed as ‘ fine-cuisine’ of Arab world, and is richly to a lot of different vegetarian Courts, and large assortment of fish, chicken and flesh Courts, and forget, the delicious mezzes (tapas). We offer the following services: 1) Catering (pick up, or let provide). 2) Chef-in-house, if you wants Michel to cook at home for you, as from 2 people. 3) Workshop ‘ Lebanese kitchen’ , at Michel (maximum 10 participants), or on your own location, e.g. for an anniversary, farewell party, vrijgezellenfeest, or simply for a sociable afternoon with your family or friends. We offer also to a large assortment Lebanese wines of Ksara. The wines of Ksara its world confessed and wins frequently medals in international competitions.. Orders gladly minimum 3 days in avance. Operative in: Amsterdam Working hours: 7 days per week ——————————————————————————–
hi vicky
nice to meet you
michel
Hi Vicky,
Well, after months of promising myself a meal there I finally went to ‘Le Pecheur’ on a busy Saturday night. It was 19:00 and was told I could eat if I was out by 20:00 (in the end, they weren’t actually bothered what time I finished).
The meal was, to be honest, superb, much better than anything else I have had in Amsterdam, a Provencal fish soup to die for, joyously thick and perfectly seasoned, then grilled fillet of brill with perfectly cooked veggies and to round it off Tarte Tatin (the first time I’d actually had this dish – go figure!). It was all excellent, the house wine (Sauvignion Blanc) was great and it was surprisingly inexpensive at 38 euros! A proper bargain for such excellent food.
Hi Vicky, I just browsed through you’re website, looking good. Also like the concept of an app/audio tour. Have you tried restaurant Roots already? They changed their concept and are (almost) exclusively using Dutch products for their menus now. Cheers, Merel
Hi Vicky,
Any recommendations for a good restaraunt for a solo (boo hoo) birthday meal – ideally somewhere where they don’t treat single customers like lepers?
Cheers,
Jarrod.
@Michel, I love Lebanese food! But don’t appreciate the advertising 
@Mel, not even heard of Le Pecheur – thanks for the tip!
@Merel, I do know Roots and have been meaning to go there for a while…
@Jarrod, I don’t know anywhere that specifically caters for people dining alone, but why don’t you try one of these secret dining concepts (like the one I used to do: Hidden Kitchen)? You can generally turn up by yourself and then meet you people over dinner – win win!
Hi Vicky,
Le Pescheur is on Reguliarswardstraat, opposite a really nice, chilled out bar, “The House of Rising” which bills itself as a fashion bar, but is really nice, laid back and the only (non) gay bar in the village, sorry, straat!
(If you don’t watch Little Britain, you won’t get the above reference!)
Cheers,
Jarrod.
Hi Vicky,
Just thought I would mention for all the ex-pat Brits pining for decent Fish and Chips, that Cozy Bar, on Sint Jacobsstraat (off Nieuwezijds Voorburgwaal) do quite a good version. They also do really, really good tapas style food, freshly cooked every night and you can get a decent cup of tea there as well!
The fish and chips isn’t haute cuisine, but it is good.
They have decent beers and a good selection of cocktails too.
Regards,
Jarrod.
Hi Vicky
Cheers for the comment on my World Cup Film (http://www.roamingfocus.com/?p=51)
Will definitely check out your site when visiting Amsterdam, and for general recipe ideas. If you need any food filming done let me know! (Sorry couldn’t put this in email, but am using web mail and your email link brings up an email client app, which I don’t have at the moment…)
Thanks
Matt