For a city by the sea, Amsterdam does not have that many sea-food restaurant. At the Saturday morning market, pakdokter's partner asked one of the fish-mongers for a recommendation of a sea-food restaurant. We were directed to a nearby outlet called the Kingfisher - but it turned out that this restaurant, or cafe actually, only served sandwiches. The waitress was friendly and helpful enough to send us to another nearby cafe called Singel 404, but it also turned out that this heavily patronised outlet also only served sandwiches!
Pakdokter persuaded the group to walk to Jordaan, a district which the tourist book and websites described as having many restaurants of all types. But all the restaurants only opened for dinner. So we settled for a little street-corner cafe serving sandwiches and salads.
Pakdokter persuaded the group to walk to Jordaan, a district which the tourist book and websites described as having many restaurants of all types. But all the restaurants only opened for dinner. So we settled for a little street-corner cafe serving sandwiches and salads.
the d' Vjiff Vleighen Restaurant along Spuiistraat....
For dinner we found a fine dining restaurant along Spuistraat - called the d'Vijff Vleighen - which consisted of 9 adjoining rooms in original old Dutch decor. Many important personalities have dined at this restaurant and many of the famous names who were their patrons at some point in time had their names engraved on each of the chairs. Pakdokter's chair had the name of one Mr Mooreland?/Mr Morton? who was from the Ford Motor Company.
a starter of smoked fish with beet-root sauce for pakdokter....
a main course of grilled scallops...
pakdokter's partner's pan-fried fish with mussels...On the second day, after the canal cruise , we had a light lunch in a falafel restaurant. Run by a North African ( Moroccan or Algerian) man, the lamb kebabs were a nice spicy change after meals of European cuisines.
We also managed to spend the afternoon in a local pub where many types of of Dutch and Belgian beers were on offer.The Amsterdam drafts were the 'Amstel' and the 'Bok'. This came in both blonde and brown varieties. There were two Belgian beers of which the 'blonde' variety had 9.5% and and the 'treple' dark variety had 6.5% alc content!......
Dollah explaining to pakdokter's partner how intricate heart surgery can be.....
Duvel......a 'blonde' Belgian lager...
the Westmalle dark has a 6.5% alc content...
notice how each brew came with its own signature mug....
Amsterdam, as pakdokter has already written earlier, is probably the only city, where 'ganja' is legal for recreational and medicinal use. Ganja can be bought over the counter at 'coffee shops' and different varieties and grades of 'ganja' were on sale at different prices. These ' coffee-shops' were packed with patrons very much like in the pubs and bars. However smoking cigarettes was not allowed in most restaurants and bars and smokers had to go out to the street for their puffs. For 'ganja' smokers however, they could patronise the dedicated 'ganja' coffee shops'!
the smoke-filled coffee shop must have affected Dollah's very sensitive brain....
he was smiling and laughing all afternoon.......
The hotel receptionist recommended and booked for us a table at a seafood restaurant for the second night. 'The Lucius' was also located along Spuistraat and served seafood plus a small selection of steaks as well.
see how 'hungry' Dollah was after a 'happy' afternoon....
sea-food dinner at the 'Lucius'....mussels, oysters, lobsters, fish....ummm....
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