Dutch Food in Amsterdam

Kay P. wrote:
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>Hi!  I'm going to Amsterdam and want to know more about Dutch food!
>Can anyone help?

Just got back - a few recommendations.

My first meal in Amsterdamn is always the same.  I head to the nearest broodje (sandwich) shop and get a couple of rare roast beef sandwiches on buttered soft buns washed down by a glass of extraordinally fresh milk.

Dutch pancakes are more like crepes than like American pancakes.  The Pancake Bakery, a cellar restaurant a couple of blocks from the Ann Frank House, approaches them like an Italian restaurant tops pizza.  One of my best meals in Amsterdamn.

Another traditional Dutch restaurant for more generic fare is Sluizer near the Rebrandtplein.  There's an excellent fish restaurant by the same name next door.

Also Dutch, as in the Dutch Indies, are the Indonesean restaurants found throughout Amsterdamn.  One of the best is Tempo Doeloe, a canal block away from Sluizer. You can share a traditional rijsttafel or order a la carte from the menu.

In the park adjacent to Stedelijk Museum (modern art) and across from the Concertgebouw is the kiosk: Bloemberg Vis Specialiteiten, which has received the prestigious "Golden Herring" award for it's herring. Try a fresh herring sandwich with sweet pickle and diced onion. Don't walk too far away as you eat it.  You're going to want to return for another.

Chef Ricardo Van Ede looks more like a heavy metal musician than like one of Amsterdamn's finest chefs, which he is. Tired of being stuck behind the scenes in restaurant kitchens, he's opened his own gourmet carryout shop.  Have him assemble a picnic lunch or a dinner some evening when you're tired of restaurants and want to hang out in your hotel.  His shop is a couple of blocks away from the Stedelijk Museum.

Plenty of other good places.  These are just a few that I happened upon.

Enjoy,
Holly Moore