We kicked our culinary 2019 off with a visit to Peter Gast’s new restaurant in Amsterdam, Graphite.
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We kicked our culinary 2019 off with a visit to Peter Gast’s new restaurant in Amsterdam, Graphite.
Read MoreRanked as 3rd in the 2018 Best Burger of The Netherlands competition…
Read MoreWe were back at Aan de Poel** yet again…
Read MoreLunch at Bluespoon in the Andaz Hotel in Amsterdam, catching up with a former colleague.
Read MoreKoen and I attended one of the Brandt & Levie collaboration events last week: a test run of the – still to be opened – 101 Gowrie restaurant by chef Alex Haupt in Amsterdam.
Read MoreShortly after Aan de Poel** reopened after a full remodeling, we went for lunch to celebrate Chantal’s birthday.
Read MoreWhen I saw that Jaimie van Heije started with a Test Kitchen Tuesday concept and that there were still some places available for this month’s edition, I didn’t hesitate to book a table.
Read MoreHaving successfully dodged the task of accompanying the kids to a Katy Perry concert a couple of weeks ago, Koen and I decided to grab some 🍔 and 🍺.
Read MoreAfter having seen the chefs from Aan de Poel** whilst having lunch at Restaurant 212, we thought that a visit there was long overdue.
Read MoreAfter ‘t Amsterdammertje*, the second installment of my Christmas present was at Restaurant 212 in Amsterdam.
Read MoreFor a skiing holiday, we went to Norway this year. As we were located just north of Oslo, we combined skiing with a mini city trip!
Read MoreThe second evening of my business trip to Stockholm was spent at Restaurang Volt.
Read MoreAnother business trip to Sweden, so another opportunity to seek out Nordic cuisine in Stockholm!
Read MoreFor Christmas, Chantal gave me quarterly lunches/dinners for 2018. 😍 Intended to stimulate more fine dining posts here, but clearly, some self-interest was involved as the fine print implied that she would have to accompany me and that she would not be the designated driver. Oh, man!! 🤔
Read MoreAnother great recipe from the Marcus at Home cookbook to give our new pasta machine a spin.
Read MoreThe final day of our road trip was spent in Tacoma, WA. This stop was mainly planned to only have a short drive to SeaTac Airport the next morning, but what we saw of the town was very nice.
Read MoreThe kids had their way on our last day in Portland, so we had a “Wie is de Mol?” day…
Read MoreOur third day in Portland was mainly spent with a mini road trip along the Columbia River and “around” Mt. Hood, concluded with some good old tax-free outlet shopping…
Read MorePortland was the last real leg of our road trip, staying there for three whole days. On our second day, we walked quite a lot through town.
Read MorePortland was the last real leg of our road trip, staying there for 3 whole days.
Read MoreOn our way from Bend to Portland, again immersed in the fantastic nature that Oregon has to offer!
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