With the restaurants closed yet again, we are trying out fine dining food-boxes the entire month of November.
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Restaurant Merlet*, Schoorl (August 2020)
Our first fancy lunch after the lockdown was at Merlet* and it was fabulous!
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‘Cook like a Chef’ Food Box – Review
A food box that enables you to recreate dishes from some of the best Dutch chefs at home!
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Aan de Poel** – Amstelveen (October 2019)
A special truffle dinner!
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Restaurant Olivijn* – Haarlem (October 2019)
3rd Friday fancy lunch in a row was at Restaurant Olivijn* in Haarlem.
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Restaurant ‘t Nonnetje** – Harderwijk (September 2019)
We have been trying out some fine-dining restaurants that were already quite some time on our “to-do” list.
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Restaurant De Burgemeester* – Linschoten (September 2019)
The very recent restyling of Restaurant De Burgemeester* was a reason enough to revisit them for Chantal’s birthday.
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Restaurant 212* – Amsterdam (July 2019)
Another delightful lunch at Restaurant 212*.
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Locavore Bali @ Rijks Restaurant* – Amsterdam (May 2019)
No need to travel over 12,000km to enjoy the fantastic food and cocktails of Indonesia’s best restaurant, Locavore, as they took over the Rijks* kitchen last week!
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Graphite by Peter Gast – Amsterdam (January 2019)
We kicked our culinary 2019 off with a visit to Peter Gast’s new restaurant in Amsterdam, Graphite.
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Aan de Poel** – Amstelveen (October 2018)
We were back at Aan de Poel** yet again…
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Aan de Poel** – Amstelveen (September 2018)
Shortly after Aan de Poel** reopened after a full remodeling, we went for lunch to celebrate Chantal’s birthday.
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Aan de Poel** – Amstelveen (May 2018)
After having seen the chefs from Aan de Poel** whilst having lunch at Restaurant 212, we thought that a visit there was long overdue.
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Restaurant 212 – Amsterdam (May 2018)
After ‘t Amsterdammertje*, the second installment of my Christmas present was at Restaurant 212 in Amsterdam.
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Around the World – Restaurang Volt* – Stockholm, Sweden (February 2018)
The second evening of my business trip to Stockholm was spent at Restaurang Volt.
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‘t Amsterdammertje* – Loenen (January 2018)
For 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!! 🤔
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&samhoud places**, Amsterdam (July 2017)
Last week we had a farewell lunch of my former boss. Luckily, she also is a fine dining aficionado, so we celebrated in style at &samhoud places**.
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Librije’s Zusje**, Amsterdam (June 2017)
As part of celebrating me reaching the big 4-0, Chantal took me for lunch at Librije’s Zusje** in Amsterdam.
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Restaurant MOS*, Amsterdam (May 2017)
The good thing if you invite your colleagues for a farewell lunch, you can also choose whatever restaurant you have on your to-do list.
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RIJKS* x BRAE, Amsterdam (May 2017)
Another collaboration at RIJKS*; this time a 1-day event with Australian chef Dan Hunter of Brae Restaurant fame.
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Restaurant Bord’eau** – Amsterdam (April 2017)
Again, business does have its occasional culinary upsides…
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