Hi people,

if you are vegetarian or vegan, you like healthy food and simple and cozy alternative places, then you would like eating at “De Vliegende Schotel”, which in english means “The Flying Dish” .

The restaurant is run by nice people which try to use just organic food in a lot of different recipes from all over the world.  The meal is really tasty, the portions are good, prices are ok. They use a lot of sprouts beans because they have more nutritional.

It’s a very nice place, especially if you don’t like fancy restaurants..

The kitchen is open everyday from 4 p.m. to 10.45 p.m. and the restaurant close 11.30 p.m.

The address is Nieuwe Leliestraat 162-168 the phone number is 020 6252041.

Eet smakelijk !!!

So, all you need is a VoKu.

VoKu stands for Volks Küche, a German expression that means ‘People’s Kitchen’. A VoKu is a place where you can have healty vegetarian (or sometimes even vegan) meal for a little damage, and a good occasion to meet interesting Amsterdammers. Many squats and social centers across the city organize weekly VoKus. Here’s a partial list.

Binnenpret – every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday

Joe’s Garage – every Monday and Thursday

Molly – every Thursday

De Peper at OT301 – every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday

Remember that the Dutch eat early and generally the vokus start at 7 pm. Don’t be late and remember to reserve your dinner in time, calling the phone numbers

you’ll find on each website.

Eet smakelijk!

At the moment I’m in love

with lambic and belgium beers in general, but there are a lot more.

Interesting alternative people use to drop by there around 5/6 o’clock p.m. so you can also meet someone to ask for some tips for your journey or just enjoy your passion for nice beers with friendly people.

Sitting on a crate of beers outside in the sun I met a beautiful “butterfly” some weeks ago..

Salute!

Sometimes it’s nice to have a good beer in a typical Amsterdammer cafè, but when the summer comes it is wonderful to spend all the day long in the parks or just sitting by the canals with a good beer. Anyway if you are tired of the beer cans  you can generally find in the super-markets and you want to try something new, then you should pass by the Cracked Kettle.

It is a very small shop in the Center of Amsterdam, on a little street that crosses Spui Straat (Raamsteeg 3). They have more than 500 different types of beer from all over Europe: a vast choice of biological and indipendent producers. If you are a curiouse person you can also try strange varieties as the choco-beer or the one with banana taste. Ask them to suggest you something!

I would suggest the one without any tag: it is a Belgian beer produced in a small farm in the middle of nowhere. It is very difficult to find it in other places and the taste is great.

Proost!

Located beside the Vondelpark’ west entrance, in front of OCCI (Binnenpret’s concert hall), Pomo Rosso is an Italian take away shop where you can buy basic products from the south of Italy to prepare by yourself a good Italian dinner as well as many Italian typical dishes to take away (like pastas, stuffed and grilled vegetables and other many recipes) daily made by two friendly Italian’s chef.

You can also eat inside real Italian pizzas and saltimbocca which is a typical sandwich from Naples or, according to the weather, compose there your packed lunch for a relaxing time inside the Vondelpark.

Products: pasta (dry and fresh), oil, sauces, olives, mozzarella, cheese, ham and sausages, fresh fruits and vegetables, wine, limoncello and some desserts. Handmade pizza and bread.

Additional services: pizza delivery (but for the moment just in the west area and for medium/big orders); catering and Chef at home; periodical aperitif and products tastings.

Address: Amstelveenseweg 41, 1075 VT Amsterdam

Contact: www.pomorosso.nl

Tonino: +31 06 50417028

Elio: +31 06 128 987 99

open: 12 a.m. – 10 p.m. ; tuesday closed

transport: tram 1, 2

During closing time in Albert Cuypmarkt, dozens of herons come by to seek some food left overs. Foto tokyorama

One of the biggest outside daily market in Amsterdam is located in De Pijp District in Amsterdam Oud-Zuid. The street and the market are named from Albert Cuyp, a painter from the 17th century.

This market began by the free initiative of a bunch of street vendors with hand carts, since when in 1905 the municipality decided to establish a free market to regulate and organize the business. Originally it was running only on Saturday until 1912 when it was decided to open it 6 days por week. Actually it’s still going from Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m.  with 268 market stalls on both side of the street where is possible to buy anything: food, clothes, cameras, souvenirs, gadget, tools.

more info: www.albertcuypmarkt.com

Address: Albert Cuypstraat

Transport:  Tram 4, 16 stop at Albert Cuypstraat, 24 stop at Albert Cuypstraat, 25 stop at Ferdinand Bolstraat.

                    Bus 356, stop at Van Woustraat

Open: 9.00 am-5 pm Mon-Sat