Eating Out in Amsterdam, Holland

  Eating out is always an adventure and in Amsterdam, this is an ultimate experience.  Amsterdam restaurants offer a variety of international cuisines to cater to different tastes and to initiate tourists to the different flavors of authentic western, eastern, Mediterranean cookery.   Be sure to include Amsterdam's finest restaurants in your tour.

 Dutch Specialties

 When In Amsterdam, eat as the locals do to enjoy and savor the Dutch experience.  Tasty local fare is simple and filling.  Be sure to sample the nutritious Dutch bean soup on a cold winter day or warm up with a platter of wine-soaked pears.  If you happen to have a spring tour, get a filling of asparagus hollandaise.  The asparagus recipe is loaded with slices of ham of chopped boiled eggs - a hearty meal by itself.         

 A Dutch feast is not complete without the ‘stamppot'.  For the dish boiled potatoes are mashed and served with ‘rookworst' or smoked pork sausage and gravy.  This is a popular Dutch comfort food.  This is served all year round.  For Christmas, the Dutch have their Christmas bread.  The bread has a sweet almond paste smack in the center and is flavored with orange liqueur and cranberries.  The traditional recipe includes brandy, raisins, and currants.     

 Ah, the cheeses.  Take a sample of Holland's cheeses and take some back home.  Holland is famed for its wonderful cheeses.  There are several varieties - Gouda, Edam, Goat cheese, Boerenkaas (farmer cheese),   smoked sausage-like cheese, clove-flavored cheeses, tart Leidse cheese with a cumin flavor, and herb cheese.

 Book Online

 It is now possible to have your Amsterdam restaurant reservations made right at home and there are no  expensive long distance calls to make; simply go online browse the top Amsterdam restaurants and get a full disclosure of the menus and the prices of fabulous meals.  Go over the top restaurants to check out their different menus and specialties visit an assortment of sites that post candid restaurant reviews.    

 For your restaurant reservation, the website will ask for the date and the number of individuals for your dinner reservation. You can make several reservations for outdoor dining, family dinners, or romantic dinners.  To enjoy the full spectrum of dining pleasures in Amsterdam, get reservations in different restaurants during your stay.  It won't be difficult to choose your restaurants; restaurant websites offer a glimpse of their interiors and their food offerings and wine selections. 

 The same goes for online booking for Amsterdam tours. With several packages to choose from during the different times of the year, tourists can choose from day guided walking tours, bus tours, canal cruises, van and bike tours, and evening and cruise dinner tours. 

 All these tours will have a stop-over at local restobars providing Dutch fast-food meals consisting of milk pudding, thick French fries, raw herring smothered with onions, and pea soup - just to mention a few of the daily fare offered.   These meal stopovers do not always require a reservation, which a convenience to the hungry but happy tourist.   By the way, make your online reservations now if your spring or summer holiday and be assured of the best restaurant tables when you get to Amsterdam. 

Remember to make a good choice of Amsterdam self catering apartments. There are apartments near the best restaurants of the city!