Sunday, May 30, 2010

Theme: Good Eats

Belgium beer, Orval and Kriek (cherry):

Confections at Grand Place:




A scone for the road:


Eten & drinken along Lange Leidsedwarsstraat, pork schnitzel and melted brie with crusty bread:





Pastel marshmallows when we pay the check:


Sarang Mas at Rokin 84, for Indisch rijsttafel:



My very favorite place we found, Melly's Cookie Bar:



This is the From Mirta with Love sandwich, made with olive tapenade, fresh vegetables from the oven, and olive oil:


Mam's Favorite is made with roast chicken, lettuce, avocado, and lemon mayonnaise:


Hot chocolate, whipped cream:


We ate more tosti's than anything else:


Pannenkoeken, a crepe-like pancake with sweet strawberrry:


Order a "coffee", get an espresso. Always served with a small cookie or slice of something nice.


Mussels in Brussels:

Pringles were weirdly popular:
Each morning Brian picked up lattes from Greendayz, they were delicious:

Stroopwafel!


More good things at Melly's:


Bottled Coke, frites, pretty cocktail napkin:


Cafe d'Oude Wester, on a busy corner of Prisengracht. Beer and fries, then Anne Frank:


Brian ordered a Broodje rookworst:



Sarah ran a one (wo)man show, taking orders, cooking, serving espresso, plating, running, and bussing:


A savory ham and cheese pannenkoeken:


Cheese and salami tosti, lovely:


Lunch along Nieuwe Doelenstraat, the "Street of Targets."
Meatballs with mustard:


Marinated goat cheese, olives, and fresh bread:

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Theme: Tulips

We took a train into Leiden to Keukenhof to see seven million flowers across eighty acres.













Theme: Red Light

Amsterdam is thick with sex.

Tipping in Europe is optional but it is sexy:

Showing some skin in the Jordaan:



Meet Belle, a monument to prostitutes around the world:

A bronze breast in pavement: Honk.

Because I didn't risk having my camera confiscated, my photos of Red Light are limited. Only in Madurodam's miniature could I capture the world's oldest profession: