Nicci Netherlands, Paris, Travel

Food! Simple and sophisticated, Paris and Amsterdam

Bread Netherlands where I bought it
Where I bought bread in the Netherlands (street market)

Where you can buy wonderful bread: http://www.stoepje.nl/, and this bread in particular: Nuts Raisins Parade bread.

From the Dutch markets: Nut dark chocolate bark, craisin white chocolate bark, salty licorice (zoute drop), and Nuts Raisins Parade bread:

Nut and fruit chocolate bark, salty licorice (drope) and bread
Bread with shaved cheese
Bread with shaved cheese (sorry, a couple bites are missing from the bread)
Appetizers ready to go out to the deck
Appetizers ready to go out to the Amsterdam houseboat deck

An Indonesian and Tibetan restaurant in Amsterdam, Tashi Deleg, Reviews, Location:

Rijsstaafl
Rijstaffel (“pronounced rice stoffel”), an Indonesian dish, Amsterdam. These mini delicacies are just accompaniment to the main dish.
A little chicken roll
A little chicken roll, Tibetan
Appetizer sauces
Appetizers and sauces
Cheese shop 2
Cheese shop, Amsterdam

Cheese shop

Na Siam, Amsterdam:
Thai restaurant in Amsterdam
Na Siam Thai restaurant in Amsterdam, on Kerkstraat
Thai food
Thai food, spicy beef (on the right) and chicken pad thai (left)
Nia's toast May 9 2013
At the restaurant in the Opera Garnier, Paris

Grey Goose is the house vodka!

Martini
Can life get any better?
Green pea soup cold with cream and goat cheese on toast
Green pea soup (cold) with cream. Sounds odd, but is really, really good. Goat cheese on toast. Sounds good, and it is. Very. That’s a basil leaf on top.

Wine

Tomato jam mozzarella bonito and basil sorbet
Tomato jam, mozzarella, bonito and basil sorbet. Unbelievably good.
Butter at opera
Oh, the French and their butter. Yes, this was excellent.
Rolls
Rolls: fresh, sour, warm enough to melt the butter, delicious.
Deep fried Celeriac
Deep fried celeriac, a side dish to the flank steak
Flank steak
Flank steak on celeriac puree, as tender as filet mignon
Veal
Veal
Dessert menu
We had the souffle. OMG, that’s all I can say.

Maison Robert, near L’Avenue des Champs Elysees:

Cafe

Crepe de Frites Maison Robert
Crepe des Fruites Maison Robert, delicious, but… this crepe and 2 cups of tea, $40 American? Mais non!!

A waffle from a stand in Keukenhoff Gardens (delicious!)

A waffle at Keukenhof Gardens

A simple meal on the deck of 38 L’Avenue de la Bourdenais:

French butter, doux (sweet)
French butter, doux (sweet)
Brie
Brie
First, apply the butter
First, apply the butter.
Then the Brie
Then apply the brie.

Self portrait

All that and a bottle of wine… less than $10. Hint: when in France, buy bread, butter, cheese and wine. They all must be subsidized or something! Then dine at your hotel or apartment.