What’s up, everybody? Philcaela here :)
And we are in beautiful Amsterdam.
We’ll be taking you around with us as we show you our 10 favorite things to eat in
Amsterdam.
Let’s go!!!
One of the best snacks here in Amsterdam are French fries with mayo!
Thank you!
You’re welcome!
This is Vlaamse Friet Snackland, the fries here are gonna be really good, really fresh,
you can see that they really cut if off the potato here.
You’ll find Flemish fries, or in Dutch it’s “Vlaamse Frites” almost anywhere in Amsterdam
and there are a couple places that more popular than others.
There’s a place called Mannekenpis, but the line was really long and this place had
really good reviews, so we decided to come here, instead.
So at any fries place, there are entire lists of sauces and we got spicy mayo.
The fries are bigger here, they’re chunkier, but at the same time, they’re really crispy,
the mayo here is different from US mayo.
It has a different type of textures, it’s more like an aioli, it’s creamier, not as
mayo-y, I don’t like mayo in the US, but I’ll eat mayo here.
We’re here in winter, so this is a really good, salty, warm snack on a cold day.
We’re stopping in for a delicious brunch at Greenwoods Single, it’s a really popular
place that can actually have a bit of a wait.
There’s some tables inside, a couple outside, but it’s so cold, we just decided to wait
for the inside seating.
Here they serve a lot of different English brunch and breakfast and lunch options, and
they have a really good selection of tea, too.
So I got the emperor’s royal breakfast, or something with “emperor” in it.
So instead of English muffin on the bottom like a Benedict, it’s a hashbrown with smoked
salmon and the poached egg.
Super good, super crunchy, smoked salmon here is very fresh and on top there’s like beet
sauce, beet hollandaise maybe?
I got here a full English breakfast with sausage, poached egg, beans, really delicious, really
hearty, really good meal and in terms of location, it’s really close to Jordan and the Nine
Streets, so it’s a lot of fun areas to wander after you’re done here.
A must-have in Amsterdam are stroopwafels, so they’re not really waffles, they’re
wafers and in the middle, there’s caramel in it and this was made fresh so it’s piping
hot and warm, so it’s so good!
There’re tons of places where you can get stroopwafels, but we got it from (I’m probably
saying this wrong), it’s van Wonderen stroopwafels.
So good!
What makes this extra delicious is that it’s fresh, you can tell the different when they’re
fresh and when they’re packaged.
When they’re fresh, they’re just so much better.
The texture when it’s fresh, it’s soft, but it’s a little bit of crunch to it when
you bite into it.
Here, we’re at Febo, where you can use Apple Pay and coins and get croquettes, they’re
pretty fresh!
This one’s a beef one, so let’s try it!
Nice, we got a little croquette!
And surprisingly, it’s actually very packed in, people coming in and out constantly getting
food, so it’s guaranteed fresh even though it’s from a vending machine.
Crunchy, hot hot hot!
Just because it’s a vending machine doesn’t mean it’s not fresh, this is piping hot
in the middle, like I had to small bites because it was that hot.
So crunchy, it’s not even soggy at all, so this place is really popular because it’s
very convenient you just put in a coin or you use Apple Pay, at the same time they’re
also open very late, so if you get the late-night drunchies after going out, this’d be a great
place to stop by to get a croquette, it’ll be really, really good!
And another must-eat when you’re in Amsterdam is another fried snack here, this is bitterballen.
It’s very, very similar to croquette, which is basically just the meat that’s rolled
in breadcrumbs and fried, but these are served differently because they’re small balls,
they come in bigger groups, like for example we got 6 here, and you can stab at it with
a fork and then dip it in mustard.
And it’s just a really fun food to eat and it’s a great snack, it’s also really commonly
found all over the place in Amsterdam, so it’s definitely a must-eat.
We’re stopping in for dinner now getting some Indonesian cuisine at a restaurant called
Sampurna.
We got here a rijsttafel, which translates to “rice table,” and it’s basically
a banquet-style sampler of a bunch of different Indonesian side dishes with rice.
We got cod, shrimp, mango salad, cucumber salad, some beef, all kinds of different stuff.
Also, pretty spicy, and given that a lot of the food we’ve been eating is not spicy
at all, this is a really welcome change, but even then, still super, super spicy!
There are tons of Indonesian restaurants in Amsterdam and we really recommend that you
try some Indonesian food for dinner because it’s super delicious and pretty unique.
When you’re in Amsterdam, you obviously have to get some traditional Dutch food.
We’re here at The Pantry, it’s a really great option for traditional Dutch dishes.
We got here two different set menus, and the first course just came out, this is a pea
soup and over here we have 3 different kinds of Dutch sausages with some bread and mustard.
I personally really like pea soup and that’s delicious, really warm and hearty.
Beef stew with the potatoes is really good, it’s very homestyle-like.
Over here, we got a plate with some meatballs and different kinds of mashed potatoes, mashed
potato with kale, mashed potato with sweet potato and carrot, and over here this is my
favorite, mashed potatoes with sauerkraut.
It’s just a really nice, basically comfort food, super delicious, super hearty, and nice
and warm.
We just got our desserts here now, we got here a vlaflip, which apparently is a very
old school Dutch dessert.
It’s vanilla with some yogurt, so it’s sweet but also has a bit of tartness to it
here, and eggnog!
That’s a big bite oh!
Oooh!
There’s definitely some alcohol in there of some sort.
Having these cold little sweet things, super delicious, great way to end a traditional
Dutch meal.
This Albert Cuyp Market and this is kinda like a farmer’s market like we have in the
US.
There’s tons of food, there’s poffertjes, that we just got, like mini pancakes, they
look so delicious.
There’re stroopwafels everywhere, there’s a lot of savory food.
So this is a must-visit while you’re in Amsterdam because there’s tons of Dutch
food, locals’ food, lot of different types of food here.
Here are the poffertjes, they’re like mini pancakes but we also got Nutella on top.
So delicious!
This market is great for trying lots of different kinds fo food out, just waling around hanging
out.
So you can get small portions of everything so you can try one of everything as long as
your stomach can handle it.
So this is a really long street and there’s tons of stuff, it goes for a long time, but
it’s a lot of fun, all kinds of different stuff, so whether it’s food or clothes or
trinkets, definitely a must-visit.
Still at Albert Cuyp Market, we’re now getting some kibbeling, which is basically a battered,
fried fish served with tartar sauce here.
I saw them frying fresh in the back, so this is really, really fresh.
And this is one of the most popular Dutch dishes to have in Netherlands so if you’re
in Amsterdam, you’ve gotta try it.
it’s super hot, but it’s really good, really flaky fish there!
And this tartar sauce here, it’s a little closer to the consistency of mayo, I guess
that’s what happens when you’re eating it in the Netherlands.
It’s also got a little bit of an acidic, tart flavor to it.
Goes really well with this crispy fried fish.
Oooh flaky!
Mmm!
So good!
One Dutch snack that you’ve gotta try when you’re in Amsterdam is apple pie, we’re
here at Winkel 43, a place that is very famous for its apple pies, we got it here with whipped
creamed on the side so we can control the sweetness, but it looks really decadent, really
good, and everyone’s ordering it.
Got a nice piece of that apple pie here with the cream.
Mmm!
It’s a Dutch apple pie so it doesn’t look like the apple pies we have in the US where
you have the open top with the apples on it, this is covered so the apples are kind of
within the layer itself.
Super fresh, super yummy apple in here.
Mmm!
Tons of cinnamon in there, somehow not too sweet, but the thing is, that crust’s also
really flaky, really delicious.
Everything just comes together, this is really good apple pie!
So our last must-eat here in Amsterdam is Dutch pancakes, we’re at Pancake Bakery
in the Jordan area and there are tons of other pancakes places you can go to here in Amsterdam,
but we chose here because this one is really popular and really good.
Don’t be daunted by the line here, because the line can get really long and it looks
very long, but once you’re inside, it’s actually very big in here.
We’re actually upstairs, but downstairs it goes all the way in, there’re tons of
tables, there’s tons of room.
The ones we got are actually savory, they’re not sweet as traditional pancakes.
And here we have two, we have a salami, mushroom, and onion, and the other one we have ham,
mushrooms and onions, they smell so good.
They don’t look like traditional pancakes, they look more like flatter crepes, but with
a lot of toppings all over it.
Oh my god, so good!
It’s like kind of eggy, too, with the dough and the onions and mushroom and salami, super
good!
Highly recommend this when you’re in Amsterdam.
So we didn’t want tons of ingredients in our pancakes, so we kept it simple with 3
ingredients, but you can definitely get international ones where it has influences from like Mexico,
Thailand, Indonesia, etc.
So we got a sweet pancake here, as well, this is just a lemon and sugar pancake, really
simple, really delicious.
Honestly, when you come to Amsterdam, you’ve gotta get some Dutch pancakes because these
are delicious, you have to be super fancy, you can just get a couple simple toppings
on it and it’s gonna be really good every time!
Oooh yeah, all the sugar!
Lemon goes so well with the powdered sugar, it’s like tart, and also sweet, makes a
perfect balance.
Amsterdam is such a fun and amazing city and we had such a great time here exploring and
eating all the great food.
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