hey fellow travelers dutchified here and today we're in Amsterdam. So I'm on
home turf and exciting news were at a new food hall. So Amsterdam over the last
few years has had a real revival in Street food and food halls and this is
the newest entrant it's called the food department and it's in the Magna Plaza
which is just off the Dam Square. The Dam Square is one of the central touristic
attractions in Amsterdam so when you come to Amsterdam you are sure to visit the Dam
Square and you'll see the most attractive building there is a building
called the Magna Plaza that's where we are now this was originally the post
office building and they've converted into retail space for many years now but
not such a successful retail space until the opening of The Food Department.
The Food Department is on the upper level it's just open literally two weeks ago.
On every corner of this floor they've got different food stalls, different
restaurants and some of these you also find in the Hallen
down the road so they've got things like Petit Gateau, they've got the Butcher
but what I like is that they've got some new ones. There's a Greek Street food
stall here and they sell a lot of typical stuff that you expect to find on
the streets of Greece one of my favorites and it's really my go-to thing
when I can find it is grilled squid. Not too easy to find in Amsterdam, so
I'm really happy that it's here they serve it with a kind of black ink mayonnaise
Really nice. The portions are not big but it's actually a nice size which I like.
It's served very nicely actually kind of a food market street food vibe you expect
it to kind of be slopped down. Here the presentation is actually pretty good so
happy about that and really happy to have a nice Greek place because Greek
Street food is awesome so I'm very happy that they here. The other thing they
have at Leos is a fried of artichoke. I'm an artichoke fan I love
artichoke and I've not actually had fried artichoke before. It's nice to see something
different on the menu and they serve it here with the Aioli and so it's
got that typical Aioli flavour but also the artichoke flavour comes through
very nicely. This is delicious.
One of the things I love about food halls is that you can see them making the food.
We're at the China Supreme which is the Chinese restaurant here and you can see
the chefs working in the background and this is really cool you can see them
making authentic Chinese food. It's also nice to see the clientele so
at this particular place there are a lot of Chinese clients and that's always a good sign. So when
you see people from the country you normally guaranteed good food. One things you need
to try when you come to China Supreme is Jian Bing. It's a kind of pancake
We've got the duck one and it comes with duck egg cucumber soy sauce got a
spicy sauce as well and so this is one of the things you need to try. It's a little messy to eat.
It's about nine euros, which is food market prices and you get two halves.
So this is just half of it
Very good. Nice and spicy. Really nice. Yum. Throughout there's also places serving
beer and wine and cocktails and all the rest of it. What's really great is
they've opened up the windows so you can actually look outside but it also lets
in a lot of natural light so it's really spacious really nice and light and it's
got a nice atmosphere. The other thing I like is that throughout the hall they've
got different places to sit so not only associated with each restaurant but also
on the various corners at the different ends. They've got ample seating space so
there's a lot of place to sit and enjoy your food
I'm a huge fan of finding new things to eat, exotic things to eat and food halls
are often the place to do that. There's a place here called Ta Toru and it's like Indonesian,
island style food. They've got banana chips and then the thing we've come here
for is goat on a stick and it presented really nicely they cook the sticks on a
grill you can see how they do it it looks really great and then it comes with four
different kinds of sauces of different heats so I'm gonna go for the medium
heat because I'm feeling a little bit tame, but this is really nice it's a nice way
to try exotic cuisine. Something different I like that.
I'm excited about this. I've not actually had goat on a stick
That is delicious. Actually that's a nicest thing we've had here today
It's spicy, it's got a nice chargrilled flavour it's kind of lamby
oh that is so good. The other great thing about this food hall is it's open from
10:00 o'clock in the morning till 10 o'clock at night every day of the year
so there's always going to be something to eat in Amsterdam when you come out to
the centre. We've actually eaten quite a lot already but I always leave space for
dessert. Here they've got a place called Petit Gateau, means little cake and indeed
they make these little cakes. They're beautiful. They're works of art all on
their own. This is an apple and rhubarb crumble which is quite exotic
very nice don't you love when there's a topping.
It always comes off, the whole thing comes right into my mouth.
I do love food halls and The Food Department in Magna Plaza does not disappoint
you really got to come and check out it's really awesome that's it for our
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