Well, Amsterdam is a great city with lots of history. But people make a city and when you feel threatened and get molested by people, the city does not get remembered as so nice.
Food usually is something you will remember from a trip as well. But going out for dinner and ending up hungry is bad. Reading restaurant critics gives you only a tendency how the food will be, but when they are off completely, that is disappointing.
The Van Puffelen Cafe Amsterdam on Prinsengracht near Anne Franck House was the Restaurant. The open kitchen looked good and well organised.
First course was a cauliflower soup with a green oil on top. The oil was just green, but absolutely tasteless. As if someone put green food colouring into the oil.
A nice basil oil would have been great with the soup. Such a pity.
For the main course you had a choice between two dishes. Beef or salmon.
The salmon was dried out and sat on a bed of lentils. But the dressing of the lentil salad was missing and they were dry too. The cauliflower was the veggie on the side. The mayo as dipping sauce was needed.
The other choice was beef Mignon. Sorry to say, the piece was tiny and raw in the middle. Inedible. The potatoes were the best of the dish. The veggies were unseasoned and overcooked.
Look at the picture of the dessert. Dry cake and a one scoop of ice cream.
The kitchen did its best. But too many customers to serve at one setting did not help the quality.
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