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  • Nieuwe diep distillery

    September 26, 2025 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Rose cordial was the sweetest because sugar added to process
    Raspberry was sweet and tart and was fragrant
    Apple reminded me of raisins
    Young genever tasted like vodka
    Older genever was more like whiskey. The older the age the more it tastes like whiskey

    Saw lots of people drinking beer

    Nice peaceful venue and friendly staff
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  • Paon Bali

    September 26, 2025 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Meat plate
    Beef skewer that was like sweet jerky
    Spicy sambal sauce
    Soy sweet stewed pork belly
    Coconut shredded chicken
    Lemongrass green beans
    Purple mixed rice
    Soy sauce egg
    Fried shrimp

    Dessert: warm coconut milk, purple rice with cinnamon, sweetened mung beans (palm or coconut sugar?), fresh coconut

    Not as much toppings as some of the older google photos had but still tasty
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  • Brouwerij’t IJ

    September 26, 2025 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    Blondie for mom
    Nijea IPA for me - citrus but with the note in IPA that isn’t super tasty. Musk?
    Ijbok stout for dad - coffee notes

  • Ikari

    September 27, 2025 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    Slow service

    Meat and onion pies in phyllo dough
    Pomegranate and orange juice
    Grilled gets, fig chutney and greens sandwich

    Banana bread - ate it one day later and didn’t seem super special

  • Safari sranang

    September 28, 2025 in the Netherlands ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Dad’s dish was the best. Thought food tasted good but relatives didn’t like it

    Found based on reviews for Surinamese food. Concierge recommend Kam yin but had 3.9 stars

  • Massimo’s gelato

    September 28, 2025 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    Passion fruit and mascarpone
    Ricotta and fig

    Strong flavors but ice cream texture. Generous portion

  • De haven

    September 28, 2025 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Fried cod
    Fried mussels
    Fried calamari
    Roasted vegetables
    Lo mein with spicy shrimp

    Noyi liked fish as it was soft and flaky. Calamari was tender and not rubbery

    Found on Google based on reviews

  • Night kitchen

    September 29, 2025 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Was not as strongly flavored as I expected. A 4.8 on Google so expected bolder flavors

    Tomato carpaccio
    Miso cabbage
    Romesco leeks
    Sea bass in gazpacho
    Mussels and shrimp in njuda
    Lamb with salsa verde
    Gnudi
    Sourdough
    Lemon tart
    Pistachio tiramisu
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  • Clamato

    September 30, 2025 in France ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    Dessert was very sweet. Their bakery is better.

    Dad didn’t like the octopus

    Crab and shrimp were sweet

    Seafood was fresh

  • Le Saint Sebastian

    September 30, 2025 in France ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

    First wine is easy to drink with raisin flavor and no tannins

    Second wine had heavier body and tastes like olives

  • Utopie

    October 1, 2025 in France ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C

    Flan
    Plain croissant - not super flavor. Sweet
    Almond croissant - eggy
    Chocolate eclair
    Baguette

  • Petite Il Boulangerie

    October 1, 2025 in France ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C

    Layer of chocolate and then a sesame paste over it. Good but maybe not as memorable as NYT says

    Got plain croissant
    Almond croissant - noyi and uncle judo liked this better than utopie’s
    Chocolate croissant - a lot of chocolate
    Chocolate sourdough

    Hard to tell difference in croissant

    This place had flaked croissant than Utopie
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  • Mokonuts

    October 1, 2025 in France ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    Private dinner by Omar the owner

    Wife only does pastry

    Tomatoes at their peak in late September
    Cooks based on what is in pantry

    Interesting that produce similar to Amsterdam de kas

    Very good

  • Ble sucre

    October 2, 2025 in France ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

    Supposed to be best chocolate croissant but is yellow and airy - not a lot of chocolate. Just two chocolate sticks while petite il boulangerie had chocolate throughout its center

    Parents really liked the apricot tarts that had sweet jelly, fresh apricot and an almond meal pastry cream

    Diane liked a snail with chocolate and pistachio cream
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