Some European cities are best explored on foot.
After walking around Amsterdam all day at the height of summer, we found that there were more tourists in the city than locals.We saw a nice little restaurant near the railway station and decided to have an early dinner. There were no other guests in the restaurant.
When we saw the menu card with traditional Dutch dishes, we had a hard time deciding between the hutspot and the stamppot. Thankfully, there was a brief description in English along with each item on the menu.
Then, having placed our orders with the server, we turned to our photo harvest of the day and discussed our favourite moments.
After our orders had arrived, we saw two businessmen from the Far East walk in. They settled on the table next to ours. One of them had a friendly face which showed that he had struggled hard to get where he was. The other man was younger and his face was cold and expressionless.
They closely studied the menu but didn't know what to order when the server came to take their order. They had a discussion with each other in their native language which sounded more like a debate.
Then, the man with the friendly face got up and came to our table. He smiled at us and then looked at the food on the table. He bent down, had a closer look at my husband's plate, and smelled the food on it. My husband and I looked at each other.
The man asked us, "Good?"
"Very good" said my husband with a thumbs-up sign.
The man bowed gracefully and went back to his table. He pointed to our table and told the waiting server - "That!"
After walking around Amsterdam all day at the height of summer, we found that there were more tourists in the city than locals.We saw a nice little restaurant near the railway station and decided to have an early dinner. There were no other guests in the restaurant.
When we saw the menu card with traditional Dutch dishes, we had a hard time deciding between the hutspot and the stamppot. Thankfully, there was a brief description in English along with each item on the menu.
Then, having placed our orders with the server, we turned to our photo harvest of the day and discussed our favourite moments.
After our orders had arrived, we saw two businessmen from the Far East walk in. They settled on the table next to ours. One of them had a friendly face which showed that he had struggled hard to get where he was. The other man was younger and his face was cold and expressionless.
They closely studied the menu but didn't know what to order when the server came to take their order. They had a discussion with each other in their native language which sounded more like a debate.
Then, the man with the friendly face got up and came to our table. He smiled at us and then looked at the food on the table. He bent down, had a closer look at my husband's plate, and smelled the food on it. My husband and I looked at each other.
The man asked us, "Good?"
"Very good" said my husband with a thumbs-up sign.
The man bowed gracefully and went back to his table. He pointed to our table and told the waiting server - "That!"
