Walk&Eat Amsterdam: CONTENTS

PLAN OF CENTRAL AMSTERDAM inside front cover
INTRODUCTION 4
the walks 5
the excursions 6
the restaurants and cafés 6
the recipes 7
PLANNING YOUR VISIT 8
when to go 8
getting there 10
where to stay 10
what to take 12
planning your walks 13
verifying timetables in advance 14
ON ARRIVAL 16
local transport tickets and passes 16
tourist information 17
shopping for self-catering 17
markets 19
introduction to dutch cuisine 21
seasonal foods 23

Walk 1 · central canals 26
restaurants: proeflokaal de admiraal, gartine 31
recipe: sugar bread french toast with apple-cinammon butter 33
Walk 2 · jordaan 34
restaurants: small word catering, pancakes! 39
recipe: pancakes with spinach and goat's cheese 41
Walk 3 · old centre & jewish quarter 42
restaurant: café latei 52
recipe: huzaren salad 53
Walk 4 · night walk 54
restaurant: in de waag 58
recipe: mustard soup 59
Walk 5 · zeeburg & the eastern islands 60
restaurants: greetje, lloyd hotel 67
recipe: lloyd hotel's dutch apple pie 69
Walk 6 · westerpark & spaarndammerbuurt 70
restaurants: de bakkerswinkel, open 77
recipe: classic crème brûlée 79
Walk 7 · de pijp & vondelpark 80
restaurant: blauw 88
recipe: Indonesian nasi goreng (fried rice) 89
Walk 8 · oost & watergraafsmeer 90
restaurant: merkelbach 96
recipe: asparagus salad with broad beans and poached egg 97
Walk 9 · amsterdam north 98
restaurant: hotel de goudfazant 103
recipe: hartog's sugar bread 104
Walk 10 · along the river amstel 106
restaurant: de oude smidse 114
recipe: endive mash 115
Walk 11 · castricum to egmond aan zee 116
AREA MAP 118
restaurant: van speijk 123
EXCURSION 1 · muiden & muiderberg 124
AREA MAP 127
walk: muiderberg route 130
restaurant: graaf floris v van muiden 133
EXCURSION 2 · kröller-müller museum 134
AREA MAP 136
EAT GF, DF 138
eating in restaurants 138
gf, df shopping 139
GLOSSARY (menu items, shopping terms) 140
conversion tables 142
INDEX 143
IN the restaurant (pocket vocabulary) inside back cover