Ô Mai has been serving homemade food ‘the way mama makes it’ from its den at at the north end of Utrechtsestraat for a few years now. As you might expect from a mama, Mama Ô Mai doesn’t make a big fuss about it all, but her customers have been. And we know why…
We know you’ve already dug out your ‘big coat’ and poncho in preparation for those dreaded winter months, but that’s no reason to deny yourself a glimpse of Amsterdam from its most enchanting angle. Just use them to your advantage! Follow our seven pieces of magnificent advice and you can ace this winter canal cruise. Scout’s honour.
This story is about neighbourhood favourites. Those excellent, sometimes unsung or overlooked heroes that bring heart and soul into the place you live. Our example is Team Kompas’s local and a de Pijp stalwart, Kingfisher Cafe.
Eat ribs and repeat. That’s the only philosophy you need when approaching one of Amsterdam’s most unique restaurants, Café de Klos.
Blink and you’ll miss it. But if you miss it, you’ll be missing out. Because Sapporo Ramen Sora, which opened in 2016 at the south end of Ceintuurbaan, is ready to serve you the most delicious bowls of steaming ramen from its tiny restaurant. All you need to do is find it…
If you’re gonna do just one thing, get it right or risk failure. Fortunately for Mook – an American-style pancake restaurant in the west of Amsterdam – they have nothing to worry about there.
The second of Amsterdam’s much talked about ramen joint opened its doors in de Pijp and we’re glad to report that they haven’t messed with a winning recipe. So while the formula might be familiar, there’s still a few new ingredients in the mix…
We’re going to keep this simple and sweet, for these are the adjectives that also best describe the subject of this post, Amsterdam’s premier cookie maker, Van Stapele.
Here at Kompas, we’re firm believers that you should never eat something at a restaurant that you could easily make at home yourself. In short we’re talking to you, pasta and chicken. But after a recent trip to Franggo, a Portugese chicken shop in de Pijp, we’ve decided to scratch the latter from our banned substances list.
‘Why can’t we have nice things?’ is the question we were asking as we’d finished browsing the second floor in Amsterdam’s newest and most desirable furniture store, Time & Style.
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