Amsterdam in the off-season

I’m planning another trip over in mid March and thought now would be a good time to catch up on my notes from last year’s trip. I have included a few places visited on previous occasions.

Eet & Bierencafes De Beiaard ( Kloveniersburgwal 6-8 ) Amsterdam located in Nieumarkt square. 7 mins walk from Centraal Station
Home of the De Bekeerde Suster (Converted Sister) brewery…this place is an absolute gem in Amsterdam. It offers what I consider as the best bitterballen in the city and it’s Witte Ros is fantastic. The decor is warm with deep woods and earth tones. There are working brew kegs displayed inside the rooms. It is a perfect place for afternoon pints when the Amsterdam rain can be a bit of a deterrence for walking around.

Oriental City Voorburgwal 177-179 Amsterdam located in the RLD
One of my favorite foods is Chinese. Having grown up in Vancouver, Canada one can not avoid the abundance of good Chinese restaurants ( there also some reeeeeally horrible ones also but you won’t find me writing here about those). This brings me to my next great find in Amsterdam…located in the RLD this place is full on a rainy Tuesday afternoon – to be honest this place is always busy with tourists and locals alike. Table service is fast and efficient and our server was accommodating to my friends’ less then adventurous request for fries with curry. The food was piping hot and my friends curry evoked a response very similar to what some other customers may have experienced in the RLD! My dim sum was great and reminded me of Vancouver especially with the rain falling outside of our window seat.
They still have smoking in restaurants so be aware of this when choosing a seat, although smoking is being banned through various countries – The Netherlands has not adopted this law – yet.