WINE DINE & TRAVEL MAGAZINE FALL 2013
Premiere issue. WDT explores Amsterdam, the Anne Frank House, walking Hadrian's Wall, a visit to Guadalupe Valley Wine Country, and the Home Ranch for dudes in Colorado. A review of Addison restaurant in San Diego and chef William Bradley.
Premiere issue. WDT explores Amsterdam, the Anne Frank House, walking Hadrian's Wall, a visit to Guadalupe Valley Wine Country, and the Home Ranch for dudes in Colorado. A review of Addison restaurant in San Diego and chef William Bradley.
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come with several meat dishes. Go hungry because you’ll be looking<br />
at 10 to 25 spicy dishes.<br />
We decided to give it a try on a Sunday, our last full day in Amsterdam.<br />
When we asked our concierge to make reservations, he<br />
explained that most of the popular restaurants that featured the<br />
dish were closed on Sundays.<br />
We sadly accepted the fact and headed to the city center to have<br />
a last look around. Our stroll through the rainy, but busy streets<br />
took us to a narrow stretch by a canal that was bordered on one<br />
side by a vast array of tulip and floral shops. Just as the rain<br />
paused, we both spied a small restaurant with a sign in the window<br />
that said “Rijsttafel.”<br />
We approached knowing that it would be closed. But no! There<br />
were people inside who were happily eating from many small<br />
dishes in front of them. We walked in an enjoyed a seemingly<br />
never ending parade of exotically spiced dishes. It was a delicious<br />
way to end our day … and our trip to amazing Amsterdam.<br />
Left: Hundreds of visitors line up to get tickets. Buy<br />
them online and save yourself the wait.<br />
Top: Street waffle shop near the Van Gogh Museum.<br />
IT’S DUTCH TO ME<br />
If you’re like most us, when you<br />
think of Holland you think of<br />
windmills, tulips, little Dutch girls<br />
with wooden shoes and Heineken beer.<br />
Although the country is not Holland<br />
the locals frequently fall back on the<br />
international misconception that it is.<br />
Even the official government website is<br />
Holland.com because it’s a cooler brand<br />
than Netherlands and that is what most<br />
people search for when looking to visit<br />
the country.<br />
Many from the Netherlands find it’s<br />
easier just to say they’re from Holland<br />
than have to explain what we’re trying<br />
to explain here. And then it gets even<br />
more confusing because in America we<br />
call them Dutch, and they speak Dutch<br />
but really live in the country of the<br />
Netherlands not Deutschland – which is<br />
Germany where they speak Deutsch. But<br />
the folks in Amsterdam do live in Holland<br />
– not the country, but the province<br />
of Holland in the country of Netherlands<br />
where they all speak Dutch.<br />
To review: The country that includes<br />
Amsterdam is the Netherlands, its people<br />
are Dutch, and they speak Dutch.<br />
There is no country called Holland, but<br />
there are provinces of North and South<br />
Holland. Got it?<br />
By the way, you don’t pronounce the “s”<br />
in Netherlands.<br />
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