These days, in posh restaurants, they like to do things three ways. They also like serving ‘heritage’ vegetables – the so-called forgotten fruits of our ancestors’ labours. You know what...
At nine o’clock on Wednesday evening, after I’d ploughed my way through garlic soup, garlic prawns and garlic ice cream, I remembered something: I had a dentist appointment first thing...
Since 1st October, I’ve been working four days a week. Well, I say ‘working’; in reality, I work harder on my fifth day (and the sixth day, and the seventh)...
Note: The post below was published in 2009; I went back to Letting a couple of times subsequently (most recently in September 2016) and both the food and service had...
There are certain establishments that lend themselves rather better to post-Friday-night drinking than others. Or – let’s face it – post-any-night drinking. I can’t guarantee the sobriety of my reviewing...
Ok, this is a little lazy of me, but I’m up to my oesophagus in preparation for autumn Hidden Kitchen and getting the Amsterdam Foodie’s new mini-enterprise off the ground…...
One of the lessons confirmed by my Moroccan travels is that drinking less alcohol and not eating bacon/chorizo/other porky goodness makes you lose weight and helps clear your skin. Distressingly...
Those of you who follow my blog will know I have a bit of an obsession with North Africa. I’m not sure why: my blood is as Northern European as...
For a while, I’ve been hinting at the reasons for my blogging about some high-end restaurants in Amsterdam. The result is finally in print: this weekend, my article on the...
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Hi, I’m Vicky! Food writer and certified wine geek. Amsterdammer and digital nomad. British by birth and Dutch by choice.
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