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| Lore |
Trio Valore at the London Jazz Cafe!As loads of you are travelling to London for the SM gig in November, I thought I'd pass on another concert tip for those of you who'll still be in London on the 30th: Trio Valore at the London Jazz Cafe. Should be good and the first round's on me
http://www.myspace.com/triovaloreinc Lore x |
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| dream attack |
Re: Trio Valore at the London Jazz Cafe!
I'm afraid their rendition of "Dam Square" isn't too authentic! EVERY time I walk across the Dam I usually hear "Pssst! Pssst! Charlie, XTC?" or "Excuse me! Could you spare me an Euro?"!
Anyway, good luck with the gig. 
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| Lore |
Well the Dam better be ready for when I hit the town there in two weeks!
Any good after-gig drinking holes near Paradiso, that you can recommend
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| dforbes |
I love the bar at the American Hotel Lore...
 
Did you get my card yet auld yin? |
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| Lore |
Well that's probably where we'll end up, as the rest of the gang wants to sneak a peek at where the Weller fella's staying  ... I'm just gonna corner him in Brussels 
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| dforbes |
There's a brilliant reataurant on Nieuwspiegelstraat too.
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| dream attack |
Nieuwe Spiegelstraat. Which one, Derek? Pasta e Basta? |
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| dream attack |
I'd suggest that you try either Bourbon Street or The Last Waterhole, both are in the Leidseplein area, where The Paradiso's located. http://www.bourbonstreet.nl/ http://www.waterhole.nl/ Derek's suggestion of the Bar Americain is also a worthwhile place to visit if you want a chat after the gig in less frenetic surroundings. Nice Art Deco interior too. Not a place if any of you are on a tight budget. http://www.edenamsterdamamericanhotel.com/restaurant.aspx |
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| Lore |
Thanks for the recommendations guys.
Really enjoyed the Bar Americain, lovely place! Great weekend all round 
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| dforbes |
Hooray....  
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| dream attack |
Derek, was it Pasta e Basta you were thinking of? |
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| dforbes |
Can't remember, but it was a set meal, and the restaurant was really plush. The chairs were half round leather armchairs, very comfortable. The decor was contemporary and very chic.
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| FUNFOXYLADY007 |
Yeah he was standin ootside looking in with a greasy fish supper
Del's a fish batterer
Fun 
xxxxx |
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| dforbes |
Aye...and you like yer sole
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| dream attack |
Derek, if you want the VERY best Italian restaurant outside Tuscany on your next visit to Amsterdam and want a VERY romantic experience to boot, get the concierge to book you a 1st floor canal view table at Casa Di David on Singel. It's where baby's get made, divorce lawyers get their future accounts and anyone sitting at these three tables are guaranteed to be laid ... Oops! I mean, of course, to be treated to the finest Italian food you'll have ever savoured.
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| dforbes |
My lovely wife and I may even have been in that restaurant, as we covered every inch of the Singel. We did like the 'Crouching Tiger' on Spui Straat (?). Good Thai food in there. Great wee coffee shop up a small street across from it, that played Hendrix all the time. It's time to go back..
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| FUNFOXYLADY007 |
That's a great idea and lovely Xmas prezzie
Well it's only roon the corner!! Fun I wish it could be Xmas everyday.......sing along xxxx |
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| dream attack |
Never heard of "Crouching Tiger", and didn't see it on any listings when I did a wee search. I rate highly, The Bird on the Zeedijk (beside the RLD and amidst Amsterdam's "China Town"), as Amsterdam's best Thai restaurant. As for the Coffeeshop, well, after giving up a 5-10 gramme a day(!) habit about 6 years back, as well as running a successful space cake/hash brownies business, I can't comment on what that coffeeshop would be! I know that amongst the tourist 'cogniscenti', The Dampkring (featured heavily in Oceans 12) is one of the best respected for the quality and range of their products, but their sister shop"De Tweede Kamer" nearby is equally qualitive, but less frantic. Locals have other hotspots!
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| dforbes |
When I say 'Crouching Tiger'..I mean that as the English translation of the Dutch. It is almost directly across from the NH City Hotel..
Bear Grylls
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| dream attack |
Still no clue, mate! There are loads of restaurants in Madsterdam, as I'm sure you're aware. I tend to avoid the pretencious and poncy, in-today-gone-tomorrow eateries/bars, as I'm sure you do too that come and go, like the daily evacuation of the Amsterdam canals/sewers and stick with those that are here today and even better tomorrow!
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| dforbes |
Kantjil und de Tijger. Spui Straat. Amsterdam.
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| dream attack |
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! Kantjil und de Tijger. That's Indonesian NOT Thai! I'll post you an Atlas, Del! What's the address, again? Derek Forbes, THE BIG Mansion, Ailingrockstarsville, Somewhere, Perthshire, SCOTLAND, PH818283 84GM, The British Isles?
It's an EXCELLENT restaurant! How come it's only the rich and shameless tourists that know their way around the good and the GREAT places in Amsterdam? Is their a special concierge service you can call? Dial-900-famed-musician-concierge-services? Or do SAGA offer a concierge service now too? *runs from a rapidly swung Vigier Passion* (I would actually stand up and try and catch it, if flung!)
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| dream attack |
At YOUR age Derek, allowances HAVE to made, I reckon!
Was the text from your Xmas cards last year along the lines of ... "Hello Doris, Happy Easter 1953. From all your friends at the Alzheimers Society"?
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| Lore |
Kantjil en de Tijger, we went to eat there when I was in Amsterdam for work. Loved it on the evening itself! Too bad the spicy dishes I had (love spicy food), didn't agree with the starting stomach ulcer I apparently had at the time . Sort of ruined the memory of the great food...
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| dream attack |
Too bad, Lore. As a complete off topic (I likes me 'tangents'! ), the colonialisation and/or enslavement (the Dutch WERE, after all, the LAST nation in the Western World to abolish slavery - yet ANOTHER 'proud' Dutch FACT!) of Suriname, The Antilles and Indonesia has brought Roti's ( a kind of pancake served up with curried meat), and Rijstafels to popularity in NL. What's the ethnic colonial food in Belgium? Congonese ???.
As another aside, my ex-Dutch g/f told me that in Belgium, Water Konijn is a delicacy. I believe the English translation means "Water Rabbit", but most know it as Rat! Is that true? I love Brussels at Xmas time ... the food IS great and the Grande Place is unfeckinglybelievable at night all lit-up. As for the rest ... no offence intended ... yawn and snore ...
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| dforbes |
ahhh...but what about TinTin et Milou? Superb. Remy Georges? R.G. or errrr jayyy.. Canny whack it wi' a stick...
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| dream attack |
Do they make up for Hercule Poirot and The Smurfs?
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| dream attack |
Derek, still going to send you an atlas though, pal!
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| dforbes |
Hey ! there's nothing wrong with my history...
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| Lore |
There's hardly been any influence from the colonies on Belgian cuisine... but then again, we did have a cuisine to start with while I can't really imagine any typically Dutch dishes . And besides some grocery stores in the African/Congolese quarter of Brussels, there are hardly any African restaurants. One very good Ethiopian place, though... yummie.
And yep "waterkonijn" or as we call it "muskusrat" (cause it's more of a huge rat than a rabbit) is considered to be a delicacy in some (very small) parts of Flanders, but it's starting to disappear (mainly because only old folk still prepare it). I've been told that it ressembles rabbit, though the meat is a bit tougher. As for Brussels... well, it has its moments. It would be an incredible city if it would get cleaned up and if people felt a bit more pride for their city. But December is probably my favourite month of the year as well: I live in the old city centre, so because of the x-mas market there's a special atmosphere (and I don't really have too much hassle from the tourist overload)... and every day there's a new food/drink stall to try out
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| dream attack |
Thanks for the reply, Lore. I believe that Ethiopia was a former Italian colony, so what's an Ethiopian dish? Dried Antelope with Fettucini?
I was once in Brussels at Xmas and was dismayed about the general dreariness of the place. The back streets and the buildings in the centre were filthy, it reminded me VERY much of poor Parisian suburban backstreets. And, another impression was, the greyness of the skin hues of people on the metro, compared to the 'typical' Dutch ruddy cheeks and blonde hair was a culture shock. One everlasting memory I have was arriving at Brussel's Midi Station and descending into the Metro, where I first enquired, in Dutch, how much a ticket was to the nearest Metro to the Holiday Inn. (I don't speak Dutch, came the reply, in French). Okay, in English, same question. (I don't speak English, came the reply, yet again in French!). My inscenced reply was something along the lines of "Listen, you ignorant fvckwit! We're in the capitol of the EU and you don't speak English and don't speak Dutch? Get a fecking life, retard!"
Anyway, I returned a few months later and stayed near the (formerly named) Heysel Stadium, beside the Atomium. That was a VERY weird experience!!! In most places I’ve visited there are out-of-town shopping malls featuring Pets R Us, Toyz R Us, etc. However, here we found mock cobbled streets lined with “El Ranchero” Mexican-themed bar, “Homer’s Duff Beer Bar” American-themed bar, et al. Okay, the names may be an exaggeration, as my memory is a wee bit addled to the true names 6 or 7 years on, but I clearly recall we ended up in a karaoke bar in this false out-of-town “entertainment mall” around 2 a.m. where we saw 7 or-at-a-push, maybe, 8 year-old girls being shuffled up by their proud parents on stage to warble to renditions of “Simply The Best”, etc. Utterly shocking/depressing! That said. My mate, Bill, went down to Brussels about 6 months ago, on some highly overpaid IT contract. He’s loving it! |
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