Just arrived at the hotel after a long flight. Didn't sleep, haven't slept since waking up at 10 a.m. EST. I'm going to attack this jet lag thing by staying up until proper bedtime. Watched Densha Otoko, Crash, and Red Eye on the flight over. Didn't want to sleep because I snore really bad and didn't want to be the guy sawing logs in economy class. Let someone else take up the gauntlet on that one.
Customs was a snap, as was taking the train from Schiphol Airport to Amsterdam's Central Station. There are plenty of English-language signs, and everyone here seems to speak it, too.
What, you're reading Slice for pizza info? Well, what does it mean when the first foodstuff I smell upon getting off the train in Amsterdam is PIZZA HUT!? Before I even saw it, I knew it from its greasy odor, which I could smell halfway down the escalator from the train platform. Turn the corner, and, sure enough, whoomp, dare 'tis.
Interestingly enough, this Hut was offering a personal size Margherita pizza. You won't find that in the States.
Next to the Hut was a small automat-type place. You put your money in and get food from a little door. One row seemed to be offering something called a Kipburger, which I'm going to check out as soon as I post this and divvy up my euros into daily allowances. (Don't want to walk around an unknown city with all my cash on hand.) Look for the automat post on A Hamburger Today.
Hey -- leave the Pizza Huts in Amsterdam alone. What you want to try -- what fills the same role in there as pizza does here (I'm writing from above Grand Army Plaza: my here is also yours) -- are two places: 1) FEBO -- that automat you mentioned. Served greasy, beautifully-fried snacks. Try the nasi goreng: it's an awesome, incomprehensible little fried packet of noodles and chicken. Imagine a deep-fried, frozen chicken pot-pie with a little ginger, andd that's it. 2) Broodje van Kootje: sandwich shops ("broodje" = "little bread") all over the place. I think there's one on Rembrandtsplein, where you'll inevitably wind up. Try the smoked eel ("gerookte paling") or the raw herring ("nieuw haring"), both w/pickles and onions. You'll thank me.
Jon: I just finished posting a small thing on Febo on A Hamburger Today: Febo. I tried the burger. But that nasi goreng sounds amazing. I'm going to head over to the nearby Febo and see if they have it. I don't recall it, but I might have overlooked it. Thanks!
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Hey -- leave the Pizza Huts in Amsterdam alone. What you want to try -- what fills the same role in there as pizza does here (I'm writing from above Grand Army Plaza: my here is also yours) -- are two places: 1) FEBO -- that automat you mentioned. Served greasy, beautifully-fried snacks. Try the nasi goreng: it's an awesome, incomprehensible little fried packet of noodles and chicken. Imagine a deep-fried, frozen chicken pot-pie with a little ginger, andd that's it. 2) Broodje van Kootje: sandwich shops ("broodje" = "little bread") all over the place. I think there's one on Rembrandtsplein, where you'll inevitably wind up. Try the smoked eel ("gerookte paling") or the raw herring ("nieuw haring"), both w/pickles and onions. You'll thank me.
Slice Jon at 11:34AM on 02/21/06
Jon: I just finished posting a small thing on Febo on A Hamburger Today: Febo. I tried the burger. But that nasi goreng sounds amazing. I'm going to head over to the nearby Febo and see if they have it. I don't recall it, but I might have overlooked it. Thanks!
Adam Kuban at 12:10PM on 02/21/06
I actually have seen the margherita personal pizza in a Pizza Hut at Indiana University
Slice Emily at 3:52PM on 02/22/06