Eating in Amsterdam
TEAR-OUT GUIDE
A different kind of burger bun at Avocado Show
COMPILED BY AMANDA CANNING, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CATHERINE LE NEVEZ, ABIGAIL BLASI. PHOTOGRAPHS: COURTESY OF THE AVOCADO SHOW. ILLUSTRATION: DOMINIC THOMPSON
The Dutch capital works its spell in many ways - via gabled buildings leaning over canals, and cosy brown cafes where candles burn low and beer froths high. Find your own magic in our guide to its best eating experiences.
AVOCADO SHOW
theavocadoshow.com
A world first, this cafe uses avocado in every dish, often in ingeniously functional ways such as burgers with avocado halves for buns. End with avocado ice cream or sorbet and, to drink, try an avocado daiquiri. No reservations, and cards only.
BALTHAZAR’S KEUKEN
balthazarskeuken.nl
In a former blacksmith’s forge, with a modern-rustic look, this is consistently one of Amsterdam’s top-rated restaurants. The menu philosophy is basically’whatever we have on hand’. That might mean conflt rabbit, orwild sea bass with mushroom risotto, but it’s invariably delectable.