Restaurant Spy - Netherlands

Paloma Blanca, Marokkaanse Restaurant, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:18:24 +0000

Address:
Jan Pieter Heyestraat 145 1054 MG Amsterdam

Review:

This area of Amsterdam corresponds approximately to Green Lanes in London, and there's a high proportion of Turkish and Arabic food. Despite the Italian name, Paloma Blanca is Moroccan. We both chose a tagine: L had fish, potatoes, green and red peppers; I had lamb, roast almonds and prunes. The owner warned us it would take 30 minutes and brought bread, olives and fish paste to keep us entertained while we waited. With a bottle of Tunisian Syrah as well, the 30 minutes passed swiftly, and our food arrived when promised and piping hot. So hot in fact that we couldn't actually eat anything for a few minutes, so we sat back happily and just inhaled.

Con-fusion, Postjesweg 107 1057 DT Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:06:51 +0000

Address:
Postjesweg 107 1057 DT Amsterdam

Review:

Oh you have to be so careful when choosing a name for your restaurant; it can so easily become a hostage to fortune. It was obviously considered quite a witty name for a restaurant/bar serving fusion food, but the joke soon wears thin. We hadn’t booked and they were full, so we agreed to sit and wait for a table. After about 20 minutes one became free, we got the menu and ordered some drinks. About 5 minutes after we’d ordered our food, the waiter came back and said the monkfish was sold out, so L ordered something else. After another 5 minutes the waiter came back and said, no, the monkfish was on again. So we sat and waited.