Meat? A little bit of everything, please.

10 months ago

Did you know you shouldn't patron at restaurants that have menus printed with more than 2 languages? I just made that up. Do whatever you like. But I have noticed places that have elaborate menus, crossing regional borders, and the shiniest glitter to appeal to all sorts of crowds don't really deliver much. All of that just to say that the opposite is just as disappointing at times.

But the story is a little different depending on what you're looking for, right? A quick bite, a snack, a filling meal, a nutritious fuel, or an experience. For example, our first stop wasn't this meaty escape. It was a very promising (soundingly) place not too far from the Amsterdam Hard Rock.

Don't look at the picture above and think I got that there. The place offered an experience, not food. They wouldn't serve lunch for another 2 or 3 hours. Until then, we could, obviously, entertain ourselves with "bites" and drinks. I mean it was a unique restaurant - a fusion of modern and Indian food. Haven't seen one of those, at least good ones, like ever.

Luckily, the weather is quite chirpy. It is so beautiful during this weather and looking for a restaurant during office hours isn't as painful. We walked around quite a few corners that I hadn't seen before. The weather also prompted something sweet and mellow. But aren't I supposed to show you the dessert at the end? Eh, it shows exactly how I felt in the weather. A little fluffy cold cream, a nice and cozy custard with caramel.

After debating if we should just go to one of the spots by the canals or probably hit the not so genuine "genuine pizzeria", it was only the weather that pushed us to keep looking for something else. To be honest, I was starving and could eat absolutely anything. I wasn't opposed to the fancy fusion bites, but they probably didn't have enough stock for my hungry fatass.

The canal always attracts large groups of tourists and the restaurants make best use of the situation. Mediocre food and the signs always have "taped prices". Know what those are? The prices on the signs have been taped over and the new, usually higher, prices are written over the tape. It is a very obvious sign that the food is probably just overpriced frozen garbage. If a restaurant really cared about the food, it'd reflect on the price and they'd have enough to show the changing prices better.

We ended up at a steakhouse. Why? It was quiter and a little away from the canal so probably emptier.

It's the first steakhouse I've been to in Amsterdam that looks like it. But I haven't been to too many places in the Netherlands so it's very obvious I haven't seen anything at all. Beautiful red saloons, a bar, smelled of bbq, and my hungry face. Menu was in four languages and plenty of tape on the signs and on the menu.

The meat grill mix made the most sense. Ribs, wurst, chicken fillet, kebab and a steak with fries and rice. 800 grams of antihunger mix packed onto a aluminium box with coals under it. Absolutely delicious. And very filling. Had to take some home, too. Then again, to a hungry man even a branch of tree would feel delicious. The rest of the thoughts are just philosophy that he could care less about. I mean, the empanadas tasted more like the cardboard box it came in than empanadas itself. Reiterates my point, I guess.

There wasn't any hot sauce, though. No tobasco nor A1. Very weird that a steakhouse doesn't have hot sauce, no?