Winkel**

After a busy weekend and a bad experience in the Albert Heijn on Saturday I vowed this week not to visit Albert Heijn. The worst supermarket chain in Europe, who unfortunately have the monopoly on every street in Amsterdam. So Saturday evening we had friend's round for dinner with all produce from the market and Marqt, Sunday and Monday was food from the cupboard then Tuesday an impromptu bite at the Winkel on the Nordermarkt.

Winkel is an unassuming eetcafe. No pretense, no nonsense but still attention to detail and service, busy but not overcrowded. It's really cosy, as the locals would say 'gezellig'.

After a crazy day at work my partner and I met at Winkel around 9.30pm and were promptly greeted by the lone barman/ waiter. The menu was pretty straight forward but perfect when thinking the act of having to buy the ingredients at the AH made me smile. We skipped over the starters, there was a choice of 6 main courses. My partner went for a stuffed crepe of vegetables and I plumped for fried halibut with potato mash and a parsley oil. The plates were on our table in ten minutes. We demolished both. The food that is, not the crockery. I still had room for a huge slice of the Winkel's famous home made Apple Cake. Delicious.

Total: E35 with a couple of glasses of house red.

It's another thing I love about Amsterdam. There are numerous neighbourhood eetcafe serving decent food at a fair price. At the weekend Winkel's great location on the market makes it the perfect place to watch the world go by on the terrace. For a weekday simple bite I'll be stopping by again.


Winkel
Nordermarkt 43
http://www.winkel43.nl/

Food: ***
Service: ***