Food

Amsterdam is one of the most multicultural cities in Europe, you will find a wide range of foods in the city from Turkish, to Indian, Italian and Chinese.

The Dutch however are well known for eating chips and mayonnaise, but steaks, ribs and home-style meals with loads of vegetables are popular throughout the city.

Febo is the ultimate Dutch fast food, with a very unique way of vending their food. Perhaps enjoy a smoke and a pancake or maybe even munch out on a doughnut (which the Dutch claim to have invented). In the many of the city’s cafes (as opposed to coffee shops) you can find pofferjies (mini-pancake-ish Dutch specialties), croquets, stroopwaffels while on the street you can also find raw herring for the culinary adventurer.

Cheese is also very popular among the Dutch with the most well known being the Edam and Gouda varieties. Many tours visiting Amsterdam for two or more nights will visit a cheese and clog farm where you can see how this tasty local product is made.

Drink

The liquid refreshment the Dutch are most famous for is Heineken beer and for some reason it just tastes better in the city where it originated. This is true nowhere more so than the Heineken Experience at the Heineken Brewery. This is arguably the best interactive brewery tour in the world and a must for any lover of the amber ale. Amstel and Grolsh beers also well known Dutch beer exports. Jenever is a strong Dutch-style gin that is usually consumed as an aperitif before a meal.

Contrary to popular belief Absinth is not widely available in the city, in fact, there is only one bar with a legal licensed to sell authentic absinthe (just off the Dam Square and named ‘Absinthe’ after the drink for which it is known) Other places in Europe you are more likely to see the green fairy include Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic.