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Lalibela was the Netherlands' first Ethiopian restaurant and it's still a favourite. You can
drink Ethiopian beer from a half-gourd, and sop up your stews, and egg and vegetable
dishes using
injera
(a spongy pancake) instead of utensils. Trippy African music rounds
out the experience.
(
www.lalibela.nl
;
1e Helmersstraat 249; mains €8-12;
dinner;
1 Jan Pieter
Heijestraat)
9
Blue Pepper
€€€
Chef Sonja Pereira elevates Indonesian cuisine to art in her dramatic blue dining room.
The exquisite
rijsttafel
(Indonesian banquet) includes an array of Pacific Rim-influenced
dishes such as crackly crab, lamb saté, grilled scallops with tropical fruit, blue pears and
coconut flan. Vegetarians options abound, too.
(
INDONESIAN
489 70 39;
www.restaurantbluepepper.com
;
Nas-
saukade 366; set menus €53-70;
dinner;
;
3/12 Overtoom)
10
Hap Hmm
€
TRADITIONAL DUTCH
Elsewhere €8 might buy you a bowl of soup, but at this wood-panelled neighbourhood
place, it might buy an entire dinner: simple Dutch cooking (soup, plus meat, veggies and
potatoes), served on stainless-steel dishes.
(
www.hap-hmm.nl
;
1e Helmersstraat 33; mains €8-11;
4.30-8pm Mon-Fri;
3/12 Overtoom)
11
Renzo's
€
ITALIAN
Renzo's deli dishes out most of its pesto-y pastas, thickly cut sandwiches and omelettes
for takeaway, though don't be shy about tucking in at the whitewood tables and benches
on the miniterrace.
(
673 16 73;
www.renzos.nl
; Van Baerlestraat 67; items per 100g €1.50-3.25;
11am-9pm;
3/5/12/16/24 Museumplein)
12
Restaurant Elements
€€
INTERNATIONAL
