12th Nov - Chinese Food and Chinese Dance
For our Michelin-starred restaurant in Amsterdam, we visited Sichuan Food, specialising in Chinese food, surprise, surprise.
In an area of Amsterdam, just off the Koningsplein, it's a fairly unassuming place from the street, but well presented inside and with excellent service. We chose a 4-course Royal Menu (30Euro/pp) and had a series of very delicate flavours. Commencing with mixed steamed dumplings, followed by the most devine grilled sole (fish) with very fine egg noodles, then a combined main of beef in a bird's nest and chicken gang pow (which certainly had some punch!), then we had fresh fruit to finish it off. There was a lovely atmosphere and it was obviously well recommended on UK websites as we could hear a lot of English spoken. Although the food was great, the Flower Drum would easily be rated three michelin stars.
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For those into wine we had a bottle of Saint-Veran Prestige. The Saint-Veran appellation was created in 1971 for white wines made from the Chardonnay grape in south Burgundy, between the Maconnaise and Beaujolais, to include much of the wine that was once sold as Beaujolais Blanc.
Wrapping up our Chinese theme, we saw some experimental dance acts at OT301 again (5 Euro) including a very good tap dancer (Chinese origin) who did improvisation to an electric guitar playing accompaniest.
http://squat.net/overtoom301/pages/home.html
Then on Friday we saw Shen Wei Dance company at the Music/Concert Hall (20 Euro/pp) which is also Chinese and also quite experimental. The company of about 12 dancers, who dance for an hour on an enormous white canvas on the floor and periodically dance with some paint on their hands, making a completely unique piece of art with each performance.
http://www.shenweidancearts.org/
In an area of Amsterdam, just off the Koningsplein, it's a fairly unassuming place from the street, but well presented inside and with excellent service. We chose a 4-course Royal Menu (30Euro/pp) and had a series of very delicate flavours. Commencing with mixed steamed dumplings, followed by the most devine grilled sole (fish) with very fine egg noodles, then a combined main of beef in a bird's nest and chicken gang pow (which certainly had some punch!), then we had fresh fruit to finish it off. There was a lovely atmosphere and it was obviously well recommended on UK websites as we could hear a lot of English spoken. Although the food was great, the Flower Drum would easily be rated three michelin stars.
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For those into wine we had a bottle of Saint-Veran Prestige. The Saint-Veran appellation was created in 1971 for white wines made from the Chardonnay grape in south Burgundy, between the Maconnaise and Beaujolais, to include much of the wine that was once sold as Beaujolais Blanc.
Wrapping up our Chinese theme, we saw some experimental dance acts at OT301 again (5 Euro) including a very good tap dancer (Chinese origin) who did improvisation to an electric guitar playing accompaniest.
http://squat.net/overtoom301/pages/home.html
Then on Friday we saw Shen Wei Dance company at the Music/Concert Hall (20 Euro/pp) which is also Chinese and also quite experimental. The company of about 12 dancers, who dance for an hour on an enormous white canvas on the floor and periodically dance with some paint on their hands, making a completely unique piece of art with each performance.
http://www.shenweidancearts.org/
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Steve and Zena and baby are also enjoying their stay in your house. They have certainly seen a lot of Victoria and promised to tell all of their friends in Amsterdam how great Melbourne is.
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