Uit de Keuken

We’re back in Amsterdam for a week to celebrate the birthdays of my brother and father-in-law who were born on the same day but 45 years apart. Or actually we’re not back in Amsterdam because we’re sleeping over at grandpa and grandma’s who live just outside Amsterdam in a little village called Oostzaan. 

Today my oldest and I were on our way to the dentist when she called in sick leaving us with a couple of hours free time in Amsterdam. We, or I of course, decided to go and visit our old neighborhood to check out how everything is holding up there. It’s changing quickly, in a good way with lots of new developments in the area behind our house.

A street behind our old house they are transforming old tram sheds into a cool new place with tv studio’s, a cinema, a hotel, a denim lab, a food market and all kind of other cool stuff. It’s opening later this week. Too late unfortunately for us to visit, but we go and have lunch on a little terrace on the other side of the road overseeing all the construction activities at “De Hallen”.

Uit de keuken is a lovely little place I’ve been eying ever since it opened a year or so ago. Never had a chance to go here until now and regretting not sitting down here before! Lovely lentil and zucchini salad for me and for her a chocolate spread sandwich. Wandering across the neighborhood we both really miss this place.