Chocdoc Flying High in Amsterdam

**ElsieD** · February 17, 2020

That all looks delicious, but the noodles are calling my name.

rotuts · February 17, 2020

so Nice

so, so many thanks

for the pics so far.

are you gong to be able to

fined a Fine Rice Table ?

top or just below the top one ?

nice Id think

so many pics of this would be appreciated !

Charge Your Batteries !

Edited February 17, 2020 by rotuts (log)

kayb · February 17, 2020

5 hours ago, ElsieD said:

Before the Euro, they used to separate guilders and centen with an apostrophe in the same way we place a period between dollars and cents. Looks like they are writing their prices the same way as in pre-euro days.

4 hours ago, Porthos said:

Here in the US we use the decimal point as the radix (integer to fraction) separator. Europe uses the comma.

I was referring to the "Tosti's" and "Panini's". Using an apostrophe incorrectly in the plural/possessive/contraction categories is my pet grammar peeve.

ETA: The pastries are gorgeous. I'll take two each of the macarons.

Edited February 17, 2020 by kayb (log)

Captain · February 17, 2020

Are the condoms particularly good? Asking for a friend...

Kerry Beal · February 17, 2020

7 minutes ago, Captain said:

Are the condoms particularly good? Asking for a friend...

So we had a good wander through the store tonight - it states carefully that these are purely for 'decorative purposes' and that they will give you a regular condom with every purchase.

They also have the most delightful condom sizing video - it's hilarious - I'll bet it's available online on the stores website.

Kerry Beal · February 18, 2020

The hotel has breakfast

Looks like I missed the other side pic with the hot food

Anna N · February 18, 2020

2 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Looks like I missed the other side pic with the hot food

Looks like a substantial breakfast. Gotta love those little liverwurst chubs.

Kerry Beal · February 18, 2020

de koffie schenkerij

a coffee shop in the oldest building in Amsterdam - recommended by the delightful husband of the delightful owner of Cacao and Spice - a wonderful little chocolate shop square in the middle of the red light district

3 of us shared a piece of pie with a bit of whipped cream

BeeZee · February 18, 2020

Looks like a plate of whipped cream with a side of pie😍, appropriate ratio...

rotuts · February 18, 2020

Wha are in the little ' Eru' packets ?

cheese spread ?

thanks for the Menu BTW

Kerry Beal · February 18, 2020

1 hour ago, rotuts said:

Wha are in the little ' Eru' packets ?

cheese spread ?

thanks for the Menu BTW

Various cheese spreads

**curls** · February 18, 2020

The Dutch love their whipped cream and other dairy products. Cheese!

Kerry did your hotel breakfast include smoked fish? Was there a section of sweet bread toppings... chocolate sprinkles, apple syrup, hazelnut spread, etc.? Looks like a nice breakfast selection. Hope you get to show us the rest of it soon.

When does/did your setup for the show start?

Kerry Beal · February 18, 2020

2 hours ago, curls said:

The Dutch love their whipped cream and other dairy products. Cheese!

Kerry did your hotel breakfast include smoked fish? Was there a section of sweet bread toppings... chocolate sprinkles, apple syrup, hazelnut spread, etc.? Looks like a nice breakfast selection. Hope you get to show us the rest of it soon.

When does/did your setup for the show start?

Didn’t see fish but yes to sprinkles - Apparently missed that picture

set up tomorrow

Kerry Beal · February 18, 2020

A few assorted pictures from our travels yesterday and today.

Couple of XL big green eggs cooking inside.

Automat

Rubber duckie store.

Some days it's hard to keep your boat afloat!

amongst the cobblestones in the red light district - a young girl was kicking and jumping on it - what does it say that her parental units didn't seem to have an issue with that? Bianca and I were both inclined to put her over our knee.

Kerry Beal · February 18, 2020

Lunch today at Ivy and Bros

Chicken salad

baked quesadillas

avocado toast

Open faced ham and cheese

rotuts · February 18, 2020

looks like

I'm going to have to get out more.

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Kerry Beal · February 18, 2020

We cabbed out to Chocolate Makers this afternoon - we were unexpected, the owners were on holiday this week so we dropped in on the rest of the staff who, once they figured out why we were there, were very accommodating (and quite relieved when they figured out we knew something about chocolate and they didn't have to explain from scratch).

roaster

spare roaster

someone gives you another roaster - you can't turn it down!

winnower

with the exception of the gas for the roaster - they are entirely independent with solar and sell some back to the grid

Melangers

Holding tanks

holding tanks get moved around on a pallet truck

In another room we have the automatic tempering machines with depositor, automatic mold loader and cooling tunnel.

Dedicated selmi with depositing head that can handle added nibs.

Wrapper

out the front of the factory they have quite the view of the new harbour - best seen from the top floor

Couldn't resist a picture of this silk screen.

rotuts · February 18, 2020

OK

what exactly is this :

something is ground at the top ?

Kerry Beal · February 18, 2020

Stopped in to Joselito - a spanish tapas spot. This guy was on the chair next to me - not terribly friendly and I have to holes in my hand to prove it!