eG Foodblog: Chufi - Shopping and cooking in Amsterdam

[Chufi]

We went out to dinner, to restaurant De Compagnon, a very small restaurant in a little alley just off the Warmoesstraat. Here's what we had:

brill with truffle sauce and truffles

crisp fried sweetbreads on celeriac mash

porcini crusted scallops

steak with roasted garlic sauce and wild pigeon with truffle sauce.

It was a lovely dinner, full of good, classic flavours. With it we had a Cote Rotie 1997 that made us very happy:

And afterwards, a chocolate mousse that ended up looking horrid in the picture..

After that we went to one of my favourite cafe's. If you love beer, and if, like me, you think that tap-beer is superior to beer from a bottle, this is the place to visit: In de Wildeman:

this is the display with all the beers they have on tap:

So, this is the end to my week of blogging. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!

I love my city and I loved showing you some aspects of life here in Amsterdam - and how wonderful it is to be able to live, shop, eat and cook here.

Thanks for sharing my life this week!

this is me.. this evening after dinner.. blurry but happy which is how I feel right now:

Edited February 11, 2005 by Chufi (log)

[Behemoth]

too cute! Thanks for doing the blog, it was definitely one of my favorites.

[Swisskaese]

Dank u voor de fantastische blog. Nu moet ik mijn reis naar Amsterdam plannen.

[SobaAddict70]

I'd like to add my voice to the thank-yous as well.

I forgot to mention earlier that there is another Europe-centered blog in the works. Look for it during Easter Week....only eight weeks away. No, I'm not hinting which country. That'd be too easy.

Soba

[Jensen]

Thank you so much for a great week, Chufi, and especially thank you for sharing your recipes too.

[Safran]

Oh Chufi, thank you so very much for this blog. I have come to realize how much work a blog is, and yours came at the right time: it was like a mini-holiday! I really enjoyed the drink-music link also. It IS important!! Again, merci!!! Hope you post the outing you were to have somewhere when it happens. I'll be watching.

[Susan in FL]

Thank you so much for a blog I enjoyed, and for what I learned from you. It was one of my favorites, too!

P.S. I made "your" roasted green beans this week.

[NulloModo]

OK get a grip everybody!! There really is more to Amsterdam than fries   

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Well of course there is, there is the beer, and the pot, and, umm, the beer and the pot ;).

Still, awesome blog, even if it was lacking in debauchery ;).

[chow guy]

Chufi,

It was an outstanding blog...Thank You.

Now I'm going to have to try and make scallops crusted with porcini and crisp sweetbreads with celeriac mash. My mouth was watering looking at the pictures.

[andiesenji]

Chufi,

I have followed your blog with great delight. I have never visited Amsterdam but now I feel that my life will not be complete unless I see your lovely city and taste some of the amazing foods that you have shown in your photos.

You are truly a wonderful ambassador for your city and country.

Thank you so much for letting us visit with you for the week, it has been absolutely inspiring.

Andie