zondag 11 februari 2018

Stoom afblazen in de oude Honig fabriek




Steam, beer and bites. That sounded quite inviting. Looking up the menu from the internet prices were okay too. After a long day, tired and no energy left to sit in a restaurant for an hour, or head into to town we decided to take the chance. Never ever make the mistake op stopping at a McDonalds after a long day when you are tired. I've always learned that in that particular moments it's when you need good food the most. Carbs, veggies and proteins.




But it said steam, beer and bites. Hm, okay. Maybe it was one of those burgerbars, we thought for a second, well it wasn't.

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zaterdag 10 februari 2018

De Vliegende Hollander Middelburg





801 jaar Middelburg

300 beers in bottle, 16 local beers from draft.





Domburgsch Bier en Melk Lokaal - Zeeland





Germans everywhere. Sometimes I have a thing in common with the Germans. It's the carnival season and as always the Germans who want to escape that madness come to our lovely Dutch seaside. I had that idea too this Saturday.

After a cold but very energising long walk on the beach of Zoutelande. It was a windy but very sunny day and it had snowed the day before. Cold hands and noses, but it was exactly what I needed after having worked almost every day since the beginning of 2018. I love the seaside, either Zoutelande or Cadzand where I spent all my summer holidays as a kid.

After 2 hour walk on the beach, we hopped in the car to find ourselves a place to lunch. Luckily we stopped for a quick lunch in the small town Westkapelle on our way to Domburg. Because Domburg was totally taken over by German tourists, and then jeez, the lunch restaurants. It might be a rich beach town but please show me one good restaurant. Either it's fish and ships or the standard lunch menus with croquettes at not so standard prices.

At the end of the main road, we were turning around to head back to the car, as we had lunch already anyway, we spotted a place called the Domburgsch Bier en Melk Lokaal. Beer and milk, that could be interesting.

We just found a pearl in one of the Zeeland's mussels.







vrijdag 9 februari 2018

Herbal Non Alcoholic Cocktail Recipe




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woensdag 7 februari 2018

Schell Schokoladenmanufaktur - Kerstpakkettenbeurs 2018






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vrijdag 26 januari 2018

When cheap goes posh




Tuscany and Sicily slow food pairing



Hand cut 24 months ripened Prociutto Toscano from Antica Macelleria Nutini (Lucca) who carefully selects the right pigs. These semi wild pigs live in the Garfagnana hills above Lucca and grow upto 250 kilograms before the hams are lightly seasons.

A great bite of meat, of pure meat where seasoning is added just for the ripening process, not for the overwhelming peppers covering up the true taste. 

An extremely powerful combination when eaten together with the very milky organic black pepper sheep cheese Piccantino del Belice from Zootecnica Filippo Palazzolo in Sicily. It's pure and earthy creaminess is contrasting so well with the tuscan ham.

Did somebody say wine? 

What you would need here is a light bodied and young Merlot o Sangiovese. The ham and cheese are powerful and need to be accompanied by a wine used to those tasting notes. Not washing them away, nor trying to make you want to drink more wine, but the perfect juicy wine that makes you want to eat more prosciutto and pecorino.  



dinsdag 23 januari 2018

Supermarket €6 Merlot battle, part I







maandag 22 januari 2018

Where to buy good olive oil?


Where to buy good olive oil?




It has become a tricky business, the EVO business. Extra Vergine d'Oliva olive oil, once an Italian artisanal patrimony, now taken over by traders and industry. Or is there some positive news? Yes there is.



zondag 21 januari 2018

Italian hazelnut porter beer



zondag 14 januari 2018

Restaurant Klein Hartenstein Arnhem





Looking for a lunch, a decent lunch.
zaterdag 13 januari 2018

Piccolini Zwolle









This Saturday I stumbled upon Piccolini's in Zwolle Overijssel. A very enthousiast Dutch owner told me that she runs this shop for four years now. As many she started by importing some fine Italian products on the backseat of the car after a summer holiday in Italy. But unlike many she has grown out to be a real well organised shop with lots of exclusive goodies.

You will find Bresca Dorada's marmelades from Sardinia, cheeses from Piedmont and some of the finest wines. I bought myself some treats for my own 'piccolini' who had a swimming competition nearby and could use some carbs and sugars. My kids just adore these Mulino Bianco cookies. Okay, they are industrial cookies made by this huge Barilla owned company, but their are good and they are almost as part of the Italian baking heritage as cookies made by your nonna. Also they banned palm oil and artificial ingredients completely and lowered their sugars on most of their vast cookie assortment.

Which Mulino Bianco cookies are your favorite?

You can buy different tipes of them at an honest retail price in Zwolle. I am sure you won't leave this fine shop just on the outer ring of the historical city center of Zwolle with only cookies.

Piccolini Zwolle, a shop for the whole family





This Saturday I stumbled upon Piccolini's in Zwolle Overijssel. A very enthousiast Dutch owner told me that she runs this shop for four years now. As many she started by importing some fine Italian products on the backseat of the car after a summer holiday in Italy. But unlike many she has grown out to be a real well organised shop with lots of exclusive goodies.

You will find Bresca Dorada's marmelades from Sardinia, cheeses from Piedmont and some of the finest wines. I bought myself some treats for my own 'piccolini' who had a swimming competition nearby and could use some carbs and sugars. My kids just adore these Mulino Bianco cookies. Okay, they are industrial cookies made by this huge Barilla owned company, but their are good and they are almost as part of the Italian baking heritage as cookies made by your nonna. Also they banned palm oil and artificial ingredients completely and lowered their sugars on most of their vast cookie assortment.

Which Mulino Bianco cookies are your favorite?

You can buy different tipes of them at an honest retail price in Zwolle. I am sure you won't leave this fine shop just on the outer ring of the historical city center of Zwolle with only cookies.





woensdag 10 januari 2018

Horecava 2018 - dag 3





De resultaten van 


dinsdag 9 januari 2018

Bellavita Expo Amsterdam 2018 — Day 2














Horecava 2018 dag 2










maandag 8 januari 2018

Bellavita Expo Amsterdam 2018 - Day 1




What better way to start this years





woensdag 3 januari 2018

Van Eyck Wijnkelders Helmond