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DBMA: Feeding Tourists – Part III

And because I somewhat promised the last part, here’s a picture of the best food we had during our stay on the island of Texel.

It’s from a restaurant in De Koog, which name I didn’t jot down, and even the mighty Google seems to have the restaurant positioned somewhere else than I remember it to be. Let’s just say, it’s the only Thai restaurant in De Koog and it’s not in the grizzly Dorpsstraat. You’ll find it.

We were a bit worried because there were barely any people there, and wondered whether it’s the fate of the restaurants that serve the most distinguished food on the island to perish due to their exotic nature. When we walked past the next day, an hour earlier than we’d been there the day before, we were happy to see that our fears were unfounded. The restaurant was packed.

And with this rather happy ending I will conclude my Death By Martini Abroad specials. I hope you had a blast, I know I did. Dank u wel!

Absolutely related:

DBMA: Feeding Tourists – Part I

DBMA: Feeding Tourists – Part II

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DBMA: Feeding Tourists – Part II

In which I tell you about how to feed people on vacation, second part.

DBMA: Feeding Tourists – Part I

When on vacation, people do two things: nothing and eating.

I had actually planned on writing a lengthy essay on the merits and the downsides of being at a place that specializes in feeding these hungry hoards, but after a few paragraphs I came to the conclusion that it would be far too rambling.

So instead, here’s a rundown of a few places we ate during our stay in the Netherlands:

First of all there was Wagamama in Amsterdam. It’s actually a Japanese chain, but I’d never been to one, so we sat and ate:

This is Yaki Udon, which contained all sorts of vegetables, chicken and prawns. I’d never before realized that Udon noodles taste a bit like potatoes.

We also had a starter, which the good people at Wagama like to call a side dish:

Grilled asparagus. I must say, it sounded better on the menu. I guess I’m just not much of an asparagus man.

On Texel, where tourist feeding places are abundant, we had our first dinner at a tex-mex-pizzaplace-asian mixture of a restaurant, aptly named Maxima Classic Grill Restaurant Argentina. The logical conclusion was for me to have an entrecôte:

It wasn’t the best steak I’d ever had, but hey, it was my vacation and it was meat, so I was happy.

That’s it for today. Come back tomorrow for more detailed stories on what to eat where and why on the isle of Texel.

Wagamama Restaurant Maxima Classic Grill Restaurant Argentina