29.11.12

who's good.


















Took a nice long healthy walk today like a good boy. Above: a view from the library. Below, mmm...somewhere on Prins Hendrikkade.


















I was walking just to be walking, outside, during the day, but I had of course forethoughtedly already rewarded myself by destinationizin' wisely.























I returned home with what is probably the only reasonable approximatation of American-style pastrami in Amsterdam (just 100 grams' worth) and a mackerel. But they do have some things we should maybe get for Ameland (a petite wheel of smoked camembert, for example)...

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

How do you rate that pastrami? Didn't see the smoked camember when I went there to have some of their salm...sounds like a good excuse to visit again :)
Gabriele

MEM said...
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MEM said...

ciao gabriele
well....taste-wise, great. very nice smokiness, good briny tang, not too salty. pretty realistic for europe.

texture-wise...it's extremely lean, like zero fat. and so i missed some juiciness. any juiciness actually.

it was also sliced very thin, which led to an almost papery feel. so the next time, and i imagine there could be a next time, i would ask them to cut thicker slices, and i would yeah add a little fat during the chomping process (mayo or butter i guess).

it's such a great place in theory, but every time i go there i'm just blown away by the prices and end up getting like 1/13th of what i've been fantasizing about on my way over there.

nnnnnnnyway, thanks for stopping by!