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            Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love,
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                <title>Pompa - Italian Bistro</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Set in the Museum Quarter, the restaurant is only a stone's throw from the city's most popular museums and makes an ideal dinnertime stop. It is also fairly reasonably priced in what is otherwise a rather pricey area. The service was friendly, personal and relaxed. More importantly, the food was divine. Good quality, carefully cooked - relaxed dining as it should be on holiday.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Cafe Thijssen, Lindengracht</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Full of character, situated in the trendy Jordaan are. Excellent Dutch apple cake, and a wonderful array of interesting lunchtime snacks with healthy options. Very reasonably priced as well. Sit outside on the canal and watch the world go by...]]></description>
                
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                <title>Butterfly Thai</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[From the outside, it just looks like a bar near the red light district, but this place serves the highest quality Thai food in Amsterdam. The rice noodles are particularly fresh and delicious. Thoroughly recommended!<br><br>The clientele are sometimes very interesting….]]></description>
                
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                <title>Noordermarkt Organic Market (Saturdays)</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[One of the best organic farmer's markets I've ever been to. Amazing cheese, bread, vegetable stalls, even a stall selling all sorts of mushrooms in season (bought some chanterelles and a black truffle last time). Smoked mozzarellas, huge focaccias, stunning veg - a truly superb market. 9am - 4pm Saturdays (the rest of the week it's a flea market).]]></description>
                
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                <title>Happ Hmm</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A restaurant of character and intrigue. Food like your Dutch granny made for you and served promptly and effectively.  The liver and onions had just run out on the specials board as we arrived, so we settled for braised beef, giant meatball, saute pots, cauli and green beans (you select your veg from the specials board). Apple puree, rhubarb and rice pudding custard, rounded off the meal. All in the company of locals (mostly over 70).  All great value for £22 with 2 bottles of beer and an apple sap. Only open of an evening though.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Los Amigos Restaurant</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Great meat feast and happy friendly service.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Restaurants Along # 2 Tram</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Just off the route of the #2 tram lie a number of interesting restaurants, notably, Le 4 Stagioni, a former butcher's shop, with antique tiles portraying the four seasons - le 4 stagioni.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Kilimanjaro</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Yes, I know that Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania, not Ethiopia, but this little eatery specialises in Ethiopian-style dishes - and you can hold the predictable jokes too. <br><br>There's a limited but great-value repertoire here, and on an empty stomach the all-in get-your-hands-dirty dishes are to die for. If there's a group of you, order a variety of mains (all served on a stodgy bed of pancakes) and you can pull off a massive dinner for under 15 Euros per head.]]></description>
                
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                <title>De Kas restaurant</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[In Amsterdam, the former city glasshouse has been restored and turned into the light-filled, airy De Kas restaurant, with smaller glasshouses around the main room used to grow herbs and vegetables. Book for dinner in high summer and start with a glass of champagne flavoured with a basil leaf, followed by delicious, seasonal food like confit duck, grilled fish, fresh salads and tiny jellies made from fresh berries. They serve one daily, five course menu so all you need to do is book a table, turn up and relax - neatly avoiding both menu dilemmas and dinner envy.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Smoked gerring</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Eat smoked gerring with pickled cucumber in a roll.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Try an Indonesian banquet</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Enjoy an Indonesian banquet - spicy, sharp and fresh flavours and a  change for the Guardian-reading Rushlome regular.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Try pea and ham soup</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Always try pea and ham soup - Amsterdam's finest! It's cheap and hearty, and far better for you than the city's other temptations ...]]></description>
                
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                <title>Gregorian Vespers at St Nicholas Church</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Fan of Gregorian chants ? Each Sunday from September to June there are Gregorian Vespers sung by the monks at St Nicholas Church, just 100 yards from Grand Central Station. <br><br>The service starts at 5pm, is open to all and free to attend. Having filled the soul, an easy two-minute stroll will take you to the Bird cafe on Zeedijk 77. Why is this tiny Thai snack bar always frantically busy ? Sit down and try the food. Then you'll understand.]]></description>
                
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                <title>May is the month for white asparagus</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Foodie tip: visit hospitable Amsterdam in May, when restaurants will offer the succulent white asparagus you can never find in the UK.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Try rijsttafel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[You just have to go to an Indonesian Restaurant and order the rijsttafel (banquet) which is a superb, diverse range of Indonesian food that brings your taste buds alive!]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Pancake Bakery</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The Pancake Bakery house in Amsterdam is a must!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Try a takeaway wok</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[You have to try a 'Wok to Walk', they are so addictive and they taste great - I bet once you try one you'll pass this tip on!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Opt for an Indonesian breakfast</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Wait until 10.30am before eating, then order a Rijstaffel at an Indonesian restaurant - a marvellous start to the day.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Da Groene Lantaarn</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Check out Da Groene Lantaarn located on the canal (Bloemgracht 47) in the Jordaan district - this fantastic fondue restaurant is off the main drag, but well worth the trek.<br><br>Every kind of fondue is on offer, but no meal is finished until you have the chocolate fondue. It's a terrifically romantic place, and we were lucky enough to be there in the snow - it holds many happy memories.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Food for vegetarians</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Good vegetarian/vegan food at Green Planet, Golden Temple and the Maoz falafel chain.]]></description>
                
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