259526 Wed Nov 17 19:18:59 -0800 1999 3 26 International 0 1371931 We are heading to Amsterdam for Y2K. Does anybody know a good restaurant guide book or can anyone throw us a bone for some good grub? Wed Nov 17 19:18:59 -0800 1999 0 Jared & Francesca 1 1371938 We like a little fondue place on a tiny street parallel to the Dam Square. I don't remember the street, but it's just one street away from the Dam Square on the north side (toward the train station), almost exactly north from the center of the Square. It's a tiny, cozy place; you enter at street level and then ascend a steep, narrow staircase to the dining room. Most delightful! The fondues are all of the cheese type, with interesting combinations of cheeses. Try the Appenzeller with Roquefort! There are none of the broth or oil "fondues" that you see here in the States sometimes. The menu contains many non-fondue items also. I'm sorry I can't remember the name of the place, but it starts with "C" and it's about eight letters long. Also - before or after dinner, go to the little genever bar adjacent to the Grand Hotel Krasnopolsky on the east side of the Square. It's been operating in the same room for about 300 years, serving dozens of varieties of the interesting Dutch gins. Good luck - Greg & Martha Fri Nov 19 09:29:59 -0800 1999 1371931 0 Greg and Martha 2 1371983 Many thanks to expat New Yorker Mike Berger (who insists he's moved his family to Amsterdam to get away from Rudy Giuliani) for solving this mystery. Take it away, Mike: "The fondue place is Crignon Fromagerie, Gravenstraat 28, 1012 NM Amsterdam, tel. 31-20-624 64 28 (that would be to call from outside the Netherlands). I doubt that reservations are necessary, but they are closed two days a week, so it wouldn't hurt to call." Sun Jan 16 12:43:18 -0800 2000 1371938 0 Jim Leff 3 1371984 Jim --- How about asking Mike about good places to find a rijstafel in Amsterdam? I mentioned the touristy Bali on Leidsestraat. Then there was the one in the old Jewish neighborhood of A'dam --- maybe called "The Indonesia" (?). Does Mike know that one? Perhaps there are others? I didn't think that that the Sukasari served a rice table. Am I correct? BTW the only rice table I know of in or near Boston is the one served on weekends up at the Andover Inn ( by reservation only) I have not tried it yet. We settled in Amsterdam because of Richard Nixon, so Mike leaving the US behind because of Juliani ( his policies being in accendancy --there are Julianis and Nixons in all cutures including the Dutch) -- makes sense to us. The Dutch people are very accepting of strangers. Please ask him if the A'dam publication "Ins and Outs" still exists. Thanks Tord Mon Jan 17 04:03:48 -0800 2000 1371983 0 Tord Svenson