Dutch food? We were thinking nothing fancier than croquettes, fresh herring, or some delightfully aged Gouda. What a pleasant surprise then that on a weekend trip to Amsterdam recently, we found De Kas.
The restaurant is a converted greenhouse that used to be an abandoned municipal nursery. You dine under a glass ceiling in the middle of the greenery of Frankendael Park. And the food is freshly picked from the De Kas gardens.
We must admit that with press credentials, we got the royal treatment. This included a tour of the gardens by the manager and box seats in the kitchen to watch our food cooking. But in the full interest of disclosure, we paid our own way and the set menu ensured that the whole restaurant was eating alike.
Here’s our story, broadcast on Deutsche Welle in June.
Many thanks to johnnymobasher for the great photo of the De Kas kitchen, and sonicwalker for the food and champaigne pics.
