The Best Places To Eat In Amsterdam According To Anahita Dhondy

Coming onto travel, Anahita believes that travelling exposes you to a whole new culinary culture as not only you get to experience and learn about another style of cooking, but also local ingredients, spices, plating and lot more. And she’s always happy to share her travel and culinary experiences with everyone. Therefore, in a very food-focused chat with Runway Square writer – Karishma Gulyani, she shares her tryst with the exceptionally effortless food scene of Amsterdam.

Runway Square: What attracted you to choose Amsterdam as your holiday destination?
Anahita Dhondy: It’s a beautiful city where you can walk all around and then, some of the best cheese in the world comes from this city. And since, cycling, walking and eating were a priority, Amsterdam was a perfect fit.

Runway Square: How would you describe your experience in Amsterdam?
Anahita Dhondy: From the small bars at the canal side to the local restaurants – I loved them all. Though my favourite were the parks around the city where people would just be lounging around.

Runway Square: Which were most extraordinary culinary experiences in Amsterdam?
Anahita Dhondy: We had the most exceptional culinary experience at Merkelbach, a local seasonal Michelin Star restaurant. But the picnic at Vondelpark with a bottle of wine and some local spelt bread and cheese was truly charming and relaxing.

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At Upstairs Pannenkoekenhuis , Image Courtesy: @anahitadhondy/Instagram

Runway Square: What were your favourite places for quintessential Dutch fries and pancakes?
Anahita Dhondy: For the best pancakes, Upstairs Pannenkoekenhuis. Don’t miss their seasonal option which was the delicious strawberries and cream when we visited. And for fries, Mannekin Pis. I really liked it with their Samurai sauce.

Anahita’s Travel Tip: Don’t miss the Van Gogh and Rijksmuseum. But the best bit about Amsterdam is that you can just always stroll around and/or find a cute bar to have a local beer!

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