Buonasera Vasso

I visited Italian restaurant Vasso with my sister the other day. We were in the center of Amsterdam walking from Dam Square to an unknown destination. My sis is sometimes more picky than me when it comes to food. Not necessary in how a place looks like, but in a way that you’d like to visit a cool spot where the atmosphere is like you are on a holiday or she rather eat home. I remembered an Italian restaurant a friend Manuela had mentioned. She lived in Italy and mos def knows good food. Vasso near het Spui it is! 

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The Godfather I: Clemenza Spaghetti Sauce

My love surprised me with some Christmas movies and proposed to stay home last Saturday to relax. He didn’t came back with Beethoven, Home Alone, The Holiday or another romantic comedy, but The Godfather Trilogy hahaha.

I never watched it because I thought it was too macho, violent and didn’t want to go into the ‘its-classic-hype’. And yes men love this movie, because of their fantasy being a part of the Maffia haha Well, I’ve learned some things after watching all Godfather’s in a row: Godfather I was very good, loved Sonny, family comes first and Clemenza’s Sugo Casa!

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DIY Linguine Crime: linguine with vongole and gamba’s Scene: De Italiaan, Bosboom Tussaintstraat 29, Amsterdam Investigation: I’m blessed with a good Italian around the corner. An Italian which is packed when great weather occurs. So, I recommend you to make a reservation if you’d like to sit inside or come early in the evening to seize a table and some chairs. Why that popular during warm or sunny days? Except for the fabulous location in one of the most cool streets of Amsterdam, de sunny and cosy terrace a long a popular bicycle route for locals. Or the beautiful trees a long the steet. Of course their great cuisine. The Italiaan has good wooden oven pizza (royally topped), delicious anti pasti, pasta and truffle gnocchi. Actually longing for the linguini a vongole, while writing this… I love their service and eating on the terrace reminds me how happy I am living in Amsterdam in a neighborhood which doesn’t look like Amsterdam btw haha. The whole combination Leads to a lovely experience with family or friends. No chance to visit? In can take care De Italiaan comes to you: Linguine with vongole and gamba’s - Cook 75-100 gr linguine or spaghetti cooked in salted water. Follow the instructions. - Sauté finely chopped garlic (1 per person) in enough olive oil - Add finely sliced chili (2 cm per person), but you need to Check if you like your dish spicy or not and it depends on the chili. - Add a handfull of vongole and a handful of gamba’s per person and some proseco or white wine. - Toss until the vongole opens and gamba is cooked. - Add cooked linguine until te whole dish steams. - Serve and add Parsley to garnish.

DIY Linguine

Crime: linguine with vongole and gamba’s

Scene: De Italiaan, Bosboom Tussaintstraat 29, Amsterdam

Investigation: I’m blessed with a good Italian around the corner. An Italian which is packed when great weather occurs. So, I recommend you to make a reservation if you’d like to sit inside or come early in the evening to seize a table and some chairs.

Why that popular during warm or sunny days? Except for the fabulous location in one of the most cool streets of Amsterdam, de sunny and cosy terrace a long a popular bicycle route for locals. Or the beautiful trees a long the steet. Of course their great cuisine.

The Italiaan has good wooden oven pizza (royally topped), delicious anti pasti, pasta and truffle gnocchi. Actually longing for the linguini a vongole, while writing this…

I love their service and eating on the terrace reminds me how happy I am living in Amsterdam in a neighborhood which doesn’t look like Amsterdam btw haha. The whole combination Leads to a lovely experience with family or friends.

No chance to visit? In can take care De Italiaan comes to you:

Linguine with vongole and gamba’s
- Cook 75-100 gr linguine or spaghetti cooked in salted water. Follow the instructions.
- Sauté finely chopped garlic (1 per person) in enough olive oil
- Add finely sliced chili (2 cm per person), but you need to Check if you like your dish spicy or not and it depends on the chili.
- Add a handfull of vongole and a handful of gamba’s per person and some proseco or white wine.
- Toss until the vongole opens and gamba is cooked.
- Add cooked linguine until te whole dish steams.
- Serve and add Parsley to garnish.

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Crisis Snack Bruschetta is one of the most popular snacks at dinner parties and picnics. Why? Because it’s easy to make. Just google and you’ll find tons of variations. You’ll impress people without spending a lot of time or money.So, buy some ciabatta (I prefer using ciabatta instead of a baguette), Roma (plum) tomatoes or grape tomatoes (beacuse its sweeter than the ‘regular’ tomatoes), good olive oil (you probably have some in your kitchen), mozzarella if you like, fresh basil, garlic, salt and pepper. Toast slices of bread in a toaster, rub garlic on them, put a spoon finely sliced tomatoes (just tastes better than chunks of chopped tomatoes) on the toast, drizzle olive oil on them, put slices of mozzarella with chopped fresh (or dry ) basil, spice it up with oregano if you like tadaaa…. If your a skilled bargain shopper, you won’t spend over 5 Euro! If you’d like to taste awesome bruschetta, order at L’Angoletto, Hemonystraat 18, Amsterdam or go to Italy!

Crisis Snack

Bruschetta is one of the most popular snacks at dinner parties and picnics. Why? Because it’s easy to make. Just google and you’ll find tons of variations. You’ll impress people without spending a lot of time or money.So, buy some ciabatta (I prefer using ciabatta instead of a baguette), Roma (plum) tomatoes or grape tomatoes (beacuse its sweeter than the ‘regular’ tomatoes), good olive oil (you probably have some in your kitchen), mozzarella if you like, fresh basil, garlic, salt and pepper.

Toast slices of bread in a toaster, rub garlic on them, put a spoon finely sliced tomatoes (just tastes better than chunks of chopped tomatoes) on the toast, drizzle olive oil on them, put slices of mozzarella with chopped fresh (or dry ) basil, spice it up with oregano if you like tadaaa…. If your a skilled bargain shopper, you won’t spend over 5 Euro!

If you’d like to taste awesome bruschetta, order at L’Angoletto, Hemonystraat 18, Amsterdam or go to Italy!

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