DUTCH HEAVEN: Golden Chopsticks and Oriental City. How do you say "Thank you! Thank you! You saved my life!" in Chinese?

If you have been living in Amsterdam for more than six hours chances are that you are already sick and tired of sandwiches for lunch. The problem is: it could take you another six months to find a decent alternative.
And by decent I mean something that in any other European capital would be considered just normal:
- a restaurant open at lunch time
- a proper menu where food is not only served cold and on bread.
- a normal selection of warm dishes, for God's sake. Not only THE omelette and THE bloody soup of the day, which by the way is almost every day the same tomato soup, since it's the cheapest to make.
- somebody who doesn't show up after 30 minutes that you've been sitting there, asking you "do you want to look at the menu?".
- not ridiculously overpriced.

Well, it took me a while but I found two restaurants that saved my life here in Amsterdam and that tick all the boxes: Golden Chopsticks and Oriental City, both on the Oude Doelenstraat, a couple of minutes walk from Dam Square.
You can't miss Oriental City, a huge corner restaurant on two floors. Probably the best Dim Sum in town, fast service and excellent prices.
But the real gem is Golden Chopsticks, on the ground floor. Neon lights and a look that reminds me more of Bulgaria than China, but the food is absolutely fantastic (try the noodle soup - nr 6 - or the fried rice - nr. 24), service is excellent and superfast (thank you, my dear Chinese waitresses) and it's also reasonably priced.

No brain-dead Dutch waitresses in sight (aaah, thank you! thank you!), no bread in the menu (thank you! thank you! thank you!), no excruciating waiting times and proper warm, tasty restaurant food.
Yes, it's f***ing possible.

Comments

[Paolo]

Wow... nice to see it stated to properly, been here for more than 15 years.. en het klopt allemaal...!