Lets Go Dutch

Advantages: quick, friendly service, huge panckes, good vlue
Disadvantages: Not much on main menu if you don't like pancakes

...Pancakes should be simple to make since they are only flour, egg and milk right? Well I do like pancakes and not just on Shrove Tuesday but very rarely make them myself. When I fancy a fix I will go to a pancake house or creperie. I have fond memories of the Pancake Place in Scotland and the now sadly gone Dutch Pancake House in Manchester. Now I am in London I do not have to go without my pancake fix as I have discovered My Old Dutch Pancake House. My Old Dutch Pancake House is a mini chain of Pancake Houses with branches in Holborn Central London, Ealing and Chelsea with a new one in Kensington recently opened. I've only visited the Holborn one but if the others are as good I would happily visit them if I was in the area. The Holborn branch is super easy to find, as it is located on High Holborn just two minutes walk from...

duskmaiden 06.05.2009 · Read review
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A Dutch of Class

Advantages: Dutch Hospitality
Disadvantages: Average space in economy

...comfortable. In flight entertainment was supplied with seat back LCD screens and a limited supply of movies to watch. The level of service was above average with typical Dutch hospitality and friendliness. The main meals were typical airline food though, nothing special but still eadible. One amusing sight was the choice of early morning snack, a choice between a “pot noodle” or a chocolate ice cream ! I could understand one or the other but the choice, ah well. Schipol is one of the nicer airports to transfer though however, it is sometimes subject to delays going in and out. Although supposedly not as bad this year, it did have a terrible reputation for losing or delaying luggage. But this fortunately didnt happen to me. My luggage was booked straight through so no carting it around, yipee ! On the way back as is...

ultras67 19.09.2001 · Read review
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Review of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

CLOGGING UP THE DUTCH SKIES

Advantages: Fly from regional airports; Provide a gateway to the world; Free sandwich and drink! Get a Demonstration on how to work the emergency exit doors!
Disadvantages: More expensive than the standard budget options; pilots who think they are bike racers; get a demonstration on how to work the emergency exit doors

...In the absence of any of the hotels I have been staying in this week in the Netherlands being listed on Ciao, heres a little about my experience with the Royal Dutch airline, KLM. KLM ? Royal Dutch Airlines This company definitely seem to have the monopoly on flights from regional UK airports into Schipol, Amsterdam, and provides a convenient gateway to the world for people who can?t be bothered to travel to London or Manchester to reach their destination. So what was my business with them? I needed a return flight to the Netherlands for a week long work exchange and checks on all my regional airports, Cardiff, Bristol and Birmingham established that the most cost effective and convenient option was KLM Cityhopper from Cardiff. THE BOOKING PROCESS Flights can be booked on-line, although in this instance, as it was...

sue.51 13.04.2003 (14.04.2003) · Read review
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Not much at the Dutch

Advantages: Convenient, clean, nice atmosphere, reasonably priced.
Disadvantages: Food portions suitable for a Barbie doll

...The Old Dutch is one of a cluster of expat/tourist beer bars along Soi 23, Sukhumvit. Soi 23 runs at right angles to Soi Cowboy - famous for its Bangkok "nightlife". If you are just wanting a drink and something to eat, you'll find Soi 23 more to your taste. The Old Dutch used to be great. Interesting "old Dutch" surroundings with a small library of second-hand paperbacks, newspapers and magazines to read, nice food, scrupulously clean toilets and in general, a very pleasant atmosphere. Then it went downhill. I got served what I believed were slops, the barman wouldn't change it. Nothing was quite right with it any more. Then it changed management so we tried it again. Wow! It had been refurbished but retained all the original atmosphere. The staff were friendly and cheerful and the draft beer just fine. We decided to eat. They...

stravaig 26.01.2001 · Read review
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dutch bike hire in London: a real rip-off

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: deceiving images, you don't get the bikes you are paying for

...Last weekend, me and my friends decided to go for a tour of Regent Canal by bicycle, and therefore we looked for a bike hire service in London. Between all the websites we found this one, an appealing website with photographs of fantastic dutch classical bikes for hire in London. The website shows photographs of really nice and stylish bikes which are for rent at a decent price, 25 pounds per day per bike if you hire them for 1-3 days. Even though there were cheaper options we decided to treat ourselves for one day and choose one of these appealing bicycles, just to make it a really unique experience for one day! If only we knew! The delivery process is quite straightforward, you choose a bicycle and they deliver it to you wherever you are in London with a little van. And here we had the first surprise: they delivered to us 3 bikes...

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Go Dutch

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...that little bit longer for flying to Amsterdam first, they chose to show two flims, which were in English with Dutch subtitles, and quite up to date. The seats were as comfortable as you're going to get, with just about enough legroom, and I wasn't in too much pain when the time for touchdown came. Overall, I cannot recommend KLM highly enough. And if, like me, you're a big fan of the wilderness, this flight offers the added bonus of flying up and over Greenland - a priceless experience just by itself....

inspiralcarpet 26.06.2000 · Read review
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Dutch Delight

Advantages: sweet, jummie, dutch, easy
Disadvantages: fat, calories (don't let this hold you back!)

...--about I decided to share this amazing Dutch recipe with everybody! Although Dutch cakes and biscuits require 'special' ingredients in most cases, this one doesn't, you can find everything in a supermarket. (I hope). This is a recipe for a cake, (well not actually a cake) called 'oliebol'. After the batter is fried in the right way, 1 'oliebol' has the same size as an apple. Whenever it's Christmas, new years eve or Queensway in the Netherlands, this is sold at stands and made at home, served with powerdered sugar. This is just the basic recipe, but they are also made with banana, whipped cream, vanilla cream, cherry and other fruit. So, if you know how to make the normal ones, you can use your imagination on the recipe and make different kinds of 'oliebollen'. I do have to mention, that they are very fatty, and contain lots...

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The home of the Dutch

Advantages: Cheap merchandise
Disadvantages: Not good guitar tab section

...Opening with an artistic front screen, the heideroosjes.com website opens itself up to now 6 languages (Dutch. French, English, Spanish, Italian and German). For the purposes of this review I will be solely concentrating on the English version as, although I am fluent in French, there would be no point separately describing the others as layout and content are almost identical. -------------------------------------- Background to the Site (Why it is there) For all those who may have read my opinion on De Heideroosjes' "Smile...You're Dying" this is the site for that very band, the band who I happily stole my pseudonym from and what fun I've had with it! For those who haven't, the band was formed in 1989 and are one of The Netherlands' most successful punk bands. Their wide-ranging punk appeal with moderately hardcore vocals in...

heideroosjes 26.07.2001 (05.03.2004) · Read review
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Dutch Cap

Advantages: Great rate of interest
Disadvantages: No branch network

...Dutch Cap? ING Direct is offering a new direct access savings account paying 4.1%. For easy access, this account is right up there amongst the top payers for savings accounts. So, is it worth it? Well, firstly, the rate is market leading. Typical internet only accounts will pay 3.85% or less and most telephone/postal accounts drop below 3%. Who The Bloody Hell Are ING Direct? ING have 65 million customers worldwide, a total more than the UK population! A global bank with Dutch roots employing 115,000 people worldwide in 60 countries. Their UK operation is based in Reading, but their 7 million direct savings customers can be found in USA, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. They tend to be in the top quartile of savings account providers in each of these countries ? in plain English, that means they offer...

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A little Dutch Courage...

Advantages: Excellent, probably one of my favourite vodkas.
Disadvantages: Not widely available.

...Ketel One Vodka ****************** Ketel One vodka is a Dutch, copper pot still distilled, charcoal filtered, wheat Vodka. The Nolet distillery lies in the town of Schiedam in the South of Holland and has been family run since 1691. Recently the Nolet family sold half of the Ketel One business to Diageo, one of the worlds largest alchohol distributors. This was done to try and increase the popularity and availability of Ketel One Vodka. Ketel One have three separate products; Vodka, Citrus Vodka and Jenever (a form of gin). The copper pot still adds a unique flavour (Only one other Vodka that I know of is distilled with copper pot stills- the latest incarnation of Smirnoff Black) and the Charcoal filtering gives Ketel One an incredible, refined smoothness. Apparently, the first 100 gallons of distillate is discarded and only...

hukerjohn 04.04.2008 · Read review
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