When: March 28, 2006
What: asian, with sushio from Jo-Sushi and Thai from Westerstraat
Wine: none
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: Olivier, Lynda, Karen, Jean-Noel, Lisa, Roland, Jos
Whatelse: lovely food, lovely company and a good bar session w Jos afterwards

When: March 27, 2006

Apart from a few snacks and some icecream after arriving at home, I did not have dinner at the day of Bram's cremation

When: March 26, 2006
What: tournedos with spinach, andive and mashed potatoes
Wine: a wonderful Lebanese, which will be remembered in detail by Roland
Where: Hotel Restaurant de Swarte Ruijter (otewel de Blauwe Ridder)
With whom: Olivier, Lynda, Karen, Lex, Roland, Janine, Jean-Noel, Lisa, Marthe, Thibault, Maud, Sander, Marijn
Whatelse: the day preceding the burial of Bram we had dinner with all his children and their families at a wonderful hotel on the Holtense heuvel and even though the occasion was a sad one, the evening was very good and the food alright (not wonderful)

When: March 25, 2006
What: pasta bolognaise a la Karen
Wine: 2004, merlot, bin40, Lindemans
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: Olivier, Lynda, Karen, Lex, Roland
Whatelse: Karen made a lovely, slightly sweeter pasta then the one usually prepared by Lynda, but just as delicious

When: March 24, 2006
What: a wide arrange of Indian dishes from our neighbourhood restaurant
Wine: 2004, merlot, bin40, Lindemans
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: Olivier, Lynda, Roland, Karen, Lex
Whatelse: continued preparations for the cremation of Bram and quite impressed by the solidarity and joint approach to the situation

When: March 23, 2006
What: Japanese pancakes Hiroshoma style (one regular, one deluxe)
Wine: none
Where: Japanese Pancake World, Amsterdam
With whom: Olivier
Whatelse: I loved it, but Olivier did not really, even though all was prepared by the very friendly chef (who raises his children quad-ligual: Dutch, German, English and, to top it of, Japanese - his three year old had kust learned to bow the yes) right in front of us on the hotplate. Mine was filled with shrimp, gambas, fish, bacon and ofcourse all sots of vegetables, maynaise and Japanese syrup: jummy jummy

When: March 22, 2006
What: baked salmon, cauliflower, tortelloni and spaghetti
Wine: 2004, chardonnay, bin55, Lindemans
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: Olivier, myself
Whatelse: Sadly, Lynda's father died early this morning. I made dinner for Oivier and myself. Lynda spent the day and will spend the night in the east of the country with her brothers and sister. Sad times.

When: March 21, 2006
What: pizza w cheese and tomatoes (deep frozen)
Wine: Lirac, wonderful
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: myself
Whatelse: missed the legal dinner again, but enjoyed this late pizza while viewing yet more worrying reports on the situation in Iraq. Lynda's fathers situation remains unchanged.

When: March 20, 2006
What: lamb kurma w rice and naan
Wine: 2005, merlot, bin40, Lindemans, Australie
Where: home, Amsterdam, take away from Shah Jahan Indian restaurant
With whom: myself (Lynda eating the remains)
Whatelse: probably the best take-away in the neighbourhood. Apart from the Sushi that is. And the Italian and Australian. And some others...... Love my neighbourhood.

When: March 19, 2006
What: rib-eye w sauce bearnaise, french fries
Wine: 2000, Médoc Cru Bourgeois, Château la Tour de By (very nice, excellent w the meat)
Where: cafe restaurant Amsterdam, Amsterdam
With whom: Olivier, Angela, Kyle
Whatelse: lovely dinner with good company and Olivier in heaven (or at least very close to) as usual in cradam

When: March 18, 2006
What: Italian olives, French sausage, onion bread
Wine: none
Where: Ijburg, Amsterdam
With whom: Jeroen, Bertien, Mare, Ole, Olivier, Lynda
Whatelse: Mare and Olivier had tons of pancakes, at the end of a lovely day for Olivier playing with Mare from morning till evening, whilst I and Lynda were visiting Lynda's father who is not well at all. He can hardly swallow and thus has great difficulty with eating. Also, speaking is all but impossible. Difficult times. But he did laugh several times.

When: March 17, 2006
What: mussels with fries and home made mayonaise
Wine: 2003, chardonnay, Lindemans, bin55
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: Olivier, Lynda, Karen
Whatelse:

When: March 16, 2006
What: varza a la Cluj (minced meat w rice, in cabbage topped with sour cream)
Wine: 2002, merlot/cabernet sauvignon/feteasca neagra, Vinul Cavalerului Milenium, Romania (nice)
Where: Tevarna Athenai, Bucharest
With whom: Diana, Gill, Stephane
Whatelse: a very nice traditional Romanian dish (preceded by fried cheese, which was ok), in a beautiful, quaint little restaurant consisting of many small rooms with lots of bric-a-brac and a wonderful atmosphere. After dinner we visited the Ceaucescu palace which is one impressive building.

When: March 15, 2006
What: cold meats and cheeses, a roll
Wine: Chilean cabernet Sauvignion (acceptable air-fare)
Where: KLM from Munich to Bucharest
With whom: myself
Whatelse: Gill was so attentative to nlet me fly bc in his place as he had had dinner on the first stint from London to Munich

When: March 14, 2006
What: meatloaf, cauliflower, broccoli, andive, French Fries
Wine: beaujolais, very nice
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: Olivier, Jos
Whatelse: Lynda was with her father today. Even though it seemed to go well yesterday, reasonably well, he is going downhill today again.

When: March 13, 2006
What: fish fingers with rice and peas
Wine: 2003, chardonnay, Bin55, Lindemans
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: Olivier
Whatelse: one of those rare days on which I cooked dinner, but the reason was that, sadly, Lynda had to travel unexpectedly to her father in the east of the country as his health has deteriorated rapidly over night

When: March 12, 2006
What: pizza
Wine: 2003, chardonnay, Bin55, Lindemans
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: a quick dinner before I helped my uncle move out of de Jordaan, after 32 years in the same house (and longer in the neighbourhood). He is moving to an excellent location though!

When: March 11, 2006
What: shoarma
Wine: 2003, merlot, Bin40, Lindemans
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: Lynda
Whatelse: Olivier and Mare, his "girl-friend", had dinner before us and enjoyed. The whole sleep-over was one big success!!

When: March 10, 2006
What: liver of veal, chicory and mashed potatoes
Wine: 2003, chardonnay, Jean Leon, Spain (as usual, ever lovely)
Where: cafe restaurant Amsterdam, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: Lynda had been away for two days to England and it was lovely to have her back!!

When: March 9, 2006
What: pytt-i-panna
Wine: 2003, merlot, Bin40, Lindemans (slobber)
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: Hilda, Olivier
Whatelse: my mom cooked dinner

When: March 8, 2006
What: sushi
Wine: 2003, chardonnay, Bin55, Lindemans
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: Hilda, Olivier
Whatelse: our regular sushi guy is on holiday, so we tried these from a new shop on the Dijk: not fantastic. But it was great to have my mother over.

When: March 7, 2006
What: bitterballen
Wine: none
Where: cafe Thijssen, Amsterdam
With whom: Donagh
Whatelse: after a very long day at work, I attended a long, but interesting internal session on competition law and ended up having "dinner" and a beer at 10.30 pm in one of my neighbourhood bars

When: March 6, 2006
What: spagetthi bolognaise with courgette
Wine: none
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse:

When: March 5, 2006
What: rib-eye w sauce bearnaise and French fries
Wine: 2002, chardonnay, Jean Leon, Spain
Where: cafe restaurant Amsterdam, Amsterdam
With whom: Lynda, Olivier, Mare, Bertien, Jeroen, Ole
Whatelse: lovely dinner w lots of talk about new homes and the possiblility of moving out of the Jordaan (don't think so though)

When: March 4, 2006
What: tuna steak, spinage and French fries with home-made mayonaise
Wine: 2002, Le Chablisienne, Chablis, France (absolutely nothing wrong with this delicate chardonnay)
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: a wonderful piece of tuna, which would not have been misfitting the best sushi

When: March 3, 2006
What: boerenkoolstamppot, bacon, sausage, meatball
Wine: 2003, Le Seuil de Mazeyres, Pomerol, France (delicieux, deep and full bodied)
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse:

When: March 2, 2006
What: caponata, red coal, sweet potatoe and carrots, Russian style
Wine: a white Bourgogne
Where: restarant de Vrije Vork, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: forgot to take out my camera in this lovely organic self service restaurant where you pay by the gram

When: March 1, 2006
What: roasted Pogush lamb with breadcrumb cauliflower and mashed potatoes
Wine: 2002, paradigma, Claus Preisinger, Austria (very, very nice)
Where: ess. bar, Vienna, Austria
With whom: the founding members of the first row club (or Graham, Graham's wife, Tom, Kyle,
Whatelse: the toilets where one of the most extraordinary I have ever seen. We did have a timing issue as we needed to leave in a hurry in order to arrive at the opera in time to see La Traviata, whilst seated on the amazing first row, right in front of (or alomost in) the orchestra pit: it was a wonderful experience. The nice lamb was preceded by a lovely foie gras (again, three days in a row, some sort of record for me)

When: February 28, 2006
What: lobster with tandoori rice
Wine: an Austrian chardonnay, slightly doubtful at first taste, but more and more delicious as the evening progressed
Where: restaurant ....., Vienna, Austria
With whom: Stephan, Charles, Toon
Whatelse: even though I did not really feel like dinner after last nights 3.30 bedtime, a day packed w appointments, discussions and negotiations and the cocktail reception in the arts museum the same night, it was a very enjoyable evening and a delicious lobsteer, preceded by an even more delicious foie gras (fried)

When: February 27, 2006
What: crepe from Venison, with potato-leek strudel and Brussels sprouts
Wine: 2003, Blaufrankisch, Winery Josef Leberl, Austria (for an Austrian red, excellent and an eye opener)
Where: city town hall, Vienna, Austria
With whom: > 670 ECCA delegates, shared the table with amongst others Greg, Jeroen, Nimrod (+wife and daughter)
Whatelse: main course was preceded by goose-liver "Kletzen"-bread with brioche and cranberries (accompanied by a 2004 Sauvignon Blanc from the winery Zahel) and a parsnip soup with stuffed dumplings (the best course of this meal, accompanied by a 2004 Chardonnay from the winery Fritsch in Austria as well). Desert consisted of a white mousse of coffee, sweet curd dumplings and mini sacher torte with fruit sauce and minted whiopped cream. A very Viennese night in the magnificent townhall, sponsored by UPC Austria and including entertainment of the Austrian kind, with jodling, walzing, Sissy, a Falco-imitator and, the odd one out, tapdancing. In all, it was a very nice evening topped off with huge cuban cigars, wonderful Caiprina's and some serious philisophical discussions.