“Hey Amsterdam. They say you have changed.
Hey Amsterdam. You can’t do any good anymore.
But anyone who says that is not an Amsterdammer.
Because Amsterdam, you are just like you were then”.
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Although you have to look harder and harder for that real Amsterdam. While many restaurants in Mokum nowadays address you in English, there are still a few places where Amsterdam is still truly Amsterdam. Where the laws and rules of the city government do not apply. Where Amsterdammers can still just be Amsterdammers.
Where the waiter still thirsted to say that there is no room for you, but your wife can stay. Where everyone is most welcome. Provided that grandstanding is left outside and you close the door behind you. Where they come from far and wide to taste the real Amsterdam. And you don’t like it? Then go next door anyway!
Because here the food is just good. Here it is just nice. Just good craft. Nothing more. Nothing less. Enjoy an ice-cold whistle, a tender horse steak and the countless typical Amsterdam remarks served to you adroitly by the waiters on the just-too-cramped wooden furniture. And be honest. That’s all Amsterdammers need! At least not the famous and less famous Amsterdammers in the picture frames on the wall….