Babyccino Amsterdam » Southern Amstel http://babyccinokids.com/amsterdam Kids and the City Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:28:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Restaurant As — pure food http://babyccinokids.com/amsterdam/2010/09/28/restaurant-as-pure-food/ http://babyccinokids.com/amsterdam/2010/09/28/restaurant-as-pure-food/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:38:17 +0000 Esther http://babyccinokids.com/amsterdam/?p=607
One of my favourite restaurants in Amsterdam is Restaurant As. Located in a modern chapel on the edge of the Beatrix Park, this is slow food at its best! The cooks use organic, seasonal food from local sources and are big on treating the food the way it should be treated, so that it tastes exactly like what it should taste like. They smoke their own salmon, cure their own ham and bake their own bread. A pig and some chickens roam around at the back of the restaurant and remind us respectfully of where it all comes from.
Children are welcome and have enough room to play and even run around. And in summer there’s a lovely, big terrace.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Restaurant As
Prinses Irenestraat 19
1077 WT Amsterdam
email: info@restaurantas.nl

Open: Tue-sun 19.00-22.00
lunch tue-sun 12.00-15.00 uur
(closed on Mondays)

For reservations: 020 6440100

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Once a year, a magical event hits the city of Amsterdam… De Parade!
Although ‘De Parade’ does translate into ‘The Parade’, it is nothing like a parade – it is in fact a theater festival, disguised in an old-fashioned looking fair ground!
‘De Parade’ offers a mix of art, theater, film, magic, comedy and music, together with a good supply of food and drinks. The atmosphere is arty, bohemian, easygoing and trendy – every single hip person in Amsterdam seemed to be at the opening night last Friday! It’s a great place for people-watching and having drinks by itself, but the shows are really worth paying a visit. The theater makers now have an outlet for ideas that are hard to find an audience for the rest of the year, so you can see some really special performances here!
One ‘idea’ I saw and thought to be supercool, was a silent disco. About fifty people in an open air disco, all wearing headphones and dancing the stars of the sky, and occasionally all singing along with the lyrics. Such fun! I will definitely go next time!
Every afternoon, beginning at 3pm, there is a special children’s program, with theater, dance, film and workshops. It’s aimed at kids aged 4 to 12, but it’s really a great place to bring younger children too – there is so much to see and experience! There are also some carnival rides that children will love!
Don’t worry about cooking dinner – next to a variety of bars and terraces (all special and cool), you will also find a huge choice of cuisines on the festival terrain: Portuguese, Algerian, Surinamese, Mexican, Italian, Japanese, Cajun, soul food, French, pizza, to name a couple… All serving small portions, so great for kids (and for us, as we can try out many)!

Now, let’s hope for some good festival weather the next few weeks!

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De Parade takes place in summer in the Martin Luther Kingpark (about 4 kilometers south of the city centre).

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