Seek and find
I'll get straight to the point... there are few things during our world trip that I really missed about home, except my Nespresso Vertuo machineEvery time I sat down with my cup of instant coffee in my hotel room, I realized how nice it is to have your own coffee ritual at home. And how easy it is to make a delicious cup of coffee with the push of a button on your way to the bathroom.
One of the things I was really looking forward to during our world trip was immersing myself in the local coffee culture. From the world's largest coffee-producing countries to countries with the biggest coffee lovers. Two worlds that revolve around coffee, yet are completely different in experience; I realized this while quietly reflecting on all the countries we'd visited on my polar bed.
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LOOKING FORWARD TO SUMMER! Are you also longing for warmer weather and secretly itching to book a weekend getaway on the Dutch coast ☀️? I certainly am! That’s why today I have a tip for 24 LOVELY BEACH HOTELS AND HOMES BY THE BETWEEN.
Save this post, or comment STRANDHOTEL and you will receive the complete list of all the gems directly via DM. Enjoy the weekend!
#beachhotels #housebythesea #netherlands #northhollandzeeland
𝟭𝟲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗼𝘀 🌮
Are you going classic with carne asada & salsa verde, or do you prefer something a little different, like birria for dipping or tempura mushroom with salsa negra!?
In this guide, you'll find my favorite taco hotspots in Amsterdam, including a must-try tip for every spot 🍴
📍 @masmais.taqueria (West)
🌮 Favorite: tuna tostada & sea bass ceviche
Perfect if you love Mexican food with a focus on seafood, great cocktails, and a laid-back cantina vibe. It feels like being in Mexico for a moment, right in Amsterdam West.
📍 @tacos.lasinaloense (Ten Katemarkt & Albert Cuypmarkt)
🌮 Favorite: create your own taco & go all in on salsa
Street-style tacos the way they're meant to be: handmade tortillas, slow-cooked steaks, and choosing your own spice level.
📍 @madre.amsterdam (Jordaan)
🌮 Favorite: birria quesatacos & tempura mushroom tacos
A plant-based Mexican restaurant that proves just how flavorful vegetarian food can be. Comfort food with a twist, and perfect for sharing.
📍 @bacalar.amsterdam (North)
🌮 Favorite: octopus taco
Still one of my favorites in Noord, with a great terrace too. Raw setting, huge on flavor. Weekend lunch here is my favorite! Definitely ask for the specials.
On 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸.𝗺𝗲 you'll find the complete guide with the 16 best taco spots in Amsterdam.
Do you have a taco spot I really need to try?
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𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲: 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟴, 𝟵 & 𝟭𝟬
This weekend is packed with markets, food events and lots of good excuses to spend the entire weekend out and about in Amsterdam.
From the free @oatly Matcha Strawberry Signature Drink and limited edition bag charm launch at @binibakery to Het Hapjesfestijn in Noord and the Creative Lab Summer Pop-Up at Klaproos & Café Soleil.
Plus, there are lots of fun Mother's Day ideas in this new guide, from brunches to the @ladress summer sale and 50% discount tickets for a concert at @concertgebouw.
Also very in the mood for the North Seafood BBQ at @nikotin.restobar
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What's your vibe this weekend… markets, matcha, a long lunch or trying a new hotspot?
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Come with me to get breakfast in Taipei 🥢
Straight from the airport to this little place to taste soup dumplings and so much more! That's what I call a soft landing 😉 <3
In Taipei, you go to a Soy Milk Shop for breakfast. Warm soy milk to eat in a bowl, and steam baskets with the tastiest dumplings and baozi. You can really wake me up for this kind of breakfast. These local breakfast spots come in all shapes and sizes, from Michelin-recommended spots to hole-in-the-wall stalls.
Most soy milk shops open early (and sometimes even 24 hours a day), and these are the dishes you want to try:
🥄 Warm soy milk
🥢 Soup dumplings (you can often choose between pork and veggies)
🥢 Pork baozi
🥢 Youtiao (油條 - a kind of fried donut stick)
🥢 Youtiao (油條) w/ pork floss & rice
🥢 Turnip cake
🥢 Chives pancake
🥢 Scallion pancake
TIP: Sharing is a good idea to taste as much as possible, because the portions are (often) large.
You'll want to remember these soy milk shops for your future trip to Taipei:
📍Fuhang Soy Milk
📍Soy Milk Shop
📍Yong He Soya Milk King (Da'an)
📍Sihai Soy Milk
I am currently touring Taiwan, and you can also find all the tips in my Stories Highlight.
Have you ever been to Taiwan? I'm curious if you thought it was *that* amazing!
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#taipeifood #taipeitravel #TaiwanWavesOfWonder #ExperienceTaiwan @taiwantoerisme #presstrip
{ In this Taiwan Travel Guide video, I share my favorite breakfast spots in Taipei for an authentic Taiwanese breakfast }
𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲: 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟯𝟬 + 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭, 𝟮 & 𝟯
HELLO first weekend of May!
From a brand-new rooftop beach in Oost to vintage treasure hunting at IJ-Hallen, Italian market mornings, new restaurants and lots of May holiday plans for families.
Also on my radar this weekend:
📍 East Beach
📍 Café Pigalle
📍 Sassy's
📍 HORTA
📍 Bar Copa
📍 Amour Amer
📍 Café Felix
📍 Chez Chloé
And yes, market season is fully back. Sunday Market, IJ-Hallen, NoordOogst and Zi Camì Market… where to start?
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What's your vibe this weekend… markets, terraces, new hotspots or something fun with the kids?
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Just back from Catalonia and I thought: I'll share some tips right away.
During our road trip, we stayed two nights in the Ebro Delta. An incredibly fun stop for families and foodies, where there is plenty to do.
• A boat trip to the Musclarium is a must! Here you eat oysters and mussels straight from the farm, in the middle of the sea.
· Admire the flamingos and black ibises that can be found here all year round.
· Rice is grown in the Ebro Delta all year round. For paella, but Kensho also makes sake and miso from it! You can visit them during a tasting.
Cycling along the rice fields, canoeing on the Ebro River, and visiting various beaches. It was still a bit too cold right now, but there is plenty to do.
• The towns are very low-key and not that exciting, but you can find fantastic local food there. From the Michelin-awarded Les Moles* to local eateries like Vermuteria Bonmarisc and Lo Tinglado. We ate a lot of fish, but also anemone fritters (a first!).
Now back to work, and I’m going to create an extensive travel guide of this road trip through Catalonia, but you’ll want to save these tips for a future adventure.
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{ In this post, I share tips for the Ebro Delta in Spain (Delta de l'Ebre). More tips for Catalonia can be found at www.yourlittleblackbook.me }
HELLO WEEKEND!
A short note, but a very packed Amsterdam Weekend Guide online with 76 tips for Kingsday, Kingsnight, new restaurants, kidsproof May holiday activities and everything in between.
Comment WEEKEND and I'll send you the full guide in your DM.
Cheers from Spain, where I will celebrate with orange wine from Priorat ✌🏼🧡.
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@anne_de_buck
The most important things to do are done by the community through this Nederland and in Amsterdam?
The May holidays have begun, and that means: quality time with the kids. From creative workshops and fun playgrounds to new museums, kid-friendly festivals, and adventures in nature.
On 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸.𝗺𝗲, you will find two comprehensive guides with more than 50 tips! Believe me, you won't be bored anymore ;-).
Take all tips via the line in my bio. Have fun!
I'm curious: what do you have planned for this holiday?
PS: We are doing a road trip from Barcelona to Valencia this year and you can travel along via stories.
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𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲: 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟲, 𝟭𝟳, 𝟭𝟴 & 𝟭𝟵
Your Amsterdam weekend, sorted. 🖤
Baby lambs, spring markets, new restaurant openings and more events not to miss, this week's Amsterdam Weekend Guide is packed.
💬 Comment 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗗 and I'll send you the full Amsterdam Weekend Guide with 81 tips straight to your DMs.
Have fun making plans!
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PUUR YONNIE, an ode to Jonnie Boer.
Today I had the honor of being at @delibrijezwolle for the book launch of @jonnie_en_therese.
I spent the whole evening reading and flipping through the pages.
WHAT A BOOK.
What stories.
WHAT AN ODE.
Love, Nature, Pioneer, Fatherhood, Music, Jonnie's Foundation, Friendship, Suppliers, Local products, Relaxation, Entrepreneurship, Humor & The pure human being.
Everything passes by, beautifully written by @joel.broekaert.
With contributions from, among others, @nelsontanate, @rekkebus, @ronblaauwtje, @jorisbijdendijk, @sidney_schutte & @hvw043.
Thanks for the lovely afternoon @jonnie_en_therese 💚
PURE JONNIE,
From 14 April
at your local bookstore
(and online)
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This is your ticket to Japan without taking a plane 🥢
@tewatashi.ams in De Pijp serves an authentic Edo-Mae Sushi Experience and is super consistent in their quality.
It's the place we keep going back to when we have something to celebrate <3.
In this video I'm sharing the 2 hour experience in 60 seconds.
Still dreaming about the buttery ika nigiri. 🤤
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🖊️ @anne_de_buck
{ one of the best authentic Japanese restaurants in Amsterdam serving premium sushi omakase in De Pijp }
𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲: 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟵, 𝟭𝟬, 𝟭𝟭 & 𝟭𝟮
This is one of those weekends that's packed with cool events!
Catch the last cherry blossoms, hunt for vintage treasures or feast on oysters.
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What's your vibe this weekend… vintage, culture, markets or a new hotspot?
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From Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia to Vietnam
Our world trip started in Panama, Costa Rica, and Colombia. Countries where the best coffee in the world comes from. And we certainly enjoyed good coffee there. At places where time seemed to have stood still. Places where everything revolves around the beans. And where coffee is best enjoyed black. I have my Nomad Travel Mug I spent many mornings enjoying the sunrise and the dawn of a new day in the most beautiful places. I also found it magical to drive through the mountains lined with coffee plantations, picking the red beans myself and examining them up close. Yet, there was something I felt was missing during our weeks in Central and South America. I couldn't quite put my finger on it... The penny finally clicked when we stayed with a wonderful host in Salento. He told me that coffee in Colombia had been primarily an export product for years.
For me, coffee is perhaps the most social product in my daily routine. I expected to see that culture much more in the major coffee-producing countries. Perhaps that's why our visit to Vietnam felt like a warm bath. Everywhere you look in the city, you see: Cà Phê, Cà Phê, Cà Phê. And if you see that on the facade, it means only one thing: COFFEE! For me, Vietnam is the country during our world trip where there's a true coffee culture, deeply rooted in the daily lives of the locals. Here, I found what I'd been searching for during those first few months: cafes where drinking coffee is a social occasion, not just for "rich" tourists and expats. A country where coffee culture has also produced the most surprising coffee recipes over the past decades. Combinations I'd never tasted before, and which pleasantly surprised me. And it's precisely trying these kinds of new things while traveling that is why I love traveling so much!
So my conclusion: coffee culture has many flavors. I certainly didn't want to deprive you of the wonderful flavors I tasted in Vietnam, so I've collected the recipes for the special coffees I drank there. That's why I've collaborated with the experts at Nespresso to select capsules (for both the vertuo as the Original) with these recipes that best complement the other ingredients and ensure the right strength. I'm curious to see which coffee recipe will become your favorite!
4 WORLD COFFEE RECIPES WITH NESPRESSO
ICED SALTY COFFEE
Drank in: Hue (Vietnam)
Ingredients:
1 capsule for strong iced coffee
> Original: Ristretto
> Vertuo: Altissio
3-4 large ice cubes
1 tablespoon of whipped cream
⅛ teaspoon coarse sea salt
1 teaspoon of sweet condensed milk (from a carton)
Cocoa powder (optional)
This is how you make it:
The ratio of coffee to whipped cream mixture is approximately 70% coffee / 30% creamy foam.
- Beat the heavy cream, sea salt, and condensed milk until thick, creamy, and foamy.
- Fill the glass with ice cubes and make the iced coffee.
- Add an extra ice cube if necessary.
- Spoon the whipped cream foam mixture over the coffee and stir with the straw.
- Sprinkle some cocoa powder over it to taste
You need:
Tall glass
Steel straw
Salty Coffee
EGG COFFEE
Drank in: Hanoi (Vietnam)
Ingredients:
1 egg yolk
2 small tablespoons of condensed milk
1 teaspoon of honey
1 cup strong espresso
> Original: Peru Organic
> Vertuo: Peru Organic
Cocoa powder (for sprinkling)
This is how you make it:
The ratio of coffee to other ingredients should be approximately: 60% coffee, 40% 'egg' mixture
- Beat the egg yolk, condensed milk and honey until foamy.
- Place the cup of espresso.
- Spoon the egg foam over it.
- Sprinkle with cocoa to taste.
- Before drinking, stir the coffee so that the flavors mix well.
You need:
Medium coffee mug (glass is best)
Teaspoon
Egg coffee
ICED YOGURT COFFEE
Drank in: HCMC aka Saigon (Vietnam)
Ingredients:
Approx. 120 ml strong coffee
> Original: Stockholm Lungo
> Vertuo: Fortado
Approx. 80 ml natural Greek yoghurt
1 teaspoon condensed milk
Cinnamon powder
Ice cubes
This is how you make it:
The ratio should be about 60% coffee and 40% yogurt, but you can vary to suit your own taste
- Make the coffee and let it cool to room temperature and mix with the condensed milk.
- Add the ice cubes.
- Spoon the yoghurt onto the coffee and sprinkle with some cinnamon powder
You need:
large tall glass
Steel straw or long small spoon
Yogurt Coffee
ICED VIETNAMESE COFFEE
THE coffee to start the day in Vietnam
Ingredients:
Single or double espresso (to taste)
> Original: Freddo Delicato of Master Origin Colombia
> Vertuo: Double Espresso Dolce
Condensed milk (to taste)
Ice cubes
This is how you make it:
- Make the coffee and let the coffee cool to room temperature.
- Place the coffee and ice cubes in a cocktail shaker and shake for 10 seconds.
- Add condensed milk to taste until you achieve the perfect sweetness and strength.
- Shake again for 10 seconds and your perfect Vietnamese iced coffee is ready!
You need this:
cocktail Shaker
Steel straw (something we unfortunately haven't seen everywhere in Vietnam yet, but which you can easily do at home!)
Iced Vietnamese Coffee
Will you be making one of these Vietnamese coffee recipes soon? Tag me on Instagram @YOURLBB so I can repost!
With love,
Anne
In collaboration with Nespresso
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Vietnam Little Black Book
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