--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@...> wrote: > > Ha Ha! What does this cafe in the Netherlands look like? > When you sit in each of your many cafes in many countries > I always picture a comfortably lit place that holds maybe > 30-40 people. What is on the menu for food?
Your inner picture would be wrong in this case. It's a fairly large cafe/bar/dance joint, which on crowded summer nights can probably hold several hundred people. It's on the main Stadthuis square of the town I live in, and has an outdoor patio that can seat another 100 or so people. Worst of all, it's called Cafe Hipp. :-) I wouldn't normally consider it a hangout of choice, but I'd already asked at my normal hangouts today whether they had Westmalle, and the answer was no. So I said "Fuck it," and decided to sit on the patio of the cafe I frequent least, Cafe Hipp. I sat down at an outdoor table, pulled my computer out of my backpack, and asked the waitress for a beer. I wasn't specific as to type. But as she was about to walk away, as an afterthought, I asked, "You wouldn't happen to have Westmalle, would you?" The answer was Yes. Happy happy joy joy. I've never eaten there, so I can't tell you about the food. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Happy happy joy joy. I'm back home in the Netherlands, and > > have found that one of the cafes that I often sit in while > > writing has Westmalle, the Trappist beer I discovered in > > Brussels. My heart soars like an eagle. > > > > They also have a beer from the Himalayas called Yak Piss. > > Something about Purusha Bottling Company on the label, > > which is some kind of pastels-gone-wild painting, with > > lots of gold embossing. But given the description of that > > brew I cognized yesterday on the train, and the chilly > > reception it received here, I think I might avoid that > > one. :-) > > >
