Steve, Guy can tell you more about the weather, hes lived there much longer than me. I got 3 years.
I know about that lunch place, used to go there occassionally. its OK and stands out cause most of the food that can be bought along EU roads, and I include UK roads, is atrocious. Cheers, Eric On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Steve Gillen <[email protected]>wrote: > Really Eric?? And yet the weather in Holland > whilst we were there was the best we had on the > whole of our trip - in fact it was sun hats and > shorts all round when in Veenendaal and Arnhem! > :-) > > I really like Holland > > Oh and one other thing - somewhere between > Amsterdam and Rotterdam there is a motorway > service station called "La something or other" > (the LA is correct but for the life of me I can't > recall the other word - think it begins with P) - > it also has a Burger King on site. It is on the > Southbound side - It has to rate as the very best > motorway service station I have ever seen and > visited. The food was all fresh and prepared on > the spot - you chose your cut of meat or the fish > you wanted and they filleted it and cooked it in > front of you - along with the fresh vegetables as > well - in fact the display looked a lot like the > selection table they had in Masterchef, but on a > larger scale of course. Piles and piles of oranges > for squeezing into fresh orange juice - superb > looking sandwiches made on the spot - honest I > wanted everything..... Guy let me know if you can > find out the name of this place - I certainly > recommend a visit. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Eric B > Sent: 05 June 2013 11:23 > To: [email protected] > Cc: LEEDSLIST > Subject: Re: [LU] LU: It's all gone quiet over > here - Test > > one of the things I miss from NL are the Tokos, > the name for the indo/surinam curry houses. > that food is awesome. I cant find any indo food > down under.. oh well. > > I dont get this obsession with AMS. theres heaps > of other places to stay/visit. I used to live in > Haarlem, the real Harlem so to speak. Its a lovely > little place just 15 minutes train ride out of AMS > packed with great places to eat. its not packed at > all. > > The Hague is pretty awesome too. and right on the > coast. > > the weather in NL is killer though. worse than in > the UK. > > E > > > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
