The Amsterdam table — what to order and where the locals point.
Stroopwafels warm
From the market press, not the packet — caramel still flowing.
Herring like a local
Raw, with onions, held by the tail — the haringhandel stands make it painless.
Rijsttafel
The Indonesian 'rice table' — Amsterdam's colonial-history feast, dozens of little dishes.
Brown café evenings
Centuries-old wood-dark pubs — bitterballen, a biertje, and no music but talk.
Apple pie at Winkel 43
The Noordermarkt slab with whipped cream — worth the line, every time.