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D'Vijff Vlieghen Frommer's Highly Recommended

Spuistraat 294-302, Amsterdam

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Cuisine Modern Dutch
Hours Daily 5:30pm-midnight
Location At Spui; entrance at Vliegendesteeg 1, The Old Center
Transportation Tram: 1, 2, or 5 to Spui
Phone 020/530-4060
Web site www.d-vijffvlieghen.com
Prices Main courses 22€-39€; seasonal menu 26€-53€
Credit Cards AE,DC,MC,V

D'Vijff Vlieghen Review

The "Five Flies" has nine separate dining rooms spread over five canal houses decorated with objects from Holland's Golden Age -- among them four original Rembrandt etchings. Each dining room has a different character. There's the Rembrandt Room; the Glass Room, with a collection of antique handmade glassware; and the Knight's Room, adorned with 16th-century armor and accoutrements, to name just three. Chef René Cramer is passionate about what he calls "New Dutch" cuisine, which aims to convey the culinary excellence inherent in many traditional Dutch recipes and products, but in an updated, French-influenced form, employing organic ingredients as often as possible. Enjoy quite a mouthful by choosing the geroosteerde tamme eend op een bedje van appeltjes en tuinboontjes overgroten met een vinaigrette van rode en groene pepers (roasted tame duck on a layer of apples and broad beans drizzled with a vinaigrette of red and green peppers).

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