Dylan

Frommer's Review

If you dress up in black to celebrate (and I don't mean a tux) then head for ultra-hip and hyper-pricey Dylan, a Zen-like restaurant in the reconverted bakery of an 18th-century almshouse. In an ultra-chic designer hotel of the same name, Dylan is where neo-millionaires, jetsetters, and media tycoons go to check out each other's noir duds in a setting that incorporates some of the hotel's black-and-white themes; you might think you've stumbled on a convention of funeral-parlor practitioners -- and you'll surely spot more males with ponytails than on a Kentucky stud farm. Affable celeb chef Schilo van Coevorden is among Amsterdam's hottest culinary pros and is a proficient practitioner of a number of ethnic cuisines. He cooks up worldly delicacies like spicy chicken Fabergé with lobster, ginger, and lemongrass sauce; skate filet with squid ink sauce; Japanese Wagyu beef with green papaya salad and peppercorn dip; chicken with gingko-nut curry; and tea-smoked venison. Asian combinations predominate at lunchtime; Mediterranean themes edge them out in the evening.

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