Dutch people love their bread, the reason they eat so much of it at lunch, as sandwiches ( typically around 5-6 slices of bread are involed in the sandwich making deal). Of course they can say they are effective people who need to have a quick, convenient meal (so that they can go back to work in no time and finish everything by 17:00-17:30), but still I think its more to the story than plain effectiveness. Otherwise why do they buy broodjies (small breads filled with cheese/meat/spinach/etc) for all the parties and you can find a panini toaster in every house?
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| 5-6 slices of bread for lunch |
I can't complain, as I like bread (is that the reason I now live in Breda?), this being probably one of the reasons I enjoyed the Bagels & Beans. This Dutch chain has delicious bagels (you can choose from plain, wholewheat, multi, grains, tomato, sesame or even cinnamon and raisins), with all sorts of filling (creamcheese, hoummous, tuna, ham, carpaccio, everything you might wish), lots of teas and big colorful coffee cups. Caffes are cosy and colorful, and atmosphere resembles Starbucks but I like it more due to the friendly stuff, delicious bagels and huge warm drinks cups. Not to say they have the Sweet Special, a yummy combination of Chocolate Brownies, cheesecake, cinnamon bagel with cream cheese and jam and muffins for all the sweet lovers.
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| Big cappuccino cup |
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| Sweet Special |
The good thing is there's one in almost all big or medium cities in Holland, and there is also one in Breda (although I only tried one in Leiden and one in Amsterdam). Guess what is on my next weekend to do list?
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