{"id":12637,"date":"2008-03-08T00:15:32","date_gmt":"2008-03-08T07:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/03\/08\/more-leiden-restaurant-recommendations.html"},"modified":"2008-03-08T00:15:32","modified_gmt":"2008-03-08T07:15:32","slug":"more_leiden_restaurant_re","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/03\/08\/more_leiden_restaurant_re.html","title":{"rendered":"More Leiden restaurant recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Both of these places are in the city center area of Leiden.<\/p>\n

India Way<\/a> <\/strong>is a tandoori restaurant right across a courtyard from the Olive Garden <\/a>I mentioned the other night. Boss, Direct, and I went there Thursday night and did a family style of Lamb Tikka and similar goodies, with yummy rice and nan. <\/p>\n

Tonight a big group of us went to Surakarta<\/a><\/strong>, an Indonesian restaurant. Indonesian food is big in the Netherlands, as it’s a former colony. Southeast Asian in nature, not surprisingly, it’s spicy, savory, sort of like Thai with fewer nuts. Extremely tasty, if somewhat lackadaisical service.<\/p>\n

I’ve been trying to walk a bit each night, and tonight I led some of us walking back from the restaurant (about 20-30 minutes strolling.<\/p>\n

Both last night and tonight I tried a glass of Genever<\/em>, or Dutch Gin. The Netherlands — indeed Leiden — is the home of gin (which became popular and low-quality in England when excise taxes were laid by William & Mary that taxed liquor based on volume, not proof). Dutch Gin is spicier, in keeping with its origin as medicine — flavored spirit with various herbal infusions. Bombay Sapphire? Fah! This stuff is herbal, dagnabbit, with enough infused bits that the glass is oily <\/em>when drained.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly good. I’ll have to check out the Duty Free on the way back through Schiaphol..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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