Cook and Drink

We love our suppliers and we’re happy to share their contact details with you. We are:

• interested in quality, flavour and service;
• independent;
• not paid to promote the suppliers listed below.

Cheese

• Amsterdam
  • Het Kaasboertje, Gerard Doustraat 60, an excellent range of Dutch and foreign cheeses.
• Nice
  • La Fromagerie du Carré d’Or, 35 Rue de France

Delicatessen

• Amsterdam
  • Het Gein Delicatessen on Friday on the Amstelveen market and on Saturday on Nieuwmarkt: lentils, mustard, olive oil, marmalades, risotto rice, jus de truffe, stock, condiments, vinegar, honey, mayonnaise and many other products.
  • Deli Gotjé, Ferdinand Bolstraat 141, excellent nuts, dried fruits and also some very nice Spanish products (ham, chorizo). Friday and Saturday only!
• Nice
  • La Maison de l’Olive, 18 Rue Pairolière, we love their olives, especially the ones with anchois. They also sell Grains of paradise
  • SL Epicerie, 17 Rue du Lycée 06000 Nice. The tastiest Gorgonzola dolce, Italian Speck and (yes!) Guanciale. we can’t resist buying a portion of Barbajuan.

Fish

• Amsterdam
  • Siem Schilder, Albert Cuypmarkt (the ascending market stall), everything you can dream of, ranging from fresh lobsters to sea urchins, various oysters, haddock, red snapper and cod. And everything in between.
  • Tol en de Geus, Middenweg 55, friendly staff, great haring and tuna.
  • Kroon, excellent salmon for your sashimi and very tasty fried squid and kibbeling
  • Vishandel Volendam, Utrecht
• Nice
  • La Poissonnerie Du cours Saleya (on Place Pierre Gautier)

Meat

• Amsterdam
  • Scharrelslager Cees de Bouter, Hogeweg 60, organic butcher.
  • Slagerij Alain Bernard, Albert Cuypstraat 133, French
  • Slagerij Hergo, number of shops in Amsterdam South
  • Wagenaar Poelier, Lindenlaan 313 Amstelveen, chicken, quails, foie gras, guinea fowl, rabbit, duck
  • Slagerij Siem van der Gragt, Elandsgracht 116A, the only eco butcher of Amsterdam. The meat is tasty and absolutely eco.
• Nice
  • Boucherie De La Tour, 27 Rue Pairolière (Triperie accross the street), taste the Vol Au Vent and the Grenadine de Veau
  • Boucherie Viale, 13 Rue Pairolière (also label rouge chicken, quails etc)
  • Boucherie Chez Jean, 26 Rue Pairolière, delicious échine côte de porc
  • Charcuterie Ghibaudo-Pottier, 29 Rue Pairolière, very tasty salade de museau and Label Rouge Rosette.

Mushrooms

• Amsterdam
  • Wednesday: market on Van Eesterenlaan
  • Friday
    • Botermarkt, Haarlem
    • Markt, Den Bosch
    • Neude, Utrecht
  • Saturday:
    • Nieuwmarkt
    • Noordermarkt
    • Markt, Wageningen

Oriental

• Amsterdam
  • Shilla, Gelderlandplein 32 – 34
  • Amazing Oriental, Nieuwmarkt
  • Dun Yong, Stormsteeg 9
• Nice
  • Asiana Supermarket, 56 Boulevard Risso

Bread and Pattiserie

• Amsterdam
  • Holtkamp, Vijzelgracht 15
  • Kuyt, Utrechtsestraat 109 – 111
  • Huize van Wely, shops in Amsterdam, Noordwijk, Heemstede and Haarlem
• Nice
  • Boulangerie & Patisserie Napoléon III, 86 Boulevard Napoléon III, especially their Talmière
  • Boulangerie Patisserie La Fragola, 9 Rue Dante
  • La Boulangerie, 3 Rue Blacas. Saturday and Sunday closed.

Tools

• Amsterdam
  • Duikelman, Ferdinand Bolstraat 66-68

Vegetables and Fruit

• Amsterdam
  • Organic: De Versman, various locations
  • Lennart on Nieuwmarkt
  • Markthandel Koelemij (corner Dapperstraat and Eerste Van Swindenstraat)
• Nice
  • on Cours Saleya, every morning except Monday

Wine

• Amsterdam
  • The Arts of Wine, Arent Janszoon Ernststraat 665
  • Drankenspeciaalzaak Ton Overmars, Hoofddorpplein 11 and Gelderlandplein
  • Henri Bloem, Amsterdamseweg 160, Amstelveen
• Nice
  • Nicolas, especially the one on 15 Rue St François
  • Château de Crémat, 442 Chemin de Crémat
  • Château de Bellet, 482 Chemin de Saquier