Discover benelux, Issue 23, November 2015

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Discover Benelux | Amsterdam | Eat, Drink & Sleep in De Pijp

The combination of a boutique hotel and a food store ensures a convenient and enjoyable stay at Ollies Bed and Breakfast and Annies Foodstore.

Feeling at home at Ollies and Annies TEXT: MICHIEL STOL | PHOTOS: OLLIES BOUTIQUE BED AND BREAKFAST AND ANNIES FOODSTORE

What is better than feeling at home when you are away and having great food to go with it? At Ollies Boutique Bed and Breakfast and Annies Foodstore, right around the corner from the famous Albert Cuyp market in the vibrant district of De Pijp in Amsterdam, guests and customers will experience that feeling right away. Ollies Boutique Bed and Breakfast was named after the owners’ Wieger Wiese and Anne-Marie Heinsbroek big, white cat. It has three luxurious double rooms, situated on the third and fourth floor of the typical Amsterdam house (Wieger and AnneMarie live on the first and second floor). Where they used to deliver the breakfast in baskets to the rooms, they now serve it in Annies Foodstore, right next door. Named after Anne-Marie, the food store opened this October. Guests can enjoy their breakfast in a homely setting. But

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Annies Foodstore is open for everyone who wants to enjoy a great sandwich or meal in a relaxed setting or to take away and eat at home. Anne-Marie prepares all the meals herself in the open kitchen. “We use local products from small businesses. We have a really special mustard that is made locally, we use different kinds of meat rubs and get our meat from a butcher who only works with local farmers and knows that the animals were treated well, and we serve great coffee from Moyee, a little coffee factory in Ethiopia that was started by two guys from Amsterdam. They do not just grow and harvest the coffee there, but process it too which gives it its authentic flavour.” Anne-Marie also makes up the menus, which are different every day. “On the day, I will think about what I would like to make, buy the ingredients fresh and start cooking. I love doing that, making real comfort

food. And when we are out of something, we are out.” All the products at Annies Foodstore can be taken home, including some fine, locally imported wines, sandwiches and hot dishes as a take away. Anne-Marie: “People order the food to go and if they want, they can also get the recipe. But if you want to eat it here, you are more than welcome. We just want you to enjoy great, real comfort food, here or at home.” www.olliesbedandbreakfast.com www.facebook.com/anniesfoodstore


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