By far the biggest challenge for the chef (moi) was the traditional ‘Spaarkas’ meal on Christmas Eve at ten, eleven P.M. This party was a mixture of old Brabant customs, the ‘Spaarkas’ was emptied (in Brabant the regulars saved some cash every year in their local for Carnival, with us for the Christmas holidays), the […]
Food and drink
Champagne and Amsterdammertjes
Each regular customer’s birthday was celebrated with champagne at the Café Cor-rupt, not a real one of course, but still a delicious champagne. The downside for the birthday boy/girl was the pressure then to return this generous gesture and treat the bar. Another tradition was the Amsterdammertje, whereby if the last bit from the bottle […]
Sunday Brunch
Brunch every Sunday actually evolved very organically. Brunching was still an unknown phenomenon at the time. A few classy hotels had one but for the rest ……. We Dutch eat at home or at work during the day. However, it was Easter when we had opened and we thought it would be nice to thank […]