Month: November 2015

Een teleurstelling, deze brasserie. De zaak zelf is nochtans zeer stemmig ingericht, al vond ik het er wel wat donker. Het feit dat een café dat uitpakt met zijn uitgebreide bieraanbod, mensen achter de toog zet die duidelijk geen kaas gegeten hebben van een goeie pint bier tappen (het uiteinde van de tapkraan mag nooit of te nimmer in contact komen met het bier in het glas!) pleit echter niet meteen in hun voordeel. De bierliefhebbers in ons gezelschap waren oprecht verontwaardigd.

Daar staat tegenover dat het personeel erg kindvriendelijk is. De kinderen kregen meteen een tekening en kleurpotloden aangeboden om de wachttijd te overbruggen. Het personeel vond het ook niet erg dat onze sociale kleuter haar tekening kwam laten zien.

Het eten zelf is op zijn beste middelmatig te noemen. Mijn risotto met paddenstoelen, en parmezaan was best lekker, al vond ik de combinatie met de zoete balsamicosaus een beetje vreemd. De Russische pannenkoek die onze vriend bestelde, zag er dan weer helemaal niet smakelijk uit. De saus leek ook niet echt vers. Voor ketchup moesten we dan weer extra betalen.

We zijn er alleszins geen tweede keer gaan eten.

De Roestelberg, Roestelbergseweg 2, 5171 RL Kaatsheuvel, The Netherlands
https://facebook.com/Roestelberg
+31 416 333 079

Visited November 2015. You can find my review about De Roestelberg also on TripAdvisor. My scores: value 3/5, service 4/5, food 3/5.

Very nice bungalows with everything you need. The kitchen is very well equipped (although the fridge didn’t cool enough to our taste), the shower is great and the living room is very cory. The wooden interior with visible beams and a real stove made us feel right at home. This place is ideal to stay with children. There is a lovely playground right in front of the boomgalows where they can play for hours.

The location is also great: nearby the amusement park The Efteling and only a couple of meters away from the Loonse en Drunense Duinen, a spectacular nature reserve with beautiful white sand.

My only complaint is that I slept very poorly in this bungalow: you could hear almost every noice form the outside (the rain on the roof, the owls in the trees and even the baby crying in another bungalow). The beds weren’t that good either and the pillows were too tick and too hard. Really a pity, I must say.

Boomgalows De Roestelberg, Roestelbergseweg 2, 5171 RL Kaatsheuvel, The Netherlands

Stayed November 2015. You can find my review about Boomgalows De Roestelberg also on TripAdvisor. My scores: sleep quality 2/5, rooms 5/5, service 5/5.

This is really an exceptional B&B. We stayed here for one night with friends, so we had the whole house (yes, you not only get a room, you get a whole house) for ourselves. We loved relaxing in the sofa with a glass of wine and walking throught the lovely herb garden.

The rooms are beautiful and very clean. The shower was very nice and modern. My only (minor) complaint was the bed, which was too hard for me. It was a nice feature that you could adjust the bed, but I would have prefered a better mattress. The house also had a small sauna for two persons, which we didn’t try, but looked very nice.

The host was super friendly and really knew everything there is to know about herbs. I especially enjoyed the home made shampoo and shower gel with herbs from the garden. Really lovely to use such wonderful products made with love and care.

Breakfast was something else. Fresh bread and pastries, juice, home made jams, charcuterie, cheese, yoghurt and to top this the most beautifully decorated egg with bacon. Our host had picked some lovely edible flowers and herbs from the garden to decorate our breakfast.

We really had a great stay here. I would definitely come back!

B&B ‘t Lof Der Kruiden, Kloosterstraat 64, Zedelgem 8210, Belgium

Stayed October 2015. You can find my review about B&B ‘t Lof Der Kruiden also on TripAdvisor. My scores: sleep quality 3/5, cleanliness 5/5, service 5/5.

I personally love Japanese cuisine, so I have to say, this restaurant was somewhat of a disappointment. My boyfriend and I had lunch here. We chose the all you can eat formula, which perhaps should have been a red flag.

I was drawn to the udon noodles on the menu, but instead I got ramen which I highly suspected to just be some instant noodle preparation. A no no in a decent restaurant. Udon is not ramen, don’t think you can fool me on this part.

The nigiri sushi were ok, but the fish was really thin. My boyfriend also found a fish bone in one of his rolls. Our hunger was stilled and it was cheap, but to be honest, we expected more from this meal.

Arigato Sushi, 1395 Hillside Dr, Kamloops, British Columbia V2E 2R7, Canada
http://arigatosushi.ca/
+1 250-314-1185

Visited July 2015. You can find my review about Arigato Sushi also on TripAdvisor. My scores: value 4/5, service 3/5, food 3/5.