Hapje Hour: 13 Wine Bars in Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
My favourite moment of the day is somewhere around 6.30 pm, when work is finished, it鈥檚 not yet time for dinner, and the kitchen is filled with the familiar glug-glug-glug sound of a just-opened bottle of wine being poured. If I鈥檓 at home, it鈥檒l perhaps be accompanied by some cheese and biscuits or slices of chorizo; if I鈥檓 out, it might be beer and聽bitterballen, or G&T and olives.聽Either way, this first-drink-of-the-day meets early-evening snacks moment has a name in our house: Hapje Hour聽鈥� which, incidentally, will be the name of my bar if the Honey Badger and I ever open one.
Either way, this first-drink-of-the-day meets early-evening snacks moment has a name in our house: Hapje Hour
The Italians call this聽aperitivo, and they do it spectacularly well. I鈥檓 not sure what the Spanish call it, but the same principle applies with tapas. The Dutch have their聽borrelhapjes, of course, but there鈥檚 room to branch out from the deep-fried snacks and blocks of cheese 鈥� as moreish with mustard as they may be. And Amsterdam 鈥� with its work-life balance that means most people leave work at a sensible time 鈥� is finally starting to get on board with this. More and more restaurants, bars and caf茅s are starting to offer shareable bites with drinks, and the quality and inventiveness of the food is going up in parallel. Here are just a few of my favourite wine bars in Amsterdam, that don鈥檛 disappoint on the food front鈥� ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
Either way, this first-drink-of-the-day meets early-evening snacks moment has a name in our house: Hapje Hour
The Italians call this聽aperitivo, and they do it spectacularly well. I鈥檓 not sure what the Spanish call it, but the same principle applies with tapas. The Dutch have their聽borrelhapjes, of course, but there鈥檚 room to branch out from the deep-fried snacks and blocks of cheese 鈥� as moreish with mustard as they may be. And Amsterdam 鈥� with its work-life balance that means most people leave work at a sensible time 鈥� is finally starting to get on board with this. More and more restaurants, bars and caf茅s are starting to offer shareable bites with drinks, and the quality and inventiveness of the food is going up in parallel. Here are just a few of my favourite wine bars in Amsterdam, that don鈥檛 disappoint on the food front鈥� ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Hapje Hour: 13 Wine Bars in Amsterdam
Guide Location: Netherlands » Amsterdam
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Author: Vicky Hampton
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Guide Location: Netherlands » Amsterdam
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Vicky Hampton
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Primi
- Winehouse Somm
- Cafe Binnenvisser
- Alba
- Sagardi
- Five Brothers Fat
- Rayleigh & Ramsay
- Alex + Pinard
- Clos
- GlouGlou
- Wijnbar Paulus
- Paskamer
- Wijnbar Boelen
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