Great and good news for Amsterdam food lovers arrived in March: Yotam Ottolenghi is (finally) coming to the Netherlands. His first restaurant here opens in the heart of Amsterdam, in the Mandarin Oriental Conservatorium, better known as the former Conservatorium Hotel in the Museum Quarter, which now sails entirely under the Mandarin Oriental flag.

It is Ottolenghi's second restaurant on the European mainland—the first opened at the Mandarin Oriental Geneva—and in a way, Amsterdam feels like a small homecoming: he already lived here in the 90s. Expect exactly what Ottolenghi is so beloved for: vegetables in the starring role, pronounced flavors, and tables full of dishes to share, from breakfast to dinner.