A pancake made from your own dough: Pancakes Amsterdam
The batter mix comes from a real mill, one from a real baker. We call that a pancake made from our own dough. They argued about that mix for no less than six months until it was absolutely perfect. The pancakes? One year. Then you just take it seriously, right? Then the fresh milk from MOMA the milkman, and fresh milk is actually inconvenient because the dough has to be adjusted to it every time. They have specially imported the pancake pans from far away ("because you don't grill pancakes, you bake them"), meat from the butcher in De Pijp, the chocolate sauce is not Nutella, and well, you get it: this is exactly how every crumb of pancake and accompanying toppings selected and composed with care.
You can choose from Dutch pancakes: one of those old-fashioned thin placards. American Pancakes: a nice one stack of those fluffy small pancakes. And pancakes... do we have to explain that...? Mini pancakes! Recommended: savory with cheese, mushrooms and bacon. Sweet: the American Pancakes stroopwafel and chocolate sauce (swoon). Or the one with yogurt, strawberry and lemon honey if you want something fresh. Poffertjes: literally any – these are so good.
PANCAKES Amsterdam – isn't that for tourists and families? No, that is not the case - it is simply aimed at a truly authentic Amsterdam audience, but we all know how it works in the city center: every now and then a tourist comes there and where one goes, several more go. And a location like the Westermarkt right next to the Anne Frank house is something that many Amsterdammers think they want to avoid. THINKS – because absolute insider tip: on Sunday morning, when the morning sun shines over a singing Westerkerk, drink a fresh cup of coffee with a delicious pancake in the courtyard of PANCAKES Amsterdam while you let any children out on the bouncy castle. Really, it's worth it.
Other locations we love: the one on the IJ – right on the water, you see the ferry to Noord plodding back and forth – and in a bricked-in boat part of an old harbor building: so idyllic. Next favorite is the 9 Straatjes where you will find the very first and smallest PANCAKES Amsterdam with thirty seats inside and eight outside, but as authentic as it can be. And well: the 9 Straatjes.
Very nice, those PANCAKES Amsterdam. That, and you won't be hungry for the rest of the day because man, man, those pancakes are filling.
