It rains fishes, and scallops too.

7-16-2014 Wed. warm, sunny. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ( at It Rains Fishes, The Hague)  Chef's menu 3-course :  Northern sea herring and tomato soup shot | almost raw northern sea scallop, salmon, tuna and shrimp with greens and mustard sauce | bronzino filet with ratatouille and almond sauce 
DINNER --- tea and bread 

 Mauritshuis

the lonely and grumpy-looking Goldfinch 

an evening wandering in Delft 

Lunch at It Rains Fishes, backyard 

 

• an impressive array of fishes and seafood, excellent cooking  ( or not cooking), focused composition and well thought paring. This place turns out food better than the M-starred HanTing.

vaguely Chinese new cuisine in Den Haag

7-15-2014 Tue. cool, clouds and sun. 



BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ( at World Forum ) smoked salmon sandwich 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  coffee
DINNER --- ( at HanTing restaurant, The Hague )  chef Han's  4-course menu :  Tuna in different degrees of rawness and shapes, with tomatoey sauce, and a lone raw shrimp like an imposter | a small bowl of seasoned rice | bronzino filet with beech mushrooms and quinoa, cucumber sauce | cod and zucchini | sous-vide lamb with all sorts of supporting characters including bacon! | Rose and white from Languedoc 

 near the hotel

the beach 

 HanTing

 

• the only Chinese part is a cut-up canned little corn thing. the rice is more in Japanese sushi rice style, but with rather bad mushy texture.  The best cooked is the lamb, silky consistency and good flavor by itself. 
• service is very good

Indonesian dutch mishmash

7-14-2014 Mon. cool, rainy.

BREAKFAST --- coffee
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  chocolate and coffee
DINNER --- ( Indonesian food in The Hague )  a little bit everything 

 
 

• in The Hague, people on official  duties are stern and unfriendly.. the Indonesian place on the street boasting royal residence is pretty dead quiet, food is decent, business is no good.