The place is quite famous for the goat stew, but we did not tasted it. We had a hearty meal and everything was delicious. The food is excellent we tried plat fritay, a mixed fried sweet potatoes, plantain and malanga akra (a root popular on the island) zepina nan sos kokoye (spinach cooked in a coconut sauce) Kalalou (ladies’fingers stewed) Creole shrimp. The rooms inside are also painted in bright colors, with Caribbean motifs, with tables and multicolored murals, depicting scenes of local life of the Pearl of the Antilles. Refinery 29.The Haitian words “Tap Tap” literally mean “quick quick”, but they are also used to define the colorful buses that serve as shared taxis on the Caribbean island.Īnd it is just a tap tap what welcomes you, painted on the wall at the entrance of the outdoor area of the Haitian restaurant at 519 5th Street. The Telegraaf: Horeca moet gratis kaanwater schenken, March 23, 2013 Interesting articles related to the bottled water debate: How cool is that? In addition to giving attention to a restaurant that gets this basic concept, you have a chance of having a ‘kraanwater locatie’ named after you. If they give you tap water, then take a “tap water selfie” and place it on the tap water map, which can be found at. I received an email at the beginning of June with the following call to action: This summer, dare to ask for tap water at your favorite festival, bar, restaurant or beach tent ( a seasonal restaurant set up on the beach). Wish I’d remembered the name of that restaurant for the tap water map. In fact, my friend and I decided to go to another restaurant for dessert that same day and guess what? They served us tap water without batting an eye. Since that fateful lunch, I’ve been asking for tap water every time I go to a restaurant and have not been denied since my Brocante Brasserie Pijnnacker experience. If you live in the Netherlands, feel free to sign it too. But denying me tap water all together seems just plain old wrong. To be fair, I wouldn’t mind paying a nominal fee for tap water, considering the waiter has to serve the water, the glasses need to be washed, etc. In fact, a petition called “overall kraanwater graag” (tap water everywhere please), has gathered 107,075 signatures and counting to make tap water available everywhere and stop restaurants from denying us this basic need. My friend and I weren’t alone in our thoughts on this. Further, with all the manufacturing costs, transport and associated environmental pollution, bottled water is a crime against the environment. Water is as necessary to our survival as breathing and no one should deny you access to something as basic as municipal water–which we all financially contribute to maintain through taxes here in the Netherlands. If I wasn’t looking forward to our lunch together, I might have been tempted to walk out. He was young, rude and unwavering in his stance. He would be happy to serve us a bottled water, but there would be no tap water. When we shared our concerns, she said she would get the manager. We mentioned the new law and she still refused. So, we ordered tap water and the waitress launched into a monologue about how they don’t serve tap water. But the reason we were being so anarchist in our thoughts this particular afternoon was that we had both heard talk of a new law that restaurants can not deny you a glass of tap water. If you want water in a restaurant, you have to buy bottled water, which can range from 1,50 to 6 euros, depending on the size and brand. Dutch tap water is very high-quality and even tastes good. But in The Netherlands, many restaurants refuse to serve tap water, and it has nothing to do with water quality. If you’re from the States, that might sound like a strange question. “I wonder if they’ll serve us tap water here,” she asked. Before they brought lunch, we were feeling a bit thirsty. We started with a cup of tea as we caught up with each other, then placed our lunch order. At 11:45 on a Friday, this cozy restaurant was half full. But if you ever want to feel like a subversive, just try ordering a glass of tap water in a Dutch restaurant.Ī while ago I met my friend Colleen for lunch at Brocante Brasserie in Pijnnacker. Restaurants in drought areas don’t bring it automatically, but if you ask for a glass of water, they will bring you one without hesitation. In the U.S., receiving a glass of tap water with your meal at a restaurant is about as normal as receiving a fork, knife and spoon with which to eat your food.
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