Category: restaurant reviews

Caroline’s Champagne – Food & Champagne & where to go to eat out around here

Champagne as a food wine? Hmmm I can see some of you frown and look a little unsure, as indeed Champagne is generally more associated with celebrations than it is regarded a gastronomic beverage. Very few people indeed choose Champagne as the wine to accompany the main courses of their meal. Yet I believe, with

Karmozijn – Haarlem

Just over two weeks ago, we visited the Karmozijn – a tiny restaurant in the Gierstraat in Haarlem. The Karmozijn is Haarlem’s famous one man band restaurant – ie the owner Ton Overbeek is the chef, sommelier and front of house at the same time. The restaurant is so small that I managed to walk