Kris wrote:
>
> On Aug 20, 10:48 am, "ViLco" > wrote:
> > Kris wrote:
> > > When I was in Amsterdam, I went to some good places. Italian and
> > > seafood in particular, IIRC.
> >
> > > Of course, I think I ate some greasy after-bar food too!!
> >
> > Mmmmmmm.... what were those spots called? Febo, maybe?
> > And do you remember those lunatic "automatic restaurants", usually operated
> > by surinamese or indonesian staff, where a wall of small glass-shielded
> > boxes stays between you and the kitchen and you just insert the coins near
> > the box whose content you want to get? The box opens and you can grab your
> > item. Almost everything in those boxes is breaded and fried, and in those
> > breading shells there's almost everything: spring roll filling, strangely
> > dressed noodles, seafood with veggies, minced meat with spicy potato
> > puree... LOL, those are way too strange to forget'em.
> > --
> > Vilco
>
>
> No! I WISH I had seen them - definitely a travel memory in the
> making!!
>
> Wonder what food safety issue they had...
>
> Kris

None really. Properly deep-fried food doesn't readily spoil and the
turnover is quick. Nice to get a quick portion of 'kroketten' while
waiting for a train.

The automatic restaurants are a bit like an old US automat. Put money
in, take food out. Horn and Hardart's comes to mind. Don't know if there
were any others. Was fortunate enough to eat at one just before it
closed shop. Beautiful polished 'dolphin' brass coffee dispenser, and
the food was on plates.