Photographs, Jewellery, Food and Life by Son Memelink

09 September 2010

Restaurant Flamingo Paradise + family

One of my family's favorite restaurants is the Indonesian 'Flamingo Paradise' in Wassenaar.
Any excuse we can think of, and we're off for a visit to FP (as I've come to call it).
Yesterday's reason? A short visit from my lovely niece Natasha who lives in England but has just roamed around Zambia, looking after wild animals.
So there we were, with the relatives who still live in Holland.

Quite often, tourists visiting Holland, want to try an Indonesian speciality called 'rijsttafel' (translated into 'rice table'). The restaurant offers a wide choice of different rijsttafels but they always consist out of many, different, small dishes.

Looking at the pictures of the food, some of you may think that you've seen it all before, but I have to say that tasting it will make you realise why we like the place so much (that, and the fact that my mum says, "What's really nice is that the owner recognizes us and comes to our table for a nice chat, every time. Such a lovely man.")
The ambiance is warm and welcoming, the service is very friendly, the trees/flowers are real and people who like to smoke (not me) get a covered, open-fire-lit, comfortable outside area to relax in.
Here are some pictures of the food (and us).
part of a 'rijsttafel'
4 kinds of saté



very tasty chicken + cashew nuts dish
family
family/ambiance

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