Applause Restaurant in Haarlem
Grote Markt, 23 A
2011 RC Haarlem
Tel: +31 (0)23 531 14 25
A great experience
and a beautiful surprise on the Grote Markt!
Jan, a
friend of mine recommended this restaurant, and I literally discovered it when
we went together for dinner. It is on the Grote Markt, but I have never noticed
it before!
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| Appetizers: olives, bread and olive oil |
Applause is
an Italian restaurant. I know what you are thinking,… another one! It is
incredible how many Italian restaurant you can find in the Netherlands, and
particularly in Haarlem!
This does
not mean, that it is easy to find a good place to enjoy good Italian food!
Now, I can
tell you to go to the Applause!
I enjoyed
the whole experience! The location is great, the old fashion decoration, like
end of the century and 20s is really nice. The service was caring and
professional.
We ordered
some antipasti first, with some culatello. It comes on a plate with some
rucola, fresh fig and very thin slices of culatello…. I was surprised to find
this delicatessen product on the menu and I found quite good.
Then I
tried some spaghettoni alla putanesca. The pasta was fresh and the sauce
homemade. Really delicious. Fresh and cooked with quality product. You could
feel each ingredient perfectly,… really good! The Putanesca sauce is an amazing mixture made of garlic, anchovies, capers, black olives, chili peppers and tomatoes. Really tasty!
We had a
bottle of Vino Nobile de Montepulciano to go with it and it was really nice.
The bill was 32 Euros per person.
Definitely
a place to try if you want to enjoy a special dinner!
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