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Urban trends
Ranked eighth by
The New York
Times
on its list of “52 Places
to Go in 2014”, Rotterdam is
stepping out of Amsterdam’s
shadow as the Dutch epitome of
cosmopolitan cool. And it’s not
just the skyline that is making
headlines. The culinary scene is
also becoming a lure, with new
eateries and cafés springing up
around Wilhemina Pier, dubbed
by locals as “Manhattan on the
Maas”.
The futuristic Markthal, a
horseshoe-shaped indoor Market
Hall in the Laurens district,
is considered the Soho of
Rotterdam. Inside its cavernous
interior – decorated with giant
3D photos of food – patrons can
go one-stop shopping for fresh
organic produce at over 100
food stalls or grab a bite at any
of the dozens of eateries.
Fans of molecular gastronomy
must not miss the new restaurant
owned by double-Michelin-
starred chef Francois Geurd,
master of flavor fusions. The
only restaurant in the country
with its own experimental
food laboratory, FG Food Labs
offers informal dining inside a
converted railway arch in the
trendy Hofplein nightlife district.
Enjoy chargrilled langoustines
Provençal in a t-shirt and cut-off
jeans: perfect chemistry.
Holland’s foodie capital
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