You Haven’t Been to Holland if You Haven’t had a Pannenkoeken

By Ben Niven

Thursday July 28

Unfortunately today was our last day..tomorrow at 2pm Netherlands time we will begin our journey back to Canada via Iceland. I am glad to say that we made the most of our trip. Today was a slower day in comparison to others. We decided to go to Lage vuursche (la-ga ver-say) for their Pannenkoeken. You can find panenkoeken anywhere in Holland but  Lage Vuursche is famous  for their pannenkoeke. Luckily for us  Lage Vuursche is close to where we were staying. The restaurant offers a variety of pannenkoeke, ranging from sweet to savory. For example one with powdered sugar, strawberries and whipping cream and I had a savory pannenkoeke which was Spanish. My pannenkoeke was like a pizza almost. The crust was thin like a crepe and it was covered with chorizo sausage, tomatoes and cheese.

A little background information about pannenkoeke is that they are a dutch style pancake. Is it usually up to a 1 foot in diameter. There are two types of pannenkoeke. Sweet and savory. Sweet pannenkoeke can be served plain with nothing on it besides whipped cream and syrup. Savory pannenkoeke invloves more ingredients, sometimes imitating common foods we eat. For example I had a Spanish pannenkoeke which resembles pizza. There were also savory pannenkoeke that resembled ham and cheese pizza etc.

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                                                                  Sweet

 

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                                                                Savoury

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