Spaarne 66, Haarlem
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Spaarne 66
Spaarne 66 sits on the water in Haarlem, and it fed us very well indeed.
It began with bread — dark, chewy, still warm — with an olive tapenade and a green herb aioli, and we ate rather more of it than we had planned to. Then oysters, because we always order the oysters.
The entrecôte went to James: pink through the middle, in a deep bowl with new potatoes, mushrooms and roasted carrot in a glossy jus. The monkfish came to the other side of the table, firm and sweet under a saffron-yellow sauce with pumpkin seeds and a smooth white purée — the kind of plate that looks rich and eats bright.
The wine was the find of the evening: a Romanian Pinot Noir, not a bottle either of us would have reached for, and better than most of what sits beside it on a list.
Delicious, generous, and on the water. We would come back.
The table
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