Oude Gracht

It was sunny today, a rarity in Holland. So I just had to go outside and enjoy the sun before the somber and grey weather comes back in over two days…

I went to Utrecht, did a little shopping, and then I decided to have lunch at a restaurant on the wharf of Oude Gracht (old canal). I picked out Il Pozzo, since they have tables and seats outside. I felt like eating italian too. So I went down to the wharf, picked a table, and ordered a beer and insalata di caprese. While waiting for my lunch I sketched the view in front of me right across the canal.

When I ordered the insalata di caprese, I thought that I would get some classic italian salad of sliced tomatoes, whole basil leaves, and sliced mozarella. How dissapointed I was when the salad arrived. It was dutch italian salad! Yes, it still had some sliced tomatoes (didn’t look that fresh), cut up mozarella (really small, some of them even melted a bit, not sure why), some basil (chopped up to the max, I could not really taste any ‘basil’ at all). But it also had a bit too much salt, orange slices, a few leaves of salad green (oak?), and a big mount of preserved carrot and radish. The preserved veggie looked suspiciously too familiar. It could have come from a jar from Albert Heijn (dutch supermarket). So no trace of the classic insalata di caprese at all there…I ate only the tomatoes and cheese. And I finished my lunch with a cup of capuccino.

For sure, I will not go back to Il Pozzo again for their salad. I still can’t believe that the salad costs 9 euros! Way overpriced!!!

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