Vyne - Amsterdam

Vyne
Prinsengracht 411
1016 HM Amsterdam
Tel : +31 20 3446408

Restaurant week part II, Yes, it’s like New York's Restaurant Week (were it actually has begun). The week for foodies, or foodies to be. How good is that. The deal is this: € 25 for three courses at one of the participating restaurants in Amsterdam (Amsterdam area, Rotterdam and The Hague). For obvious reasons, you want to choose one of the ordinarily restaurants or ans the ones you haven't been to, on the list.

For Vyne it's a little different, it's wine bar, so they made for this week a flight (for those who are not familiar with a flight, it's (mostly) three different kinds of wine, served about half a glass) of your choice wine (white or red) combined with 5 small, fingerfood like tastes for the mouth ... So you get a chance to eat 5 different finger food combined with wine ... mjammie.

We started of with a very nice glass of white wine :
Vouvrey sec, Le Haut Lie, 2006, Loire

For the restaurant week menu we had :

Flight White wines
Regaleali Bianco, Inzolia, 2007, Sicilie
Verdejo Palacio de Bornos, Rueda, 2007, Spain
Elementos, Chardonnay Viognier, 2006, Argentinie

Flight Red Wines
Carmen, Pinot Noir, 2006, Chili
Le Volte, Toscane, 2006, Italy
Three Cape Ladies, Warwick, 2004, South Africa

Fingerfood
Smoked wild salmon with fresh apple and cressonette
Mash of peas with bacon and veal ragout
Bisque
Pizza with italian cheese and rucola
Spinach bread with Serano and Parmesan foam


It was a small delight, the bisque was not so good but the rest was perfect. Choise of wines in combination with the food was perfect.

Vyne is seen as the sister of Envy (also on this blog) but the food as the center has been replaced by wine. They looked pretty good to Robert's Bubbles and Wines. Actually it's almost the same. They invested a bit more and that shows in the giant cooling (foto to the right). It's a lovely place, the furniture is not too well chosen for spending an entire evening, and maybe that's why they chose it ... The presentation of the wine is divine as you can see. The knowledge of the people serving is very well. They only forgot twice an order and that's a pity of course ...

Alway's wanted to try that excellent wine, take a look, for superb service and superb wines as well, of course perfect fingerfood as well, Robert is still favorite for me !

website : Vyne