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| The market hall ceiling is a riot of color and representation of market goods, those are windows to mixed-use spaces behind |
In the heart of Rotterdam, just outside the Rotterdam Blaak station is the grand market hall space, "Markthal". This massive mixed use construction is a large horseshoe shaped building (maybe more a post modern Quonset Hut) which houses some 4600 sq. meters of retail, 228 apartments, and a massive 4 story underground parking garage.
With its enormous glass ends, the Markthal creates the illusion of a very large farmers market shed. With clear views of the nearby architecture- Rotterdam Library, Blaak Tower, and the
famous Rotterdam
cube houses.
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| IT'S CHEESE!! Wheels of cheese in the Markthal |
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| Nuts galore at one of the Markthal vendors |
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| We gathered for dinner at Jamie's Italian (Jamie Oliver) |
There are many restaurants inside the Markthal, we dined at
Jamie's Italian. The dining room was much larger than the reservation agent made it sound when we reserved for our group of 12 people. They even made us order from a smaller menu in advance due to their limited size of restaurant. Which was a little disappointing give the dining rooms ample space and the fact that even though we ordered nearly a week in advance it took a very long time for food to arrive after our seating and drink orders.
https://www.jamieoliver.com/italian/netherlands/restaurants/rotterdam/
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| charcuterie board |
Generally the food was decent. I suppose going to a restaurant based on the cooking of a TV cooking show celebrity whose claim to fame is simple, down to earth dining, it delivered to those expectations. But it left me a little flat. I have seen Jamie on his show knock out dishes like the prawn linguine during one of his 15 minute meal episodes, but still had to wait well over half an hour from main dishes order until we got our starters. Nice since it was a meeting of international colleagues, but not what i expected from the "Naked Chef".
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| Marinated & chargrilled featherblade steak, a large flattened steak |
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| Prawn linguine |
The prawn in the
prawn linguine were a little tough, like what I could make at home if i bought frozen precooked and cleaned shrimp and mixed a very simple tomato garlic sauce with them. Very nice dish, but not what one hopes for from a dinner out.
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| "Epic Brownie", A brownie with Ice Cream and caramel corn |
Spherical Image :
Markthal Rotterdam
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