Visiting Den Haag for the month of March!

Robynn · **Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:30 pm

Hello lovely Dutch ppkers! I am staying in Den Haag for work for essentially the month of March at the Parkhotel. Any suggestions on where I should eat and what I should do? What are the vegan essentails at the grocery stores there? I have a kitchen in my room so I should be able to prepare some meals, but I am there for work so I can justify trying out any and all great vegan eats! Thanks ppk!

lutin · **Posted:** Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:36 am

This thread has a bunch of suggestions for things to try while in NL viewtopic.php?f=14&t=21063

There are a couple of cute veg. restaurants in Den Haag, and nearby in Rotterdam are a few more (like the vegan bakery!).

lepelaar · **Posted:** Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:29 am

The Vegetarian Butcher is located in the Hague. Not all of their stuff is vegan, but a good chunk is! I haven't been in to their store (it's been a few years since I've been to DH), but I know the stuff they sell at other stores is marked either as "100 plantaardig" (which is vegan) or "100% vegetarisch" (which is not vegan). I don't know much about places to go out in DH, but wasn't there a PPK meet up that went there to some place that serves vegan fondue? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Ooh, checking out Happy Cow, it looks like there's a Cigkoftem there! I think some of their side dishes have meat but their main product - kofte - is vegan. And yummy!

Oh, and I second what lutin says about Rotterdam. Just braved the snow this week to go there (ostensibly for a Van Eyck exhibition) and ended up getting cupcakes (at Heavenly Cupcakes) and vegan Chinese food (at de Oude Plek). Yummm!

lutin · **Posted:** Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:55 am

If you want company, robynn, I'm pretty sure you could talk us into a meetup.

fisticuffs · **Posted:** Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:34 am

I think the place with the fondue is De Hagedis. Bun, veg_eric, pickledtreats also went to lunch that day, I don't know what the place was called. But I couldn't make it to Den Haag that early (catmergency) and they brought me something tasty!

lepelaar · **Posted:** Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:08 am

lutin wrote:

If you want company, robynn, I'm pretty sure you could talk us into a meetup.

A-yup!

Cornelie · **Posted:** Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:40 am

Meetup! Meetup!

agent_44 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:46 am

I second checking out the Vegetarian Butcher! Also Baklust http://www.baklust.nl/ a small cae type place with loads of really good vegan options and lovely friendly and helpful staff :)

Veg_Eric · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:34 am **Posts:** 2206

Cornelie wrote:

Meetup! Meetup!

I'm in.

Robynn · **Posted:** Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:30 pm

Oooo I would love a meet-up! I think most of my evenings and weekends are free :)

And thank you for the suggestions everyone! This is going to be a big help.

Bun · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:48 am

I'm in! I'll be out of the country the first weekend of March but the other weekends should be fine. De Hagedis?

fisticuffs · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:21 am

Yessss.

lutin · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:16 am

My vote's for a weekend and not March 10th. (Where are you going, bunbunbun?)

YES De Hagedis.

Cornelie · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:19 am

March 10 works for me :-)

lutin · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:07 am

Aw. March 10 definitely does not work for me. :(

Cornelie · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:20 am

Aw sorry, I misread what you wrote :-( Thought you were proposing to meet on the 10th

Except for the 23rd, all of my weekend days in March are still free. I hope we can find a date that works for all of us!

Marla666 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:19 am

Around the corner from the Vegetarian Butcher is a vegetarian Chinese grocery store, they sell lots of fake meat and the people that work there are very friendly and helpful.
Also in Den Haag there is a hamburger joint called Burgerz, they sell the Dutch Weed Burger which is vegan: http://www.burgerz.nl/

Cornelie · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:25 am

Good call about the vegetarian Chinese store Marla, I had forgotten about that!

Maybe you'd like to come to the meetup too?

Marla666 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:29 am

I will definitely try!

lepelaar · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:33 am

If you guys pick a date, I'll try to see if I can get that date off. This far in advance, it shouldn't be too much trouble!

lutin · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:26 pm

Sounds like the following Saturdays are up for grabs (looks like the veg. places are closed Sundays): March 16, 30. Preferences?

Robynn · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:12 pm

March 30 doesn't work for me - I'll be headed to Assen then for work. The 16th is good though!

Robynn · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:19 pm

Also, looks like I am staying in a great area based on all of your suggestions :)

Robynn · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:43 pm

Also, I have a proposition for one of you - if someone could help me the first time in the grocery store as I do not speak a lick of Dutch and don't know the brands, I will bring them whatever they want in North American products that are likely hard/impossible to find there or very expensive. Any takers?

Veg_Eric · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:34 am **Posts:** 2206

Robynn wrote:

Also, I have a proposition for one of you - if someone could help me the first time in the grocery store as I do not speak a lick of Dutch and don't know the brands, I will bring them whatever they want in North American products that are likely hard/impossible to find there or very expensive. Any takers?

When do you arrive or what day are you going to shop?

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