DK Travel : Amsterdam : Editor's choice

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Meeuwig & Zn.

Stockists of a prodigious range of olive oils selected from small farmers around the Med. Also, vinegars, mustards and spices.
Melkweg

This former milk factory now churns out live music. Plus there’s a cinema, theatre, gallery, cafébar, upstairs bar and pint-sized video room (see Melkweg).
Naveltje Bloot

Literally, Naked Tummy Button: a fruit liqueur traditionally taken when a mother-to-be shows off her bump to family and friends.
NH Schiller

The bar and restaurant are a gorgeous Art Nouveau escape from touristic Rembrandtplein. Owned for the best part of the last century by painter Frits Schiller, it was a regular meeting place for artists, and still has something of that atmosphere. Schiller’s paintings are displayed throughout the premises.
Oranje Bitter

An orange-flavoured liqueur knocked back onKoninginnedag (30 April).
Oude Jenever

Smoother, more complex, and slightly yellow in colour. Both types are referred to in bars asborrel (a tot).
P G C Hajenius

Dutchman Hajenius fulfilled his 1826 pipe dream, and his store is now one of Europe’s most famous cigar houses. A must for all cigar connoisseurs, but worth a peek just for the art deco interior.
Pancake Bakery

Although unashamedly touristy, you could do a lot worse than this restaurant in a former 17th-century warehouse named “Hope” to sample the local fare.
Pannenkoeken

Pancake houses offer an astonishing variety of fillings – try the Pancake Bakery for an excellent selection. The traditional Dutch favourite is a large pancake topped with a thick syrup calledstroop . If you have room for more, there are delicious, sugarypoffertjes , the mini pancakes sold in summer from brightly painted stalls and from permanent stands at Dam Square and Leidesplein.
Paradiso

One of Amsterdam’s bestloved live music spots. Velvet Underground, Buzzcocks and Macy Gray have all played here. The intimate upstairs hall often has unknowns before they go big.