Of the hotels which contain restaurants, the Hotel
des Indes and Hotel Vieux Doelen have a reputation
for good cookery. The former was Hotel des indes,
in olden times the town house of the Lange Voorhoot
Barons van Brienen. In winter many people of
Dutch society, coming to the capital from the country
for the season, take apartments there, and during that
period of the year the restaurant is often filled by very
brilliant gatherings. The manager and proprietor is
Mr. Haller. It was the hotel at which I stayed, and
I generally dined there, finding the dinner of the day
well cooked, and quite elaborate enough to satisfy a
man whose tastes are simple but rather exacting.
The restaurant can serve elaborate banquets, as the
following menu will prove ; it was composed for a
banquet given by Count Henri Stiirgkh : —
Huitres.
Consomme Bagration.
Filets de Soles Joinville.
Carre de Mouton Nesselrode.
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Parfait de foieTgras de Strasbourg.
Fonds d’Artichauts a la Barigoule.
Grouse rotis sur Croutons.
Compote de Montreuil.
Coeurs de Laitues.
Creme au Chocolat et Vanille.
Paillettes au Fromage.
The Vieux Doelen, a house with a pleasant old-
fashioned front looking on to a shady square, has a
Vieux Doelen, beautiful old dining-room, and it is here
Towmooiveld that eVery year the smartest balls in the
capital take place, given by the Societe du Casino,
and generally attended by their Majesties and the
Court.
The Hotels Paulez and Bellevue are other hotels
to which restaurants, for which some of my corre-
spondents have a good word, are attached.
Hock’s fish shop in the market has a room where
excellent oyster suppers are served ; but this is not a
Hock’s, Market place to which ladies should be taken
Place at night, for it is then patronised by
damsels who take the courtesy title of actresses, and
the students from Leiden.
The clubs of the Hague are the Plaats Royal, the
Hague Club, and the Witte Societeit.
The latter of these is a large club with a fine
Witte Societeit, reading - room, and is hospitably in-
Plein dined towards such strangers as have
the necessary introductions. Its town house is in the
busiest part of the city. It has a terrace, and on hot
days the chairs of the club overflow on to the square
before it. It has a pavilion, in an enclosure which,
being- of wire netting, resembles a gigantic chicken-
run, in Het Bosch, the park outside the city. In this
enclosure in summer a band plays on Wednesday
evening and Sunday afternoon. The friends of the
members sit in the enclosure and drink tea or coffee
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and eat ices. The general public walk about out-
side.
The Hague Club is the aristocratic club of the
city, the members of the nobility and The Hague Club,
the diplomatists being amongst its Voorhout
members.
The Plaats Royal is small and exclusive. It has a
semi - circular white front, the long piaats Royal,
windows in which look out on to the Plaats
little lake and the Plaats.
AFTER DINNER
During the week of sleepy summer weather I was
at the Hague every place of amusement was closed.
If one wished for entertainment of an evening one took
train or tramcar out to Scheveningen ; but in winter
the Opera House, where opera and comedy alternate,
and the Scala, a music hall, are open.
Scheveningen
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Presented as published in 1903. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Of the hotels which contain restaurants, the Hotel des Indes and Hotel Vieux Doelen have a reputation for good cookery. The former was Hotel des indes, in olden times the town house of the Lange Voorhoot Barons van Brienen. In winter many people of Dutch society, coming to the capital from the country for the season, take apartments there, and during that period of the year the restaurant is often filled by very brilliant gatherings. The manager and proprietor is Mr. Haller. It was the hotel at which I stayed, and I generally dined there, finding the dinner of the day well cooked, and quite elaborate enough to satisfy a man whose tastes are simple but rather exacting. The restaurant can serve elaborate banquets, as the following menu will prove ; it was composed for a banquet given by Count Henri Stiirgkh : —
Huitres.
Consomme Bagration.
Filets de Soles Joinville.
Carre de Mouton Nesselrode.
170 The Gourmet's Guide to Europe
Parfait de foie gras de Strasbourg.
Fonds d'Artichauts à la Barigoule.
Grouse rotis sur Croutons.
Compote de Montreuil.
Cœurs de Laitues.
Creme au Chocolat et Vanille.
Paillettes au Fromage.
The Vieux Doelen, a house with a pleasant oldfashioned front looking on to a shady square, has a Vieux Doelen, beautiful old dining-room, and it is here Toormooiveld that eVery year the smartest balls in the capital take place, given by the Societe du Casino, and generally attended by their Majesties and the Court.
The Hotels Paulez and Bellevue are other hotels to which restaurants, for which some of my correspondents have a good word, are attached.
Hock’s fish shop in the market has a room where excellent oyster suppers are served ; but this is not a Hock’s, Market place to which ladies should be taken Place at night, for it is then patronised by
damsels who take the courtesy title of actresses, and the students from Leiden.
The clubs of the Hague are the Plaats Royal, the Hague Club, and the Witte Societeit.
The latter of these is a large club with a fine Witte Societeit, reading - room, and is hospitably in- Plein dined towards such strangers as have
the necessary introductions. Its town house is in the busiest part of the city. It has a terrace, and on hot days the chairs of the club overflow on to the square before it. It has a pavilion, in an enclosure which, being- of wire netting, resembles a gigantic chickenrun, in Het Bosch, the park outside the city. In this enclosure in summer a band plays on Wednesday evening and Sunday afternoon. The friends of the members sit in the enclosure and drink tea or coffee
Holland 1 7 1
and eat ices. The general public walk about outside.
The Hague Club is the aristocratic club of the city, the members of the nobility and The Hague Club, the diplomatists being amongst its Voorhout members.
The Plaats Royal is small and exclusive. It has a semi - circular white front, the long piaats Royal, windows in which look out on to the Plaats little lake and the Plaats.
During the week of sleepy summer weather I was at the Hague every place of amusement was closed. If one wished for entertainment of an evening one took train or tramcar out to Scheveningen ; but in winter the Opera House, where opera and comedy alternate, and the Scala, a music hall, are open.
Scheveningen