The Blue Pepper

My husband and I were walking back to our hotel in Amsterdam after a stroll through Vondelpark. We were both hungry and wanted to find a place to eat. We stumbled upon a place called
"Blue Pepper". We quickly did a search in our small collection of guides prior to entering. Blue Pepper was a find indeed and executive chef Sonja Pereira has been featured in The New York Times. It's a contemporary Indonesian restaurant. The interior was multiple shades of ocean blue with only about 12 tables. Arrive hungry because there is no shortfall of food. You are presented with three set-menu options. In order to fully understand the depth of her cooking we went with "the Sultan and I" a degustation menu so thorough and complex that even a true foodie would have difficulty distinguishing the different level of flavors.
My favorite was the sampling of lamb, chicken and prawn sate with accompaniments. The Asinan Segar crackly crab salad was also noteworthy.