#gastronome

bak (amsterdam)

8 Dec: dinner at Gastrono-ME

my partner and I have eaten here a few times now and have not been disappointed. This dinner was the night before I went back to the states for the rest of the month, and it was a sweet date night.

my meal: Santa Fe Bowl - pretty much a dressed up taco salad, no complaints at all

his meal: Beer-Battered Avo Tacos - a trio of vegetarian burrito-eggroll tacos (I have my eye on this for next time)

to share: LOADED TOTS - name is slightly misleading because they're definitely fries/chips, not tater tots, but delicious nonetheless. I need the sauce. now.

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Gastronome [GAS-trə-nohm] Part of speech: noun Origin: French, early 19th century 1. A gourmet. Examples of gastronome in a sentence “Julia Child was a gastronome before she learned to cook a single dish.” “You can be a gastronome and still appreciate simple foods.” #wordoftheday