Brasserie AanDeel — Restaurant in Noordoostpolder

So this is a lovely place to come and have a coffee with friendly staff and a nice ambiance, but the food is lacklustre at best. I've eaten lunch here twice. The Surinami chicken is about as Surinamese as my left foot (and my Surinami foster brother was there to corroborate that notion) and the second bread with Haloumi was a crime against mankind. The ingredients used are not bad, but whoever in the kitchen developed the menu needs to do some soul searching as to what cuisine he or she wants to present.

I for one find mayonnaise-based sauces drizzled over Halloumi an insult to the cheese. You don't do that. If you want to cross over, make the same sandwich with a light pesto drizzle, or dress your vegetables in olive oil, lemon juice and Za'atar, for all I care, but this was just disappointing.

Nothing wrong with the ingredients used here, just not a very well thought out menu. It wants to have Lebanese elements without having the faintest understanding what makes...

Very attentive staff, quick, friendly and accurate. Kitchen also very good, nice 'let's stay away from the middle of the road' menu. The 'Uitsmijters' are absolutely delicious and the flatbreads also very good. Taste is excellent and presentation done with much care. When ordeing a 'gado gado' however do not expect anything Indonesian. Tasty and nice but not much to do with the original dish. When going to the upstairs bathroom (also one downstairs) the history of the square, tower in front of the restaurant and the general start of the town of Emmeloord are explained on posters on the doors. So when you are wondering what is taking one so long, just reading up on the history. When in the area, definitely one to come back to. One tiny downside is that mobile phone reception in the restaurant is horrible to non existant. Fortunately, the waitress quickly gave us...

Ik was al super enthousiast over de lunch (Libanees platbrood), maar nu ook voor het eerst gedineerd bij Brasserie AanDeel nav veel goede verhalen, en wat waren ze juist. Het eten hier is echt heel goed en wordt met veel aandacht en goede producten bereid. Ik had als voorgerecht de carpaccio en deze was iets anders dan de traditionele carpaccio in de meeste restaurants (iets dikker), maar wat was hij lekker! Als hoofdgerecht had ik de biefstuk welke perfect bereid was en je kon ook merken dat het kwalitatief goed vlees was. Lekkere garneringen erbij en de Polderfriet is ook super lekker. Ik had als toetje de appelcake die ik iets vond tegenvallen, maar mijn partner had de Dame Blanche en die was wel heel geslaagd. Niet alleen de standaard bollen ijs met chocolade saus, maar ook met een crumble erbij en caramelsaus, en dat maakte hem wel echt af. Als extra kregen we zelfs nog zelfgemaakte pindarotsjes bij de koffie wat heel attent was en ook weer super lekker. Ik ga hier nog regelmatig komen! Verder fijne sfeer, leuke aankleding, en...