Images of Leiden & Delft

Hello…let us continue my journey in Netherland by visiting cities in Randstad area or further around South Holland. My husband took me to Leiden some weeks ago and had lunch at an Indonesian restaurant. And of course taking photo in front of windmill for the first time :) The windmill that located near Leiden train station is a museum named Molen van De Valk. We didn’t look around inside only sightseeing the outside of the windmill, anyway… And there are also a big sun clock in Leiden.

Delft. So far this is my fave city in Holland haha… (husband, do you agree with me?). I think Delft is similar with Amsterdam with canals structure and old building beauties but….less people ! And pigeons, unfortunately… I know Amsterdam is number one tourists attraction that is why the city is so crowded. Well, if you want to enjoy some European ambience with not much tourists come visit Delft. Many Indonesians also come to study in university in Delft. The city also popular for its Dutch souvenir, blue hand-painted ceramics. In the centrum area I also found a nice Dutch souvenir shop. Inside there are unique and different souvenirs compared to other stores. Oh…I love Delft. See by how many photos taken...

 This is the shop!

Selera Anda

Today let’s try some Indonesian cuisine…my husband showed his fave Indonesian restaurant in Leiden. And there we were going in one nice (but rainy) weekend. Besides Leiden, Selera Anda also has other branches in Amstelveen and Badhoevedorp. In Leiden it’s a small restaurant with around 4 white tables. We can choose various food inside an etalage along with rice, yellow rice (nasi kuning), fried rice (nasi goreng) and lontong,. The various food eatable to accompany rice are rendang (most popular Indonesian dish), served in spicy and not-spicy choices. There are also chicken with sweet-sour sauce, capcay (veggie, actually the dish influenced by Chinese), tahu/tofu and tempe (both made from soya bean), Ayam Rica (or ritja in Dutch way), sate and many other dishes. They have also Indonesian snacks like Spekkoek (I call it Lapis Legit), Risolles, Lumpia, etc. It’s glad to find a place that connected with the land I come from. Anyway, the girl who served us was a Moroccan student works on weekend. She was surprised when she found out we are a married couple Moroccan-Indonesian :)

Find more information about the resto at http://www.seleraanda.nl. They have also catering and party service.

Short Review :

• Location : Steenstraat 31, 2312 BT, Leiden (near Leiden Station)
• Service : Costumers choose food they want, the friendly servant (how do I call the person who serve?) will place the food onto a plate and heaten it up inside a microwave then serve it on table. Self-service for drink.
• Ambience : It is a small and clean resto. Casual. Many customers just choose and take away the food.
• Price : They offer meal packages consist of nasi with several dishes. Priced from 8,95-13,50 euro.
• Taste : I like their dishes. It is an Indonesian taste but not too spicy, their style is more to a sweet cooking. I like also the spekkoek.