Between
Courses

One of the final dinners

A second visit to Soenil Bahadoer’s table, shared over a six-course Signature Menu, wine and a drink afterwards.

The meal became even more meaningful when De Lindehof closed shortly afterwards. The signed book, receipt and table details are exactly why this kind of archive matters.

A table in a former home

A lunch worth leaving Rome for: a train with Federico to Senigallia, a long table at Uliassi, and the same train back that evening.

Jordi was on holiday in Rome with his girlfriend, their six-month-old daughter, Jone and Federico. He and Federico made the detour for lunch in the city where Jordi had once studied. A snail salad looked like a living garden, while a deceptively simple pasta with tomato and basil stayed just as clearly in the memory.

When a sandwich becomes a soup

At Disfrutar, a small sandwich did not stay a sandwich for long.

It arrived with a cognac glass holding a fine spray of vinegar. When the bread met the mouth, the aroma changed the entire experience: the small bite suddenly became gazpacho. And two perfect peppers on a dark plate were not peppers at all, but bonbons. It was the kind of playful, precise surprise that made Disfrutar Jordi’s biggest wow effect.

Even the designated-driver pairing was an experience of its own: distilled wine with most of the alcohol removed, served at a different temperature while keeping the flavour recognisably close to the original.

The table beside the kitchen

A seat beside Jermain’s kitchen, where every movement of the brigade became part of the dinner.

The evening brought another unexpected connection: the sommelier turned out to be an old acquaintance Jordi had once worked with at De Zwaan in Geldrop. It turned an already memorable dinner with Rob Stad into a small reunion.