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James Hoffmann reviewing a bad coffee machine

The interesting thing about this video is not that it reviews a coffee machine that does not meet the minimum criteria of a coffee machine. What’s interesting is that it gives a lot of insight in what really matters when making a good cup of coffee. For me it starts with good beans and a...

For those complaining about the high costs in restaurants and coffee bars

picture from Caffenation blog There is a lot of complaining about high prices for food and driinks outdoor. But at the same time we see business struggling to survive or being forced to stop. Recently owners of restaurants and coffee bars have been opening up about their costs. In this article in The Guardian you...

Integrating my website with BlueSky and Mastodon

Wordpress has made good steps with integrating self hosted Wordpress websites into the Fediverse (ActivityPub) and AT protocol world. I now have @hvandenbergh.com as my BlueSky handle and @harry@hvandenbergh.com as my Mastodon handle. Using a domain name you own as your BlueSky handle is native for BlueSky. You need to include some records in the...

Cats street art

In the center of The Hague you can find a small street called "Achterom" with a lot of street art centered around cats. It's a narrow street, so not easy to picture the cats. Best view is when simply walking through the street, but hereby some of the pics I made. Pictures are made with...

5 great campsites in The Netherlands

There are many campsites in The Netherlands. And a lot of people in The Netherlands like to co out camping. Manay families have a caravan, tent or camper. But on most campsites there are also facilities for rent. Houses or tents. Often the rental tents are more luxury than bringing your own, hence the term...

Made a little Linkedin post to share my retirement. A lot of very warm comments followed. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7472654929187241986

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Avondvierdaagse

Fun to see The Guardian write about this Dutch tradition

Home made kimchi

Making kimchi at home is easy and the result is delicious

All about specialty coffee

I am definitely a fan of good coffee. Years ago I roasted my own coffee, as good specialty coffee was hard to find. Nowadays there are so many great roasters that do a much better job than I could ever do on my little roaster. In this blogpost I will be writing on my coffee...

Hiking in The Hague

A hike from the centre of The Hague to Scheveningen https://www.tiktok.com/@hvandenbergh/video/7647517212969880864?_r=1&_t=ZG-95swP3oDF1F

In our garden we have a pizza oven that doubles as a BBQ. Great to roast meat and vegetables on wood fire.

One of my favourite restaurants in The Hague is Yuzu dining bar on the Bierkade. It's a Japanese inspired restaurants, and I love their dishes that have a Japanese twist, but are not the classical dishes. Some of the dishes are smoked on the spot (like the duck and mackerel) And the wasabi was so...