Where to eat in Amsterdam - MAOZ FALAFEL

I love love love these places. We actually had our 1st falafel on the day we arrived. We had no idea where we were going and as a result ended up walking around in circles on the outskirts for hours.......I could have happily eaten a scabbed horse that had been dead 6 weeks.

Fortunately we came across this............................

I wasn't sure whether it was the aforementioned partial starvation, or whether this was actually REALLY GOOD.... but fortunately it turned out to be the latter. I must have eaten here at least once every other day. 

You can get one of these; the traditional falafel, which is like a pita bread filled with 4 falafels and your choice of salad for about €5.50. The are REALLY filling and taste amazing. Plus, because you can choose your own salad, you're not eating the 'same thing' every time.  

More often I used to get just a salad box for €4.00 which again is really filling. You can fit a lot of salad into the box and you still get the 4 balls, just no pita bread.

Falafel balls are made from chick pea flour, deep fried, crunchy on the outside, meaty texture on the inside.

There is seating inside all of these places, although they are open so on a cold day it's a bit chilly. They don't have tea or coffee, but they do have cold drinks. This franchise is everywhere is Amsterdam and there are also quite a few independent places, all roughly similar prices and all very good.

Given that for a Kentuky Fried Chicken Box it's at least €8.00 per person, it's made from '12 secret herbs and spices' that taste amazing but make you want to throw up 10 minutes after eating....the falafel places are a healthy fast food alternative.

And now I'm hungry.