Heertje Friet ★ 4.2
Heertje on Herengracht serves Amsterdam hand-cut frites the proper way, double-fried, salted, paired with mayonnaise or one of two dozen sauces.
Try: Hand-cut Dutch frites
Wok to Walk on Leidsestraat is the Amsterdam build-your-own stir-fry chain, noodles or rice, sauce, protein, vegetables, fired in a wok in 90 seconds.
Address: Leidsestraat 96, 1017 PE Amsterdam
Heertje on Herengracht serves Amsterdam hand-cut frites the proper way, double-fried, salted, paired with mayonnaise or one of two dozen sauces.
Try: Hand-cut Dutch frites
Albert Cuyp's poffertjes stall flips Amsterdam mini-pancakes in a cast-iron griddle, served with butter and powdered sugar, the snack the market eats walking.
Try: Poffertjes with butter and powdered sugar
Frens on Koningsplein near the Bloemenmarkt is the Amsterdam herring stand locals queue at, raw soused herring with onion and pickles, served the proper way.
Try: Hollandse Nieuwe haring
Stubbe's at the Haarlemmersluis bridge on the Singel near Centraal is the Amsterdam herring stand that ranks alongside Frens, family-run for more than a century.
Try: Hollandse Nieuwe haring
Vleminckx on Voetboogstraat is the Amsterdam frites takeaway, since 1957, double-fried Belgian-style chips, a queue that wraps the alley most lunchtimes.
Try: Belgian frites with mayonnaise
FEBO is the Amsterdam automatiek: hot kroketten, hamburgers and bitterballen behind little glass doors, the Leidseplein outlet open into the after-club hours.
Try: Kroket and bitterballen from the vending wall