De Lange Muur ¨C Omnipresent China

Suppose you just arrived in Rotterdam and you wonder how to go about to experience this diverse worldly harbour city¡­ and you realize you could well do with a bit of something, to eat that is. Restaurants, tea corners, coffee bars, wine and snack buffets are all there in a wide variety. So maybe for that first step into this world unknown, go easy with a choice of the familiar: go for the ubiquitous world wide available food: go Chinese!!!

Walk down about 400 metres South from the central station and then turn right for the West Kruiskade and the very first restaurant on the corner of this multi cultural street is called: De Lange Muur ¨C (The Long Wall).

A light Dim Sum meal for a pleasantly light lunch is a pretty good start for the tour around town. You may get a feeling of being anywhere but Rotterdam, as this place caters almost exclusively to Chinese ( 95% Chinese for lunch ¨C 50/50 Chinese /Westerners for dinner ).

The menu could pose a puzzle if you are unfamiliar with Chinese characters, so Westerners get a handy menu with pictures of the over 200 dishes and short descriptions in English to help out. Just jot down the numbers of your choice ¨C Bingo style ¨C , hand it over to your waiter and with an amazing speed the table will fill up with the plates and dishes that you ordered.

This fast service allows you to order in waves or courses, so do not order all at once unless you are ravenous and in a hurry. The food is excellent, fresh and genuine and the restaurant is often filled up to capacity, but with 140 couverts available and a smooth turnover waiting time is no big deal.

Still, the atmosphere is surprisingly serene and relatively quiet: large, three generation families share a multitude of food rotating and turning in carrousel fashion in the middle of huge round tables and all you hear is humming contentment. Now start exploring Rotterdam or use it on the way out.

Details about this spot
De Lange Muur | Restaurants (Chinese) | Dinner € 20.00
West Kruiskade 1 | Center (area map) | +31102800518
12:00 ¨C 00:00 daily