I had eaten pannekoeken several years ago and I regaled my friend with tales of them, so my friend and I made our way to the closest pannekoeken huis in order to try some again.
The environment was nice enough, but the place was rather empty. When ordering, we were disappointed to find that the restaurant had but a small sliver of the menu attributed to their signature dish, pannekoeken, with only a handful of options, and some of which seemed rather simplistic. Then we noticed a section on the back that held a selection of savory "dinner" pancakes, and we were intrigued. I ordered a pot pie pannekouken and my friend had a one with sausage and hollondaise sauce.
This was a mistake - we soon realized upon digging into them that these pannekoeken were not particularly tasty or creative. They were as good as any other mixture of hot cheese, vegetables, sauce and meat would be, but there was nothing about them that really made them special or delicious. My friend was particularly unhappy with hers, however, since the hollondaise on her dish was thin and watery, and the sausage mixed in with her cheesy topping was too much like ham (which she doesn't like), was a bit mushy, and was less like pola sausage than our waitress had described it to be. Overall, these dishes seemed more like something I would expect to eat at my college dorm cafeteria than something I would go out to eat and order at a restaurant. They were edible, but not really enjoyable.
But we decided that we couldn't write off the "huis" entirely without trying one of the sweet pannekoeken, so we ordered a french silk banana pannekoeken and split it. It too was as tasty as you would expect a pile of whipped cream, chocolate mousse, banana pieces and chocolate chips to be, and we enjoyed eating it, but again there was nothing really special about it. As a whole, the place and food wasn't horrible, per se, but it just wasn't worth the trip there. Next time I crave a big pancake covered with yummy toppings, I'll try and make one for myself.
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