Giulia Marchetti
Eating Amsterdam one market stall and brown café at a time
Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Giulia moved from Bologna to a walk-up above the Albert Cuyp market and has spent years tracing the city's Indonesian rijsttafel, Surinamese roti and natural-wine bars. She can tell you which De Pijp terrace is worth the wait and which herring cart the locals actually trust.
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