Lunch at Doppio

My colleague M and me got together for lunch this saturday (or actually, for breakfast). Both being from Indonesia, we originally planned to go to Indonesian restaurant Pakarena, but unfortunately it was closed (even though their website states they should be opened on saturdays, the sign on the door seemed to exclude saturday as an opening day - strange, considering the fact that most people would eat out on saturdays, I'd think).

So, as for an alternative, we went to coffee place Doppio.

I had the "Lunch Complete", which consisted of some freshly squeezed orange juice, capuccino and a three-layered grilled-cheese sandwich with mozzarella, italian ham (serrano), tomatoes, salsa and pecorino, served with a fresh lime-yoghurt dressing.


In Holland, we like to call a grilled cheese sandwich, a "tosti", just like the french like to call it a "croque-monsieur". Molten mozzarella was ooooo-zing out of the tosti, with nice flavours from the ham and tomato combining very well. The lime-yoghurt dressing cut wonderfully through the richness of the mozzarella. My only complaint would be, that it's too small.


M had a roll with turkey breast and a honey-mustard dressing, alongside a separately ordered OJ and capuccino. A very smart choice, considering her plan to stick to her diet.

All was well!

Even though Doppio officially doesn't qualify as a lunchroom (coffee being their main specialty, despite the fact that the place exists for a mere three years, it had already won a national coffee-test in 2008), they serve some good quality food to go with your coffee. I'd say they easily meet the quality of a place like Silo Today, which I posted on previously. They're situated near the edge of the city centre, so it's easy to see why it's always relatively crowded.

Nevertheless, N and S always prefer to go to Coffee United, because they think their coffee tastes better, so I guess this would have been one of my few visits to another coffee place for now.