{"id":6644,"date":"2015-09-24T15:04:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T13:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/2015\/09\/24\/kroegrecensie-belgisch-boos-maken-in-boudewijn\/?lang=en"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:22","slug":"kroegrecensie-belgisch-boos-maken-in-boudewijn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/09\/24\/kroegrecensie-belgisch-boos-maken-in-boudewijn\/","title":{"rendered":"Pub Review: Getting Angry Belgian-Style at Boudewijn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All right, I\u2019ll admit it: after getting drenched in a downpour, I\u2019m not in the best of moods when I enter Boudewijn, the Belgian beer caf\u00e9 on the Nieuwe Binnenweg. The place is pretty packed on this Friday evening, but to our relief, there is a table available for our company of four. Unfortunately, though, it happens to be right next to a table full of Spanish students who are loudly discussing their Tinder prospects.<\/p>\n

Boudewijn\u2019s pitch is: \u2018We\u2019re bringing a small part of Belgium to Rotterdam.\u2019 The pub does so by offering eight kinds of draught beer and over one hundred kinds of bottled beer. What with brown wooden slats on the wall, lots of little ornaments all over the place and large texts painted on the walls, the place has a nice atmosphere. The lights have been dimmed, which is a distinct advantage for customers on the pull.<\/p>\n

The amount of choice on the menu is superb. Great for connoisseurs, but those of us who are not so familiar with non-lager beer could do with a little help from the wait staff. However, the waiters are busy, keep us waiting for a long time and get a tad cranky when we pull up a fifth chair.<\/p>\n

We are told to move to the basement of the pub, where we find a long wooden bench. We are now so remote that we have no phone reception whatsoever. If we want to get in touch with the outside world, we must do so through \u2018FriFi\u2019, the caf\u00e9\u2019s free WiFi.<\/p>\n

We decide to satisfy our hunger with \u2018Rotterdam\u2019s best bitterballen<\/em> of the year 2012\u2019. \u2018Who voted them best?\u2019 we ask our waiter. \u2018The government,\u2019 he says, in an attempt to be witty. \u2018Oh, you know, some sort of official authority.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\t

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