Bogart’s

This place has been re-​opened by the same owner under the name of Trattoria Pepolino.
Had a bowl of spaghetti and it was one giant lump. I could move the mass in the plate without changing
the shape of it.
Had to eat with fork and knife, as no spoon was provided.
Tasted blend.
Never again.
Terrace is in a good, sunny spot.

As the Dutch say: Heerlijk! Dinner here was truly phenomenal!
The concept for all the restaurants in the Humphrey’s chain is simple: three courses for 24,95. Keeping this in mind Humphrey’s has created a nicely varied menu with eight options per course. All of them delicious ideas, which is not usually the case when looking for vegetarian options; I’m quite the picky eater sometimes.
What’s fantastic about this set-​up is that the dishes on the menu are simple to assemble, but super yummy. And because you chose your entire menu before hand and the dishes do not require a lot of time to put together thanks to smart mise-​en-​place, you do not have to wait very long for your food!
Anyway, we first came here after having climbed around all day for our six and a half year anniversary. We decided we would just drive in to Apeldoorn and have a look if there was somewhere we’d want to eat. The first restaurant we saw was Spicebrush with an okay menu, but not fantastic. The second place was Bogart’s. Saw the menu and we were sold!
First of all, I have to say that I LOVE how the first thing the servers do after you choose a table is bring you a breadboard with half a delicious loaf of bread, herbed butter and an adorable bottle of super yummy olive oil. All restaurants should do this. All. Of. Them.
The bread is just enough to keep you going until your first course is brought to the table, very smart; no hungry, panic-​y, grumpy customers, all because of some bread. So smart!
Then our first course rolled in, le boyfriend had carpaccio and I had caprese salad. Let me be clear here, I think balsamic vinegar is disgusting and do not understand it’s existence. Now I do. It was a lovely surprise finding some rocket (arugula) dressed in balsamic vinegar hiding under my tomatoes and mozzarella.
Then our mains, le boyfriend had a mixed grill and was pleasantly surprised by the amount of meat he got. Also, he loves his steak super rare and had asked for it to be served as rare as humanly possible without having uncooked meat. The chef nailed it. The steak was rare and the pork and chicken were juicy. I had the cannelloni and loved every bite of it. The sides are also nice. The usual suspects: side salad, chips (with a lovely herb sprinkle) and a nice twist on the apple compote; apple-​rhubarb compote. If you think that rhubarb is not for you, try this anyway, it was really good.
As we were enjoying our dinner I had mentioned to le boyfriend that if they could pull off his chocolate fondant, they would have a five star rating in the pocket. Guess how the chocolate fondant was…