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apskip:
slayton, you have an interesting point. Vince and Sam, winners of Amazing Race Asia 3, are from Hong Kong. However, so are 7 million other people. I have no idea whether that is Vince at the Lancombe.

apskip:
Tony visited Montreal, landing at Trudeau International Airport 20 miles from downtown. He had 27 hours for this layover (actually it was just a flight up from LaGuardia and a flight back with no Montreal hotel time). He prefers the limo at $36, will settle for a taxi at $26 and doesn't much care with luggage to use the $6 public transit option. Once in Montreal city limits, public transport is $3 for a single ticket and $8 per day. Tony travels with a friend who bicycles from one area to another, but I did not see any film of Tony actually riding a bicycle (which is available to the public all over Montreal for a modest fee). It's not his style so I doubt that he actually did that.

Tony had a number of recommendations on restaurants or food shops in various areas of Montreal:

Beauty's Luncheonette in Plateau
Schwartz's in Plateau for its beef/pastrami
La Fromagerie in Atwater
Club Chasse et Peche in Old Montreal
L'Emporte Piece in Plateau
Marven's for Greek food
Dominion Square Tavern, downtown
L'Express in Plateau
Rotisserie Romados in Plateau for pork and chicken
Brasserie T, downtown
Charcuterie Hebraique

One market is Marche Jean Talon

One restaurant that Tony considers to be the paragon of Montreal eateries is Joe Beef in Little Burgundy. He knows and drinks with the two owners of that establishment and well as being gaga over their beef and oyster dishes.
   

TexasLady:
Apskip, Have I totally missed this show or are there more adventures coming?

apskip:
TexasLady,
There was one this past Monday. I am glad to know that somebody is actually reading this thread and cares about its content, as slayton is the only other RFF member who has commented all season.

The original information on The Layover stated 10 specific cities that were visited. With San Francisco telecast next Monday, that completes the list of 10 cities. So next week may be the end of The Layover and Anthony Bourdain will go back to No Reservations.

apskip:
AMSTERDAM

Tony visited Amsterdam for 36 hours. He took the train into Central Station from Schiphol Airport because it provides the fastest speed (20 minutes) and certainly the lowest cost (3.7 euros). There are certain things that anyone visiting Amsterdam must do and those include:

take a canal boat ride (in Tony's case on a rented small boat)
see the red light district
ride a bicycle (although Tony prefers the trams)
hang out in the Vondelpark
take a free ferry to North Amsterdam (to hang out at Cafe Noorderlicht there)

Tony elected to start his visit at the Cafe int Rapjen bar in Zeedijk. He went to Frens Haringhandel for the herring, pickles and onions.

He particularly enjoyed the ambience at the coffee house de rampkring because marijuana is smoked legally there. He also enjoyed it at de Pilsner Club, where beer on tap was served.

Tony was not impressed by the karaoke at Melo Melo Club in Liedseplein.

His favorite breakfast spot in Amsterdam is the Upstairs Pancake House.

Tony loved the Indonesian food at Tempo Doeloe.

His last food before heading for the airport was cheese and salami on toothpicks at the Wildplein Cafe

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